660. SCRUTTON, T. E. The influence of the Roman law on the law of England. Cambridge, 1885.

For a brief account of the same subject, see F. C. von Savigny, Geschichte des Römischen Rechts im Mittelalter (2nd edition, 7 vols., Heidelberg, 1834-51), chs. x. and xxxvi.; and Max Conrat, Geschichte der Quellen des Römischen Rechts im Mittelalter (Leipsic, 1891), vol. i. ch. vi. Scrutton and Conrat reject Savigny's view that the Roman law influenced the Anglo-Saxon dooms. The history of the Roman law in England is also examined in detail in Selden's Dissertatio ad Fletam (No. 1872), chs. iii.-x. For the Roman law in England after 1066, see § 71c.

660a. *Select essays in Anglo-American legal history. By various authors; edited by a committee of the Association of American Law Schools. 3 vols. Boston, 1907-09.

History of canon law, by W. Stubbs, i. 248-88: No. 769.
Five ages of bench and bar, by J. M. Zane, i. 625-729.
Sources of English law, by H. Brunner, ii. 7-52: No. 36.

Materials for the history of English law, by F. W. Maitland, ii. 53-95: No. 48.

The year books, by W. S. Holdsworth, ii. 96-122: p. 450.

History of admiralty jurisdiction, by T. L. Mears, ii. 312-64.

The king's peace, by F. Pollock, ii. 403-17: No. 674.

Register of original writs, by F. W. Maitland, ii. 549-96: No. 2043.

Early English equity, by O. W. Holmes, ii. 705-21: No. 2972.

Common law in court of chancery, by L. O. Pike, ii. 722-36: No. 2980. Merchants of the staple, by S. Brodhurst, iii. 16-33: No. 3223.

Early history of negotiable instruments, by Edward Jenks, iii. 51–71. Early forms of corporateness, by C. T. Carr, iii. 161-82.

Early forms of partnership, by W. Mitchell, iii. 183–94.

History of assumpsit, by J. B. Ames, iii. 259-303: p. 124.

History of parol contracts prior to assumpsit, by J. B. Ames, iii. 304-19. History of contract, by J. W. Salmond, iii. 320-38: No. 659.

History of the beneficiary's action in assumpsit, by C. D. Hening,

iii. 339-67.

History of agency, by O. W. Holmes, iii. 368–414.

History of trover, by J. B. Ames, iii. 417-45.

History of the law of defamation, by V. V. Veeder, iii. 446–73. Responsibility for tortious acts, by J. H. Wigmore, iii. 474-537. The disseisin of chattels, by J. B. Ames, iii. 541-90: p. 124. The mystery of seisin, by F. W. Maitland, iii. 591-610: No. 2975. The gage of land in medieval England, by H. D. Hazeltine, iii. 646-72: No. 728a.

The medieval law of intestacy, by C. Gross, iii. 723–36: No. 32216. Executors in early English law, by O. W. Holmes, iii. 737-45.

The executor in England and on the continent, by Robert Caillemer, iii. 746–69.

Rise of the English will, by M. M. Bigelow, iii. 770–81.

§ 18. THE CROWN, PARLIAMENT, AND

TAXATION.

The best general history of parliament is Gneist's, and the best treatise on taxation is Dowell's; but neither work is satisfactory for the medieval period. On both subjects there is still plenty of room for further investigation. Of books dealing with the crown the most useful is Allen's.

661. ALLEN, JOHN. Inquiry into the rise and growth of the royal prerogative in England. London, 1830; new edition, 1849. 662. BAILEY, ALFRED. The succession to the English crown. London, 1879.

663. BIRCH, W. DE GRAY. Index of the styles and titles of sovereigns of England. Index Soc., First Report, 49-72. London, 1879.

664. Collections relative to claims at the coronations of several of the kings of England, beginning with Richard II. London, 1820; reprinted, 1838. pp. 96.

665. DOWELL, STEPHEN. A history of taxation and taxes in England. 4 vols. London, 1884; 2nd edition, 1888.

This has superseded his Sketch of the History of Taxes, vol. i., London, 1876; and older works on the same subject, like John Sinclair's History of the Public Revenue, 3 vols., 1785-90 (3rd edition, 1803-04). See also Vinogradoff (No. 1240a).

666. EELES, F. C. The English coronation service. Oxford, etc., 1902.

Other recent books on this subject: Cyril Davenport, The English Regalia, London, 1897, pp. 65; Herbert Thurston, The Coronation Ceremonial, its History, etc., London, 1902; and No. 2218a (records).

667. FIGGIS, J. N. The theory of the divine right of kings. Cambridge, 1896.

668. GNEIST, RUDOLF. Das englische Parlament in tausendjährigen Wandelungen. 1st and 2nd editions. Berlin, 1886.Translated by R. J. Shee: The English parliament in its transformations through a thousand years. London, 1886; 4th edition, 1895.-Translated by A. H. Keane : The students' history of the English parliament. London, 1887; 4th edition, 1895. See No. 639.

669. GUIZOT, F. P. G.

Histoire des origines du gouverne

ment représentatif en Europe. 2 vols. Paris, 1851.-Translated by A. R. Scoble: History of the origin of representative government. London, 1852.

About one half of the work is devoted to England.

670. Hall, HubERT. The king's peace. Antiquary, xviii. 185-90. London, 1888.

671. HOWARD, G. E. On the development of the king's peace and the English local peace-magistracy. [Reprinted from Nebraska University Studies, vol. i.] Lincoln, Neb., 1890. pp. 65.

672. JONES, WILLIAM. Crowns and coronations: a history of regalia. London, 1883; new editions, 1898, 1902.

673. OLDFIELD, T. H. B. The representative history of Great Britain and Ireland. 6 vols. London, 1816.

This work is now of little value for the medieval period.

674. POLLOCK, FREDERICK.

etc., 1890.

Ch. iii. The king's peace.

Oxford lectures. London,

675. SILVER, THOMAS. The coronation service or consecration of the Anglo-Saxon [and later] kings, as it illustrates the origin of the constitution. Oxford, 1831.

676. SMITH, G. B. History of the English parliament, with an account of the parliaments of Scotland and Ireland. London, etc., 1892.

A useful compilation.

677. STEVENS, JOHN. The royal treasury of England, or an historical account of all taxes. London, 1725.-2nd edition: An historical account of all taxes. London, 1733.

The references to the sources in this work are useful. The first edition was published anonymously.

678. TAYLOR, ARTHUR. The glory of regality: a treatise on the anointing and crowning of the kings and queens of England. London, 1820.

The best book on this subject. On the coronation service, see also Maskell, Monumenta Ritualia (No. 623), vol. ii.; and No. 2216.

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§ 19. THE FORESTS.

The standard treatise on this subject is Manwood's. The best account of the early history of the forests to 1217 is Liebermann's. See also Turner's Select Pleas of the Forest (No. 2052). Some useful material will be found in Bémont's Chartes des Libertés (No. 2013), introd.; Ellis's Introduction to Domesday Book (No. 1886), i. 103–16; Pearson's Historical Maps (No. 366), 49-53; Turton's Forest of Pickering (No. 2733), introd. For the history of particular forests, see § 24; Fisher's Forest of Essex and Rawle's Forest of Exmoor (Nos. 900, 1077) are the most valuable.

678a. BAILLIE-GROHMAN, W. A. and F. (editors). The master of the game, by Edward second duke of York, the oldest English book on hunting [A.D. 1406-13]. London, 1904.

The editors give a history of English hunting laws in the middle ages. 679. BROWN, J. C. The forests of England and the management of them in bye-gone times. Edinburgh, etc., 1883.

Displays little research.

679a. Cox, J. C. The royal forests of England. London, [1905].

en

680. FAIDER, AMÉDÉE. Histoire du droit de chasse Belgique, en France, en Angleterre, etc. Académie Royale de Belgique, Mémoires, vol. xxvii. Brussels, 1877.

An elaborate work, but the part relating to England is based mainly on Blackstone's Commentaries.

681. LEWIS, PERCIVAL. Historical inquiries concerning forests and forest laws, with remarks upon the New Forest. London, 1811.

His general history of the forests is based mainly on Manwood (No. 683). 682. LIEBERMANN, FELIX. Ueber Pseudo-Cnuts constitutiones de foresta. Halle, 1894.

The best account of forest history to 1217. The author shows that the Constitutiones were compiled about 1184. See No. 1408.

683. MANWOOD, JOHN. A treatise and discourse of the laws of the forest. London, 1598; 4th edition, 1717; 5th edition [the same as the 4th, with a new title-page], 1744.

For his Collection of Forest Laws, see No. 2022.

684. Reports of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the state and condition of the woods, forests, and land revenues of the crown. 17 reports, printed in the Journals of the House of Commons, 1787-93, vols. xlii.-xlviii. [London, 1787-93.]

Contains perambulations of the forests, temp. Edw. I.: Dean, xliii. 586-7; New Forest, xliv. 574-5; Aliceholt and Woolmer, xlv. 136-7; Salcey, xlvi. 106; Whittlewood and Bere, xlvii. 153-4, 1038; Sherwood, xlviii. 476-7.

685. VERHAEGEN, G. Recherches sur le droit de chasse. Brussels, etc., 1873.

Angleterre, 157-75.

§ 20. JUSTICE AND POLICE.

The most comprehensive treatises are those of Pike and Stephen. Brunner and Thayer are the best authorities on the history of the jury; for the literature of this subject, see Brunner, I-II. Lea gives a detailed account of the older forms of trial; Neilson's Trial by Combat and Patetta's Ordalie are also valuable. For the development of the king's peace, see Nos. 670, 671, 674.

686. *BRUNNER, HEINRICH. Die Entstehung der Schwurgerichte. Berlin, 1872.

An epoch-making treatise. Brunner demonstrated the Frankish origin of the jury. Among other continental works on this subject the best is F. A. Biener's Das Englische Geschwornengericht, 3 vols., Leipsic, 185255; see Brunner, 1-9. See also Haskins (No. 2987).

687. CHERRY, R. R. Lectures on the growth of criminal law in ancient communities. London, etc., 1890.

Ch. i. Primitive custom as to crimes.
Ch. ii. Ancient Irish law.

A brief account.

688. Du BoYS, ALBERT.

Chs. v.-vi. Early English penal and criminal law.

Histoire du droit criminel des

peuples modernes. 3 vols. Paris, etc., 1854-60.

Vol. iii. is devoted to England.

689. DUGDALE, WILLIAM. Origines juridiciales, or historical memorials of the English laws, courts of justice, forms of trial, inns of court, etc. London, 1666; 3rd edition, 1680.