LWSO 203 Lecture Notes - Clean Hands, Domesday Book, Compurgation
26 Mar 2013
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Common law evolution: celtic period (43ce 247ce) By 800 ce: 7 different kingdoms with different structures, king"s authority dependent on moral authority and military, anglo-saxon period ability. Criminal and civil law emerge in the form of composition. Eye for an eye sanctions: compensations for injury, payment dependent on status and injury, different compensation depending on status. Bot (fee): pay to injured party or king. Wite (payment to king): harmful acts are a breach of the kings peace. Property law based in possession and power to retain possession: keep people out of your property and it"s yours. Very little contract law: most deals immediate and made in public. 10-12 people can: norman conquest (1066) attest to your innocence. Domesday book: sets out land holdings, origin of the deed system of land titles, land can be subject to multiple forms of ownership by multiple people. Fee simple: right to exclusive use and occupation of the land.
