POL SCI 145E Lecture 3: Lecture 1.15.18
Document Summary
The writs system made people very conscious of the king"s machine. You had to go to the chancellor and get a very specific writ that pertained to an offence against the crown of which the common law offered a remedy. Some of the early writes -writ of debt, writ of detinue (holding your goods), etc. After you get writ you would orally plea. If you have the wrong writ you"d be told goodbye lol. In the 16th century there was a system of law called equity. The courts of equity was designed to provide remedy where the common law did not provide one. Whereas common law had to do with payment of some kind of damages, within the common law you couldn"t order anybody to do anything. Equity was known to issue injunctive release. Aka give his job back, give him back his land.
