pt. I. Good behaviour. 1. The justice of God. 2. Sin and breaking the law. 3. The public interest? -- pt. II. Theology and putting law into order. 4. Paradoxes. 5. Mapping the law. 6. The court system -- pt. III. Theology and the teaching of law. 7. Law schools. 8. Creating the academic discipline of law. 9. The professional advocate. 10. A moot point: disputations as academic exercises. 11. Legal argument and the mediaeval study of logic -- pt. IV. Law and theology in procedure. 12. The theory and the practice. 13. Equity and the mediaeval idea of fairness. 14. The development of procedural treatises: the process. 15. Natural justice -- pt. V. Inquiry, inquisition and summary procedure. 16. Notoriety
Summary
This is a thought provoking examination of the tension between ecclesiastical and secular authority in medieval Europe. Focusing on a wide range of concepts and themes, this is a wide ranging and accessible text
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index
