Legal History: English Legal History

LECTURE OUTLINES

 Law 2165
(Legal History:
Introduction to English Legal History)

Medieval Studies 117
(Constitutional and Legal History
of Medieval England)

Prof. Donahue

  Fall, 2023

Linked to the dates listed below are the outlines that I will use for the classes and for the prerecorded lectures. Where there were two prerecorded lectures or where the class has two distinct parts, there is more than one linked date. Most of the outlines are same as the ones I used last year. If I change them, I will date them 2023. The outlines are in PDF form. You can use them online or download them as you prefer.

Following the outlines for the regular classes are packets of the Materials on which each class is based. The syllabus tells you what is important in each packet. In a few places there are additional materials that I will use in the class, for example, the Display Catalogue of material in the HLS Library may be able to go and seethat I hope we can go to see.

Below the links to the materials are links to the pre-recorded lectures that accompany most of the classes. Below each lecture are links to the PowerPoint slides used in the lecture. (At least on my browser, you have to download these slides; they won’t open directly in PowerPoint.)

Wed., 6 Sep. (2022)
Wed., 6 Sep. (2022)
Mats1B–D
Lecture 1a – Introduction
Slides1a
Lecture 1b – Roman_Law
Slides1b
Lecture 1c – Christianity
Slides1c

Mon., 11 Sep. (2022)
Mats2A–2C
Lecture 2 – A-S Constitution
Slides2

Wed., 13 Sep. (2022)
Wed., 13 Sep. (2022)
Mats2D–2F
Lecture 3 – A-S Law
Slides3

Mon., 18 Sep.
Mon., 18 Sep.
Mats3A–3B, 3D–3E
Mats3C
Lecture 4 – Feudalism
Slides4
Class Outline (2023)

Wed., 20 Sep. (2022)
Wed., 20 Sep. (2023)
Mats3F–3G
Mats4A–B
Lecture 5 – Church
Slides5
Lecture 5a – Glanvill¹
Lecture 5a – Outline (2023)
Slides5a
Class Outline (2023)

Vocabulary chart

¹ This lecture was not recorded in Canvas. When you click on it it may ask you what app you want to use to view it. Choose any app that can read mp4 files.

Mon., 25 Sep. (2022)
Mon., 25 Sep. (2022)
Mats4A–4B
Mats4C
Lecture 5b – Polstead
Lecture 5b – Outline (2023)
Slides5b

Wed., 27 Sep. (2022)
Wed., 27 Sep. (2022)
Mats4C
Mats5A
Lecture 6 – Magna Carta
Slides6

Mon., 2 Oct. (2022)
Mon., 2 Oct. (2022)
Mats4D
Mats5B
Lecture 7 – Henry II
Slides7
Lecture 8 – Estates
Slides7

Wed., 4 Oct. (2022)
Wed., 4 Oct. (2022)
Mats5C
Mats5D
Mats5E
Lecture 9 – 13th c. Const.
Slides9
Lecture 10 – Parliament
Slides10

Columbus Day

Tue., 10 Oct. (2022)
Mats9F
Lecture 11 – Criminal Law
Slides11

Wed., 11 Oct. (2022)
Wed., 11 Oct. (2022)
Mats5H, V–59 to V–72
Mats7F
Mats9B, IX–61 to IX–65
Mats5F
Mats5G
Lecture 12 – Cts. & Soc.
Slides12
Lecture 13 – Const. 1300
Slides13

Mon., 16 Oct. (2022)
Mon., 16 Oct. (2023)
Mats6A–6B
Mats6C–6E
Lecture 14 – Const. 14th c.
Slides14

Wed., 18 Oct. (2022)
Wed., 18 Oct. (2022)
Mats6F
Mats6G
Lecture 15 – Law & Society
Slides15

Mon., 23 Oct. (2022)
Mats7A
Display Catalogue

Wed., 25 Oct. (2022)
Wed., 25 Oct. (2022)
Mats7B
Mats7D
Lecture 16 – ?Contract
Slides16

Mon., 30 Oct. (2022)
Mats7C
Lecture 17 – Trespass
Slides17

Wed., 1 Nov. (2022)
Wed., 1 Nov. (2022)
Mats7C
Mats7E
Lecture 18 – Assumpsit
Slides18

Mon., 6 Nov. (2022)
Mats9A
Lecture 19 – Idea of Law
Slides19

Wed., 8 Nov. (2022)
Wed., 8 Nov. (2022)
Mats8A
Mats8B–C
Lecture 20 – Reformation
Slides20

Mon., 13 Nov. (2022)
Mon., 13 Nov. (2022)
Mats9B
Mats9C
Lecture 21 – Church Courts
Slides21
Lecture 22 – Equity
Slides22

Wed., 15 Nov. (2022)
Wed., 15 Nov. (2022)
Mats9C
Mats9E
Mats8D
Mats9D
Lecture 23 – Uses
Slides23
Lecture 24 – Reform
Slides24

Mon., 20 Nov. (2022)
Mats9E
Lecture 25 – Future Interests
Slides25

Thanksgiving

Mon., 27 Nov. (2022)
Mats7E
Mats9G
Lecture 26 – Contract and Tort
Slides26

Wed., 29 Nov. (2022)
Architecture

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