Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-243) and index.
Note
Print version record.
Contents
Preface; Table of statutes; 1 Introduction; 2 Foreign merchants; 3 Foreign clerks; 4 Foreign religious houses; 5 Birth beyond the sea; 6 Faith and allegiance; 7 Thomas Littleton, John Rastell and Edmund Plowden; 8 Calvin's case (1608); 9 Conclusion; Excursus; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
Keechang Kim makes full use of medieval and early modern sources in this original reinterpretation of the legal aspects of feudalism, proposing a radical new understanding of the genesis of the modern legal regime. This innovative study will interest academics, lawyers, and students of legal history, immigration and minority issues.