This collection of studies and edited texts is being offered to Professor Dafydd Jenkins as an appreciation of his contribution to the study of legal history and especially of Welsh medieval law. This contribution lies not only in his own published works but in the constant support which he has given to younger scholars over many years. The volume falls into two parts. The first part is concerned with a principal area of Welsh medieval law, Suretyship. The second contains studies on a wider variety of topics including Welsh ...
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This collection of studies and edited texts is being offered to Professor Dafydd Jenkins as an appreciation of his contribution to the study of legal history and especially of Welsh medieval law. This contribution lies not only in his own published works but in the constant support which he has given to younger scholars over many years. The volume falls into two parts. The first part is concerned with a principal area of Welsh medieval law, Suretyship. The second contains studies on a wider variety of topics including Welsh, English, and European legal history.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A festschrift for a Welsh scholar notable both as a legal historian and as a man of letters, this book breaks new ground in European legal history. The first part examines in detail the evidence for the Law of Suretyship in Medieval Wales, Ireland and Brittany. The second includes papers on a wide variety of topics relating to the history of lawyers and lawcourts. Text is primarily in English with some sections in Welsh. Red boards with gold-color lettering on spine, frontis., xi, 395 pp., illustrated jacket. Review copy slip laid in. Minor wear at heel of spine, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding, nice jacket with slight wear at top of spine. Text has a very faint tobacco odor.
