Procedural Innovation and Institutional Change in Medieval English Manorial Courts

Law and History Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 197-252

  Beckerman, John S ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84972264621     PISSN: 07382480     EISSN: 19399022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/743761     Document Type: Article

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