Bailiffs Law Volume 1 and 2: A Lawful Trespass and Persons of No Value
Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-85490-033-6 (ISBN)
The law relating to distress and execution is a much neglected area of study, despite the fact that bailiffs regularly appear in literary works and their activities are a constant feature of court rolls. This two-volume work aims to provide a detailed and comprehensive history of both the development of the law and the profession of bailiff.
The work chronicles the growth of enforcement law from Anglo-Saxon times, tracing the continuity in the common law and examining the intervention of statute. The seizure of goods by bailiffs was a familiar aspect of life in earlier times and this work sets their legal powers into their legal, social and economic context. Key themes are explored throughout both volumes: the protection given to certain essential goods, the efforts to regulate the conduct of bailiffs and the gradual shift of emphasis from promoting the rights of creditors to enhancing the protection of debtors.
Working within the field of social welfare, John Kruse has specialised in the law of enforcement for the last twenty years, and has written numerous books and articles on the subject. He has also acted as a consultant inter alia to the Ministry of Justice and the Council of Europe.
VOLUME ONE
Preface
Chapter 1 Aspects of early English distress
Chapter 2 De capiendis namiorum: nam and the emergence of common law distress and execution
Chapter 3 Privileged from seizure: the common law exemptions of farm stock from distress
Chapter 4 The foundations of Semayne: the mediaeval law on rights of entry for the purposes of distress and execution
Chapter 5 “For the common utility of the realm”: an analysis of goods privileged from distress at common law
Chapter 6 “Distresses shall be reasonable”: the Statute of Marlborough (1267)
Chapter 7 The legacy of Semayne: the sources of the present law on bailiffs’ rights of entry
Chapter 8 “A complex and anachronistic set of rules”: the history of the present laws of distress and execution since 1601
Appendix 1 The origins & nature of distress
Appendix 2 Distress for market tolls
VOLUME TWO
Preface
Chapter 1 “It not being a very agreeable occupation”: popular views of bailiffs
Chapter 2 “A remnant of feudalism”: the campaign to abolish Distraint
Chapter 3 “For the avoiding of grievous vexations”: the Impounding Act 1554
Chapter 4 “To the evil example of other ill-disposed persons”:the offences of rescue and poundbreach
Chapter 5 “All those locusts who prey”: extortion by sheriffs (1590-1840)
Chapter 6 The Distress Statutes (1689-1737)
Chapter 7 “Benevolent intentions to those suffering great inconvenience”: the statutory protection of goods before 1880
Chapter 8 “Very great hardship and evil”: the statutory protection of goods after 1880
Chapter 9 “An unsuitable class of persons”: the regulation of bailiffs
Chapter 10 “A rapacious class of men”: the control of bailiffs’ charges
Appendix 1 The Avowry Acts
Appendix 2 The Right of Sale of Distress
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Bailiffs Law |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 1230 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85490-033-0 / 0854900330 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85490-033-6 / 9780854900336 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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