TY - BOOK ID - 85297310 TI - Maintenance in medieval England PY - 2017 SN - 1108206182 1108214282 1108215637 1108216986 1107619793 1107358329 1108218334 1108223737 1107043980 1108222382 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Public interest law KW - Judicial corruption KW - Actions and defenses KW - Law KW - Law, Medieval. KW - Civil actions KW - Defense (Law) KW - Interpleader KW - Lawsuits KW - Litigation KW - Personal actions KW - Real actions KW - Suits (Law) KW - Court proceedings KW - Procedure (Law) KW - Trial practice KW - Civil procedure KW - Remedies (Law) KW - Corruption KW - Misconduct in office KW - Law, Public interest KW - Pro bono publico legal services KW - Public interest KW - Practice of law KW - Cause lawyers KW - Legal services KW - Medieval law KW - Acts, Legislative KW - Enactments, Legislative KW - Laws (Statutes) KW - Legislative acts KW - Legislative enactments KW - Jurisprudence KW - Legislation KW - History KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85297310 AB - This is the first book covering those who abused and misused the legal system in medieval England and the initial attempts of the Anglo-American legal system to deal with these forms of legal corruption. Maintenance, in the sense of intermeddling in another person's litigation, was a source of repeated complaint in medieval England. This book reveals for the first time what actually transpired in the resultant litigation. Extensive study of the primary sources shows that the statutes prohibiting maintenance did not achieve their objectives because legal proceedings were rarely brought against those targeted by the statutes: the great and the powerful. Illegal maintenance was less extensive than frequently asserted because medieval judges recognized a number of valid justifications for intermeddling in litigation. Further, the book casts doubt on the effectiveness of the statutory regulation of livery. This is a treasure trove for legal historians, literature scholars, lawyers, and academic libraries. ER -