Maintenance in Medieval England (Paperback)

1. Introduction; 2. Social norms relating to the assistance of others; 3. Legal responses to the corruption of justice; 4. The early litigation 1272?1327; 5. Efforts to deal with corruption of justice in the reign of Edward III; 6. Criminal and civil litigation during the reign of Edward III; 7. Maintenance and medieval literature; 8. Changes in the late medieval period; 9. The development of the law of maintenance: permissible justifications for meddling; 10. The development of the law of maintenance: illegal maintenance; 11. Livery; 12. Achieving the legislative objectives of the maintenance statutes; 13. Conclusion.