The book A Sketch of English Legal History was written by author Maitland, Frederic William, 1850-1906 Here you can read free online of A Sketch of English Legal History book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Sketch of English Legal History a good or bad book?
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56 English Legal History [io6fr- always prevent his opponent from escaping in this easy fashion. The Earliest Jury-Trial. We have spoken of "trial by jury. " That term naturally calls up before our minds a set of twelve men called into court in order that they may listen to the testimony of witnesses, give a true verdict "according to the evidence," and, in short, act as judges of those questions of fact that are in dispute. But it is very long after Henry II. 's day before trial by jury takes ...this form. Originally the jurors are called in, not in order that they may hear, but in order that they may give, evidence. They are witnesses. They are the neighbours of the parties ; they are presumed to know before they come into court the facts about which they are to testify. They are chosen by the sheriff to re- present the neighbourhood — indeed, they are spoken of as being "the neighbourhood," "the country" — and the neighbourhood, the country will know the facts. In the twelfth century population was sparse, and men reaUy knew far more of the doings of their neighbours than we know nowadays.
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