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Index of archaeological papers published in 1891, under the direction of the Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries.
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Includes calendars, catalogues and indexes of records, issued as appendices.
The 14 essays that make up this 2003 volume are written by leading international scholars to provide an authoritative survey of the state of comparative legal studies. Representing such varied disciplines as the law, political science, sociology, history and anthropology, the contributors review the intellectual traditions that have evolved within the discipline of comparative legal studies, explore the strengths and failings of the various methodologies that comparatists adopt and, significantly, explore the directions that the subject is likely to take in the future. No previous work had examined so comprehensively the philosophical and methodological foundations of comparative law. This is quite simply a book with which anyone embarking on comparative legal studies will have to engage.
"Fiants ... were the warrants directed to the Irish Chancery, directing the issue of letters patent under the great seal, and corresponding to the 'Signed Bills' of English procedure ... Letters patent could cover a wide variety of matters: leases and grants of land, either from the Crown itself or following upon a surrender by the original proprietor, in the well-known but often misunderstood process known as 'surrender and regrant;' appointments not only to offices and church benefices but also to Irish chieftancies and to the seneschalships into which they were converted as an intermediate stage towards their eventual elimination under English law ...; [and] pardons ... "--Intro.