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The court framework in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England -- Violence and theft in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England -- Law and land-holding in Anglo-Saxon England -- Law and land-holding in Anglo-Norman England -- Angevin reform -- Crime and the Angevin reforms -- Law and land-holding in Angevin England -- Magna carta and the formation of the English common law

Introduction -- The court framework in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England -- Violence and theft in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England -- Law and land-holding in Anglo-Saxon England -- Law and land-holding in Anglo-Norman England -- Angevin reform -- Crime and the Angevin reforms -- Law and land-holding in Angevin England -- Magna carta and the formation of the English common law.

Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Editor's preface to the first edition -- Author's preface to the first edition -- Author's preface to the second edition -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- The concept of law -- The functions of law -- Disputing and negotiating -- English common law -- The formation of the English common law -- 2 The court framework in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England -- The king's court -- Local and itinerant justices -- Shire courts -- Hundred courts -- Seignorial courts -- Urban courts -- Ecclesiastical courts -- Conclusions -- 3 Violence and theft in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England -- Bricstan's case -- Offences, offenders, and motives -- Feud, vengeance, and royal control -- Prevention and police -- Trial -- Punishment and compensation -- Conclusions -- 4 Law and land in Anglo-Saxon England -- Æscwyn of Stonea, Ogga of Mildenhall, Wulfstan of Dalham and their gifts to the church of Ely -- The forms of land -- Land, lordship, and law -- The customary framework -- Disputes -- Conclusions -- 5 Law and land-holding in Anglo-Norman England -- Land, lordship, and law -- The forms of land-holding -- The customary framework: control of land held 'in fee and inheritance' -- Disputes -- Anglo-Norman land law and common law property -- Conclusions on legal development to 1135 -- 6 Angevin reform -- Kingship, Stephen's reign, and Angevin reform -- The eyre -- Chronology -- The stages and nature of reform -- Henry II and reform -- The administrator's mentality -- Conclusions -- 7 Crime and the Angevin reforms -- Ailward's case -- Classification -- The continuation of traditional methods -- Presentment and the extension of royal authority -- The limits of royal authority -- Conclusions -- 8 Law and land-holding in Angevin England -- Abbot Samson of Bury St Edmunds

By 1216 the foundations of the English common law had been laid. This book assesses the development of law and society during the preceding three centuries, analysing the great legacy of the Anglo-Saxon realm, the impact of Norman custom and the energetic contribution of the 12th cenury Kings.

1 Early Processes and Theories -- 2 Alchemy -- 3 From Alchemy to Chemistry -- 4 Phlogistic and Pneumatic Chemistry -- 5 Lavoisier and the Birth of Modern Chemistry -- 6 The Chemical Atom -- 7 Electrochemistry and the Dualistic Theory -- 8 The Foundation of Organic Chemistry -- 9 The Karlsruhe Congress and its Aftermath -- 10 Organic Chemistry since 1860 -- 11 Atomic Structure, Radiochemistry and Chemical Bonding -- 12 Inorganic Chemistry -- 13 Physical Chemistry -- 14 Analytical Chemistry -- 15 Chemistry and Society -- Appendix The Nobel Prize in Chemistry -- Name Index.