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Common Law (2023)
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Eves, W. (2023). Common Law. [Online Resource]

The Common Law is a body of law, developed over time from the decisions and practices of courts, upon which the English legal system has developed. Through the impact of British colonial expansion, the English Common Law has also formed the basis of... Read More about Common Law.

The Antiqua Consuetudo Normannie, or 'part one' of the so-called Très ancien coutumier of Normandy (2022)
Book
Eves, W. (2022). The Antiqua Consuetudo Normannie, or 'part one' of the so-called Très ancien coutumier of Normandy. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review

Revisiting ‘Part One’ of the so-called Très ancien coutumier of Normandy: Comments in Advance of a New Edition and Translation of the Text (2022)
Journal Article
Eves, W. (2022). Revisiting ‘Part One’ of the so-called Très ancien coutumier of Normandy: Comments in Advance of a New Edition and Translation of the Text. Jersey and Guernsey Law Review, 26(2), 132-154

Michael Lobban and Ian Williams (eds), Networks and Connections in Legal History (2021)
Journal Article
Eves, W. (2021). Michael Lobban and Ian Williams (eds), Networks and Connections in Legal History. American Journal of Legal History, 61(2), 273–276. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajlh/njab008

Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law (2021)
Book
Eves, W., Hudson, J., Ivarsen, I., & White, S. B. (2021). Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955195

Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law builds upon the legal historian F.W. Maitland's famous observation that history involves comparison, and that those who ignore every system but their own 'hardly came in sight of the idea of legal history'. The... Read More about Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law.

Introduction : situating, researching, and writing comparative legal history (2021)
Book Chapter
Eves, W., & Hudson, J. (2021). Introduction : situating, researching, and writing comparative legal history. . Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955195.001

This volume is a selection of essays taken from the excellent range of papers presented at the British Legal History Conference hosted by the Institute for Legal and Constitutional Research at the University of St Andrews, 10–13 July 2019. The theme... Read More about Introduction : situating, researching, and writing comparative legal history.

Collusive Litigation in the Early Years of the English Common Law: The Use of Mort D’Ancestor for Conveyancing Purposes c. 1198–1230 (2020)
Journal Article
Eves, W. (2020). Collusive Litigation in the Early Years of the English Common Law: The Use of Mort D’Ancestor for Conveyancing Purposes c. 1198–1230. Journal of Legal History, 41(3), 227-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2020.1839692

The extent to which real actions such as mort d’ancestor were used collusively for conveyancing purposes in the early years of the English common law is subject to debate. This article first discusses why parties to a transfer of land might engage in... Read More about Collusive Litigation in the Early Years of the English Common Law: The Use of Mort D’Ancestor for Conveyancing Purposes c. 1198–1230.

Threats and Intimidation in Anglo-Norman Legal Disputes (2018)
Book Chapter
Eves, W. (2018). Threats and Intimidation in Anglo-Norman Legal Disputes. In K. Gilbert, & S. D. White (Eds.), Emotion, Violence, Vengeance and Law in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of William Ian Miller (80-102). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004366374_007

Justice delayed: Absent Recognitors and the Angevin Legal Reforms (2017)
Book Chapter
Eves, W. (2017). Justice delayed: Absent Recognitors and the Angevin Legal Reforms. In T. R. Baker (Ed.), Law and Society in Later Medieval England and Ireland: Essays in Honour of Paul Brand (1-24). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315591520-1