Editorial Reviews
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'A short review cannot do justice to the scope and value of this book. ... essential reading not only for those interested in land law but also for all converned with the history of English landed society.' Oxford Academic Journals
'... any further work in this field will have to start from the information and interpretation of this magisterial monograph.' The Cambridge Law Journal
'... an extended and engrossingly technical study of the development, from the late twelfth to the fifteenth century, of the fee tail ... The text is meticulously researched and diligently footnoted, and is ample witness to the author's long hours in the Public Record Office wrestling with the Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas ... Biancalana not only has taken us back to the drawing board, but has inked out what is, in many respects, a new - and immensely thought-provoking - picture.' Legal History
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"Joseph Biancalana's long needed work on The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery summarizes and explains the origins of fee tails, how they work, and why they continued to be used...fascinating...[This] text is easy to understand, clear, and focused. I recommend it highly to all advanced students and scholars interested in late medieval and early modern English law." Comitatus
"This book is one of the most impressive works on English land law to have appeared in recent decades." Albion
The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England : 1176-1502 (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History)
The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England : 1176-1502 (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History),Joseph Biancalana,John H. Baker,Cambridge University Press,0521806461,Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice,England,Entail,Europe - Great Britain - General,Fines and recoveries,History,History: World,Law,Legal Reference / Law Profession,Restraints on alienation,English law: property (real estate),Entail--England--History,History / Great Britain,United Kingdom, Great Britain,c 1000 CE to c 1500
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