Joseph Biancalana
Biographic Data
| ID | 5201739 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Biancalana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Biancalana |
| SIGNATURE | BIANCALANA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cincinnati |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Testamentary cases in fifteenth-century Chancery
The church courts in England traditionally had jurisdiction over testaments and the litigation arising from testaments. In the fifteenth century, however, Chancery also took jurisdiction over testamentary cases. This article surveys the testamentary litigation in fifteenth-century English Chancery
The Origin and Early History of the Writs of Entry
The writs of entry are of interest chiefly because they offer an example of how, in the first century of its history, the common law grew by the creation of new writs. The first writs of entry were among the earliest writs to be invented after the legal reforms of Henry II. Further writs of entry were created after 1217. The distinctive feature of a writ of entry was that it challenged what plaintiff thought was the basis of defendant's claim to …
Monetary penalty clauses in thirteenth-century England
MONETARY PENALTY CLAUSES 231 MONETARY PENALTY CLAUSES IN THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND by J OSEPH B IANCALANA ( Cincinnati, Ohio )* , ** This article is about the introduction of monetary penalty clauses into England in the thirteenth century and their use in contracts and conveyances 1 . Historians of English law have, with the exception of Maitland, completely ignored the use of penalty clauses in the thirteenth century. They have focussed on the …
The development of the penal bond with conditional defeasance
The development of the penal bond with endorsed conditional defeasance presents a problem because the earliest monetary penalties in English contracts took the form of straight-forward penalty clauses. It is hard to see how the convoluted penal bond developed from such penalty clauses. This article traces the development of the penal bond from debt recognizances defeasible by the performance of conditions stated in a separate document. The logic …
The Legal Framework of Arbitration in Fifteenth-Century England
Journal Article The Legal Framework of Arbitration in Fifteenth-Century England Get access Joseph Biancalana Joseph Biancalana Professor *University of Cincinnati College of Law Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 47, Issue 4, October 2005, Pages 347–382, https://doi.org/10.2307/30039547 Published: 01 October 2005
Actions of Covenant, 1200–1330
This article tries to answer two questions about the writ of covenant that have perplexed legal historians. Maitland noticed that the common law courts adopted a requirement that plaintiff produce a writing of the covenant under defendant's seal as proof of the covenant. When and why royal officials adopted this requirement continue to be the chief unanswered questions about covenant. Second, there is the matter of remedy. Some legal historians b…
Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England . Robin Fleming
Thirteenth-Century Custodia
Thirteenth century custodia were arrangements – agencies or bailments – that served the same purposes as were later served by uses or trusts. This article presents evidence of the range of such arrangements and of how the common law protected the parties to those arrangements
Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050-1150. Studies in Legal History
Journal Article Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050–1150 Get access White Stephan D., Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050–1150. Studies in Legal History. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. xiv, 313 pp. $29.95. Joseph Biancalana Joseph Biancalana University of Cincinnati College of Law Search for other works by this author on: …
Law and Social Change in British History
Journal Article Law and Social Change in British History Get access Guy J. A. Beale H.G., eds., Law and Social Change in British History. Papers Presented to the Bristol Legal History Conference, 14–17 July 1981. Royal Historical Society Studies in History Series, No. 40. London: Royal Historical Society, 1984. xiii, 194 pp. £ 17.50. Distributed by Boydell & Brewer, P.O. Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1P12 3DF. Joseph Biancalana Joseph Biancalana Uni…
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Law and Social Change in British History
Journal Article Law and Social Change in British History Get access Guy J. A. Beale H.G., eds., Law and Social Change in British History. Papers Presented to the Bristol Legal History Conference, 14–17 July 1981. Royal Historical Society Studies in History Series, No. 40. London: Royal Historical Society, 1984. xiii, 194 pp. £ 17.50. Distributed by Boydell & Brewer, P.O. Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1P12 3DF. Joseph Biancalana Joseph Biancalana Uni…
Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050-1150. Studies in Legal History
Journal Article Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050–1150 Get access White Stephan D., Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050–1150. Studies in Legal History. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. xiv, 313 pp. $29.95. Joseph Biancalana Joseph Biancalana University of Cincinnati College of Law Search for other works by this author on: …
Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England . Robin Fleming
Thirteenth-Century Custodia
Thirteenth century custodia were arrangements – agencies or bailments – that served the same purposes as were later served by uses or trusts. This article presents evidence of the range of such arrangements and of how the common law protected the parties to those arrangements
Actions of Covenant, 1200–1330
This article tries to answer two questions about the writ of covenant that have perplexed legal historians. Maitland noticed that the common law courts adopted a requirement that plaintiff produce a writing of the covenant under defendant's seal as proof of the covenant. When and why royal officials adopted this requirement continue to be the chief unanswered questions about covenant. Second, there is the matter of remedy. Some legal historians b…
Monetary penalty clauses in thirteenth-century England
MONETARY PENALTY CLAUSES 231 MONETARY PENALTY CLAUSES IN THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND by J OSEPH B IANCALANA ( Cincinnati, Ohio )* , ** This article is about the introduction of monetary penalty clauses into England in the thirteenth century and their use in contracts and conveyances 1 . Historians of English law have, with the exception of Maitland, completely ignored the use of penalty clauses in the thirteenth century. They have focussed on the …
The development of the penal bond with conditional defeasance
The development of the penal bond with endorsed conditional defeasance presents a problem because the earliest monetary penalties in English contracts took the form of straight-forward penalty clauses. It is hard to see how the convoluted penal bond developed from such penalty clauses. This article traces the development of the penal bond from debt recognizances defeasible by the performance of conditions stated in a separate document. The logic …
The Legal Framework of Arbitration in Fifteenth-Century England
Journal Article The Legal Framework of Arbitration in Fifteenth-Century England Get access Joseph Biancalana Joseph Biancalana Professor *University of Cincinnati College of Law Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 47, Issue 4, October 2005, Pages 347–382, https://doi.org/10.2307/30039547 Published: 01 October 2005
The Origin and Early History of the Writs of Entry
The writs of entry are of interest chiefly because they offer an example of how, in the first century of its history, the common law grew by the creation of new writs. The first writs of entry were among the earliest writs to be invented after the legal reforms of Henry II. Further writs of entry were created after 1217. The distinctive feature of a writ of entry was that it challenged what plaintiff thought was the basis of defendant's claim to …
Testamentary cases in fifteenth-century Chancery
The church courts in England traditionally had jurisdiction over testaments and the litigation arising from testaments. In the fifteenth century, however, Chancery also took jurisdiction over testamentary cases. This article surveys the testamentary litigation in fifteenth-century English Chancery
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