The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1         The Foundation: The Roman Legal Profession

Chapter 2         Law without Lawyers: The Early Middle Ages

Chapter 3         The Legal Revival of the Twelfth Century

Chapter 4         Church Courts, Civil Procedure, and the Professionalization of Law

Chapter 5         Pre-Professional Lawyers in Twelfth-Century Church Courts

Chapter 6         The Formation of an Educated Elite: Law Schools and Universities

Chapter 7         Attaining Professional Status

Chapter 8         Professional Canon Lawyers: Advocates and Proctors

Chapter 9         Judges and Notaries

Chapter 10       The Practice of Canon Law

Chapter 11       Rewards and Hazards of the Legal Profession

Conclusion:       The Tradition of the Legal Profession

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