British Legal Tradition And Medieval Local Self-government

From the perspective of law tradition that can protect the subjective rights, this thesis deals with the autonomy of local society in medieval England, specifically analyzes the self-government morphology and the operation of local society ,and introduces the influence and significance of local self-government. This dissertation consists of five principle parts.Chapter one is the introduction and summary of the research. On the basis of former researches, I put forward my idea of this thesis.Chapter two describes the resource formation and the essence of England law tradition. The law tradition of England consists of three elements : Christianity factor Roman factor and Germanic factor. The course of law tradition of England goes along with the feudalization progress of England society. It protects the subjective rights in essence.Chapter three introduces how the kings control the local society. The kings control and administer the local society by the feudal law and the common law, and reinforce the nexus between the central and the locality by sending the justice in Eyre.Chapter four analyzes the self-government morphology and the operation of local society. The autonomy morphology has a transform from the sheriff in Anglo-Saxon period to the justice of peace in Tudor Dynasty, however it does not change the character of autonomy. And the author introduces the operation of social life public safety the election of local officials and MP and the local finance.Chapter five approaches the influence and content of local self-government. The autonomy of medieval England not only establishes the foundation of modern local self-government but also influences the later system of society and politics.