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Norman and later medieval law enforcement
Norman law enforcement: continuity- hue and cry and tithings
Change- trial by combat and Forrester's introduced
Role of local communities:
Continuity- tithings and hue and cry
Change- parish constable led hue and cry
Change- night Watchmen introduced
Change- trial by ordeal and trial by combat abolished in 1215
Role of government appointed officials:
Change- knights introduced by Richard I who kept the peace in unruly areas
Change- due to 1361 justice of peace act, peace keepers became a justice of peace who heard minor crimes four times a year and we're still appointed by monarch and were local lords
Influence of the church
Benefit of the clergy:
Church courts dealt with moral crimes and any crimes committed by a member of the clergy. To determine yourself as a clergyman you would have to say a passage from the Bible which many people memorised for the purpose of committing crimes. This was because church punishments were far more lenient. Shows inequality of justice system
Sanctuary:
People could seek sanctuary for commiting xrimes and could either go to court or leave the country in fourty days
Trial by ordeal
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