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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 |
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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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