Bracton's treatise on the laws of England

1. The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 Samuel Rawson Gardiner (ed.) 1 authority 1 citation

   ch. 13

   Bracton's book is cited jointly with Glanvill's as authority for the proposition that the King must have both arms and laws.

   Bracton and Glanvill, in the front of their books, published that the King must have arms as well as laws;

2. The Law of Torts Sir Frederick Pollock 1 refuted 1 citation · 2 passages

   ch. 56 2 passages anchored here

   Pollock reports Bracton's Roman-derived classification and ultimately argues it did not fit English practice.

   For these among other reasons the attempt to force the English forms into the Roman scheme was not likely to prosper.

3. Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John William Sharp McKechnie 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   ch. 141 2 passages anchored here

   Bracton's treatise is repeatedly and directly invoked as the authoritative legal source describing the writ's form and procedure.

   Bracton, in giving the form of the writ, declares it to be iniquitous that innocent men should be long detained in prison:

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