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1 online resource |
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Law language |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Note |
Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2003. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Falstaff's conveyances -- "Creditors and others": the purpose of 13 Eliz., c. 5 (1571) -- Carried away in Arcadia -- Purchase and consideration in Faerie queene IV and V -- Coke, collusion, and Twyne's case (1601) -- Shylock's penalty -- Conclusion. |
Summary |
This book investigates the origins, impact, and outcome of the Elizabethan obsession with fraudulent conveyancing, the part of debtor-creditor law that determines when a court can void a transfer of assets. Focusing on the years between the passage of a key statute in 1571 and the court case that clarified the statute in 1601, Charles Ross convincingly argues that what might seem a minor matter in the law was in fact part of a widespread cultural practice. Debt was more pervasive than sex, at least in the English Common Law. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586 -- Knowledge and learning -- Law.
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Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Law.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Knowledge and learning -- Law.
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. |
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Law in literature.
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Law in literature. |
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Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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Law. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
16th century |
Subject |
Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Law and literature -- History -- 16th century.
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Law and literature. |
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Law and literature -- History -- 17th century.
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Fraudulent conveyances -- Great Britain.
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Fraudulent conveyances. |
Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Subject |
Law. |
Other Form: |
9780754632634 (hardback) 0754632636 |
ISBN |
9781351940856 (electronic book) |
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1351940856 (electronic book) |
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9780754632634 |
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9781315256702 |
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1315256703 |
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