. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ghfsof the Temple cann- ti>their hands. Thesmaller societies, innsof chancery, becamedependent on the largersocieties, i n ns ofcourt. Tlie sergeantsand appi-cntices wdiocom[)osed them enjoyedan e.\(jhislve Iight of pleading in court; some things might bedone by an a|)prentico oi- barrister, others reopiirid aserjeant;in th(<(iiut (if <oiiiiii(in Ilciis only a serjeant could be would take
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ghfsof the Temple cann- ti>their hands. Thesmaller societies, innsof chancery, becamedependent on the largersocieties, i n ns ofcourt. Tlie sergeantsand appi-cntices wdiocom[)osed them enjoyedan e.\(jhislve Iight of pleading in court; some things might bedone by an a|)prentico oi- barrister, others reopiirid aserjeant;in th(<(iiut (if <oiiiiii(in Ilciis only a serjeant could be would take time to in\estigate the origin of that powTr ofgranting degrees which these societies wielded. To all seemingthe liisfiiiiiin must regard it as emanating from the king,though in this case, as in other cases, tin control of aroyal prerogative slowly passed out of the kings liand. ]!uthere our jioint nuist be, that the inns developed a laborioussystem of legrd education. Many years a student had to spendin hearing and gi\iiig lectures and in pleading fictitious causesbefore he could be admitted to practice. It is no wonder that under the fostering care of these The Innsof ,VT THE JUDU3IENT S E .\ T. iWiinlijn. ih: Worile, Dices and Puiiprj-.) ENGLISH LAW, lJOr~lHOO. 651 societies English iurispnulence became an occult science and Progress e- n J I 1 1 ? 1 ,• 1 1 ,. of Juris Its proiessors the most unlearned kmd ot most learned men. were rigorous logicians, afraid of no ctnu^lusion tliat wasimplicit in their premises. The sky might fall, the Wars ofthe Roses might rage, b\it they would pursue the even courseof their argumentation. They were not allogether unmindfulof the social changes that were going on around them. In thefifteenth century there were great judges who performed whatmay seem to us some daring feats in the accommodation ofold law t new times. Out of unjnMmising elements theydeveloped a comprehensive la\v of cunlruct: they loosened thebo
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