Browsing by Subject "Legal History"
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Custom and Coverture in the Manor Courts: Women as Tenants in Early Modern England
(2020-08-27)England’s manor courts developed as a result of the tenurial agreements that structured the country’s medieval and early modern land market. Operated by the landlord’s steward and a jury of tenants, there courts were local ... -
Redressing the Past to Repair the Present: The Role of Property Law in Creating and Exacerbating Racial Disparities in Wealth and Poverty in Nova Scotia
(2021-12-02)For over 200 years African Nova Scotians have been fighting to confirm legal title to the land on which their ancestors were settled. In 2020, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court remarked “the lack of clear title and the segregated ...