2. Quarter Sessions

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. Contents 7
4. Chapter I. Origin of the Office of Justice of the Peace
5. 1. The King's Peace 11
6. 2. The Conservator of the Peace 17
7. Chapter II. Establishment of the Office of Justice of the Peace 33
8. Chapter III. Development Until the Tudor Period
9. 1. Organisation of the Office 46
10. 2. Decay of the Norman Police System 55
11. 3. Extension of Jurisdiction 58
12. Chapter IV. Tudor Legislation Relating to the Justices
13. 1. Organisation of Office and Central Control 74
14. 2. Consolidation of County Administration 78
15. 3. Justices of the Peace as an Administrative Board 81
16. 4. The Parochial System 85
17. 5. Trade and Labor Regulations 93
18. 6. Police Control 100
19. 7. Ecclesiastical Legislation 107
20. 8. National Defence 111
21. Chapter V. Privy Council and Justices of the Peace
22. 1. Organisation and Powers of the Council 114
23. 2. Control of Justices of the Peace 118
24. 3. Council and Justices at Work 124
25. Chapter VI. Constitution of the Office of Justice of the Peace 139
26. Chapter VII. Process in the Sessions
27. 1. Discretionary Sessions 158
28. 2. Quarter Sessions 162
29. 3. Special or Petty Sessions 163
30. Chapter VIII. Decay of Ancient Communal Institutions 165
31. Appendix of Illustrative Documents 168