CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. I. SUBJECT AND LOCAL OFFICIAL IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND 9
6. II. MANDAMUS: ORIGINS 46
7. III. CERTIORARI: ORIGINS 83
8. IV. JURISDICTION AND LEGALITY: THE WRITS OF PROHIBITION AND MANDAMUS 117
9. V. JURISDICTION AND LEGALITY: CERTIORARI 143
10. Appendix A. THE CONTROLMENT ROLLS 161
11. Appendix B. WRITS OF RESTITUTION BEFORE JAMES BAGGE 163
12. Appendix C. CERTIORARI AND KINDRED WRITS 177
13. Appendix D. COMMINS VERS SIR WILLIAM MASSUM 182
14. Appendix E. THE POWTE’S COMPLAINT: A “LIBELLOUS SONG” ON THE DRAINING OF THE GREAT LEVEL 187
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 189
16. CASES CITED 193
17. STATUTES CITED 199
18. INDEX 201