Law of Europe<\/a> > Netherlands<\/a> > General; General<\/a><\/p>\n Print version: Verscuren, An. Great Council of Malines in the 18th century: An Aging Court in a Changing World? Cham: Springer International Publishing, \u00a92014<\/p>\n 1 online resource (XVII, 348 pages) : color ILlustrations.<\/p>\n Useful for students learning an area of law, The Great Council of Malines in the 18th century : an aging court in a changing world? is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.<\/p>\n Preface; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1; Introduction; 1.1 A Short History of the Great Council of Malines; 1.2 State of the Art: A Short Historiographical Overview; 1.3 Defining the Problem; References; The Face of Justice: A Career Analysis of the Eighteenth Century Members of the Great Council; Chapter 2; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Right Man for the Job: The Appointment Procedure; 2.2.1 The Process; 2.2.1.1 The Droit de Terne; 2.2.1.2 The Advising Council's Opinion; 2.2.1.3 The Patent Letters and the Oath; 2.2.2 The Selection Criteria. 2.2.2.1 Family Matters2.2.2.2 Personal Merits: Experience and Seniority; 2.2.2.3 Geographical Distribution; 2.2.2.4 Financial Means; 2.2.2.5 The Sovereign's Whim; 2.2.3 The 'Result' of the Nomination Procedure: The Best and the Brightest?; 2.2.4 Recruiting l'oeil et le bras du Roi: The Appointment of the Fiscals; 2.3 The Councilors' Profile; 2.3.1 Social Background; 2.3.2 Geographical Origin; 2.3.3 Education and Previous Career; 2.3.4 Further Career; Conclusion; References; Archival Sources; Brussels, General State Archives; Published and Printed Sources; Literature. The Framework: Internal Organization and External Power RelationsChapter 3; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Internal Organization; 3.2.1 The Great Council's Jurisdiction; 3.2.1.1 Jurisdiction as First Instance Tribunal; 3.2.1.2 Jurisdiction in Appeal; 3.2.1.3 Other Legal Remedies; 3.2.1.4 The Great Council as an Administrative Body; 3.2.2 Procedure; 3.2.2.1 First Instance Procedure; 3.2.2.2 Procedure in Appeal; 3.2.2.3 Revision (or proposition d'erreur); 3.2.3 The Great Council's Inner Workings; 3.2.3.1 Division into Chambers; 3.2.3.2 Keeping up Appearances? The Relations Between the Court's Personnel. 3.2.3.3 Money Matters: Financial Sacrifices and Rewards3.3 Strategy of Confrontation? The Great Council's Struggle to Hold its Ground; 3.3.1 “Un corps si fort audessus d'eux”: Conflicts with the Magistrate of Malines; 3.3.2 The State Versus the Church: Conflicts with Ecclesiastical Authorities; 3.3.3 Checks and Balances: Conflicts with the Provincial Councils; 3.3.3.1 The 'Subordinate' Councils; 3.3.3.2 The Sovereign Councils of Brabant and Hainaut; 3.3.3.3 Other Tribunals; 3.3.4 Status Anxiety?: Relations with the Privy Council; Conclusion; References; Archival Sources. Brussels, General State ArchivesMalines, Archives of the Archdiocese; Malines, City Archives; Published and Printed Sources; Literature; Chapter 4; Administering Justice: Volume and Nature of Litigation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Volume of Litigation; 4.2.1 Civil Litigation: Corpus and Research Results; 4.2.1.1 Extended Sentences (Fig. 4.1); 4.2.1.2 Dicta (Fig. 4.3); 4.2.1.3 Distribution Records (Fig. 4.5); 4.2.2 Criminal Litigation: Corpus and Research Results; 4.2.2.1 Criminal Case Files; 4.3 Types of Civil Litigation; 4.4 The Nature of Litigation; 4.4.1 Sources.<\/p>\n The Great Council of Malines in the 18th century : an aging court in a changing world? Law of Europe > Netherlands > General; General Edition Details Creator or Attribution (Responsibility):<\/strong> An Verscuren Language:<\/strong> English Jurisdiction(s):<\/strong> […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5671,88,5672,813,6,74,91,19,83,5673,826,315],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Edition Details<\/h2>\n
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