Les Plees del Coron (1583) - William & Mary Law School

<h1>Les Plees del Coron (1583)</h1>

<p>Staunford, William. <em>Les Plees del Coron, Divisees in Plusors Titles and Common Lieux</em> [bound with] <em>An Exposition of the Kings Prerogative Collected out of the Great Abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert, and Other Old Writers of the Lawes of England</em>. London: In AEdibus Richardi Totteli, 1583.</p>

<p><em>Les Plees del Coron</em>, a treatise based largely on Bracton and the <em>Year Books</em>, presents the first cohesive overview of English criminal law. While lacking somewhat in clarity and style, it enjoyed an impressive reputation. <strong>William Staunford</strong> (1509–1558) included appropriate legal authority for each premise, a first in a textbook, and profoundly shaped subsequent works. This copy is bound with <em>An Exposition of the King's Prerogative</em>, in which Staunford systematically examines and explains the <em>Statute de Prerogativa</em>.</p>

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<p><a href="https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/context/british-colonial-antecedents/article/1032/type/native/viewcontent">Title page, Les Plees del Coron</a></p>

<p><a href="https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=0&article=1032&context=british-colonial-antecedents&type=additional">Bookplate of G.C.L. Ross, Les Plees del Coron</a></p>

<p><a href="https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=1&article=1032&context=british-colonial-antecedents&type=additional">Page one, Les Plees del Coron</a></p>