The Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliae, often called Glanvill, is the earliest treatise on English law. Attributed to Ranulf de Glanvill and dated 1187–1189, it was revolutionary in
The title page of a 1780 edition of Glanvill's Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliæ
Henry II, reigned 1154-1189
1932 edition of the Tractatus, edited by George E. Woodbine
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The Regiam Majestatem is the earliest surviving work giving a comprehensive digest of the Law of Scotland. The name of the document is derived from its first two words. It consists of four books, trea
Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie
…hand, he is cited as the earliest authority. Spelling variations of the name include Glanvil, Glanvill (the most common), and Glanville. The Scottish Regiam Majestatem was written perhaps in the reign of Robert the Bruce (1306–1329) but not earlier than 1318, as it includes a Scottish statute written in that year…
The beginning of the preface of the Regiam Majestatem, from which the document gets its name.