Land in Fetters, Or, The History and Policy of the Laws Restraining the Alienation and Settlement of Land in England: Being the Yorke Prize Essay of the University of Cambridge for the Year 1885 |
Contents
INTRODUCTION 1 | 1 |
The Evidence of Domesday Book | 23 |
Foudal Land Law 3769 | 37 |
The Evasion of the Law by Fines and | 70 |
Uses 8090 | 80 |
Wills 91100 | 91 |
Economical Changes in the Land System 101107 | 101 |
Family Settlements 108122 | 108 |
The Rule against Perpetuities 123133 | 123 |
Lord Cairns Act 134139 | 134 |
Policy of the Present Law 140158 | 140 |
CONCLUSION | 155 |