Sarah Soliman

Introduction

• Middle Age Laws
• Judicial Administration
• Types of courts under law
• Magna Carta
• Habeas Corpus
• Common Law

Judicial Administartion

• Who: Knights, barons, and dukes.
• What: Offered judicial services to people living in their manor.
• When: Middle Ages.
• Why: The system was very harsh on the people in manor until the case was solved.
• Where: Courtrooms.

Types of courts under law

• Who: Bishops, deacons, priests, clerks, monks, nuns, and other clergy men.
• What: Took care of the serious cases.
• When: Middle Ages.
• Why: The judicial administration took care of manors, so the church court had to take care of the serious cases.
• Where: Church courts.

Magna Carta

• Who: Nobles.
• What: Gave people more rights and took some power away from the kings.
• When: A.D. 1215
• Why: People where complaining saying that the king had to much power, and that they needed more rights.
• Where: Runnymede.

Habeas Corpus

• Who: Habeas Corpus
• What: Protected a person from being imprisoned, even without a trial
• When: A.D. 1679
• Why: Habeas Corpus believed that court decisions where supposed to be made to protect the people.
• Where: Court.

Common Law

• Who: Henry II
• What: Created the grand jury and the trial jury.
• When: A.D. 1154-1189
• Why: To decide whether people should be accused of crime, and if an accused person was innocent or guilty.
• Where: England.

Summary

• In the middle age laws, the judicial administration offered services to people living in there manor, because the system was very harsh on the people.
• The types of courts under the law, the church court took care of the serious cases, because the judicial administration took care of the manors.
• The Magna Carta was a document created by the nobles. This document gave people more rights and took away some from the kings power.
• Habeas Corpus protected people from being imprisoned, even without a trial.
• In the common law, Henry II created the grand jury, and the trial jury, to see whether or not a person was accused of a crime, or was innocent or guilty.