1 Towards a psychology of law

The role of ideology

The contexts of law

Law in the mind

2 The professionalisation of law

The intellectualising of the law

Towards an identity as a profession

Men of law and legal ethics

Judges and lawyers in society

Centre and periphery

Perceptions of the legal profession

3 Pragmatic legal knowledge

Family and household

Communal obligations

Court attendance

Church attendance

Experience of office-holding

Book learning and literacy

4 Participation in the royal courts

Availability

Actionability

Accountability

Accessibility

5 The role of parliament

The high court of parliament

The legal personnel of parliament

The regulation of everyday life

6 The politicisation of law

Seeing and hearing the law

Legitimacy through the law

The world turned upside down

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