Includes bibliographical references ( p. 277-301) and index
Tiny courts, incompetent judges? -- Justice in the interests of lords -- Justice in the interests of the community -- Conflict and consensus in and out of court -- Local knowledge and legal reform : the transformation of justice -- Tocqueville in the village : seigneurial reaction and the central state -- A popular institution? : seigneurial justice in the cahiers de doleances -- Lords, judges, and the self-regulating village.