'This is a superb contribution from which students of law, constitutional history, and state formation will benefit immensely.' Ethics

• List of figures; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Disputes in late fifth- and sixth-century Gaul: some problems Ian Wood; 2. 'Placita' and the settlement of disputes in later Merovingian Francia Paul Fouracre; 3. Dispute settlement in Carolingian West Francia Janet L. Nelson; 4. People and places in dispute in ninth-century Brittany Wendy Davies; 5. Visigothic law and regional custom in disputes in early medieval Spain Roger Collins; 6. Land disputes and their social framework in Lombard-Carolingian Italy, 700–900 Chris Wickham; 7. Dispute settlement in the Byzantine provinces in the tenth century Rosemary Morris; 8. Charters, law and the settlement of disputes in Anglo-Saxon England Patrick Wormald; 9. Dispute settlement in medieval Ireland: a preliminary inquiry Richard Sharpe; 10. An early modern postscript: the Sandlaw dispute, 1546 Jenny Wormald; Conclusion; Appendix; Glossary edited by Jane Carpenter; Index.

'This is a superb contribution from which students of law, constitutional history, and state formation will benefit immensely.' Ethics

• List of figures; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Disputes in late fifth- and sixth-century Gaul: some problems Ian Wood; 2. 'Placita' and the settlement of disputes in later Merovingian Francia Paul Fouracre; 3. Dispute settlement in Carolingian West Francia Janet L. Nelson; 4. People and places in dispute in ninth-century Brittany Wendy Davies; 5. Visigothic law and regional custom in disputes in early medieval Spain Roger Collins; 6. Land disputes and their social framework in Lombard-Carolingian Italy, 700–900 Chris Wickham; 7. Dispute settlement in the Byzantine provinces in the tenth century Rosemary Morris; 8. Charters, law and the settlement of disputes in Anglo-Saxon England Patrick Wormald; 9. Dispute settlement in medieval Ireland: a preliminary inquiry Richard Sharpe; 10. An early modern postscript: the Sandlaw dispute, 1546 Jenny Wormald; Conclusion; Appendix; Glossary edited by Jane Carpenter; Index.

'This is a superb contribution from which students of law, constitutional history, and state formation will benefit immensely.' Ethics

• List of figures; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Disputes in late fifth- and sixth-century Gaul: some problems Ian Wood; 2. 'Placita' and the settlement of disputes in later Merovingian Francia Paul Fouracre; 3. Dispute settlement in Carolingian West Francia Janet L. Nelson; 4. People and places in dispute in ninth-century Brittany Wendy Davies; 5. Visigothic law and regional custom in disputes in early medieval Spain Roger Collins; 6. Land disputes and their social framework in Lombard-Carolingian Italy, 700–900 Chris Wickham; 7. Dispute settlement in the Byzantine provinces in the tenth century Rosemary Morris; 8. Charters, law and the settlement of disputes in Anglo-Saxon England Patrick Wormald; 9. Dispute settlement in medieval Ireland: a preliminary inquiry Richard Sharpe; 10. An early modern postscript: the Sandlaw dispute, 1546 Jenny Wormald; Conclusion; Appendix; Glossary edited by Jane Carpenter; Index.