439.
Gerriets
(Marilyn): The king as judge in early Ireland.
In
Celtica 20
(1988), pp. 29–52.
[1.] The evidence that the king was a judge; [2.] Ecclesiastical jurisdiction; [3.] The king and his
brithem
; [4.] Conclusion. Based on Irish and Latin legal material; corresponds closely to portrayal of king as judge in legends.
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