Laws on jury system promulgated by King Henry II
This entry is missing Overview , add relevant content to make the entry more complete, and it can also be upgraded quickly. Hurry up edit Come on! The Clarington edict was a law on jury system issued by King Henry II (1154-1189). The imperial edict issued in 1164 stipulated that when the circuit judges of the royal court tried land dispute cases in various places, they must select 12 informants from local knights and free farmers as witnesses to provide testimony to the court. These 12 witnesses are jurors. If the testimony is consistent, the case will be settled. Otherwise, additional jurors will be re elected until a certain opinion is confirmed by 12 people. Later, the principle that jurors' conclusions must be consistent in English litigation began from this time. Initially, the jury system was only applicable to solving land disputes. In 1166, Henry II again issued an edict at his Clarington Palace, stipulating that 12 jurors from local residents must be selected to sue the court in all major criminal cases, such as assassination, banditry, robbery, harbouring criminals, counterfeiting currency and documents, arson, etc., not only to prove the facts of the crime, but also to petition the court to arrest the defendant for trial. So far, the British jury system was initially established. [1]
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The Clarington Charter was a law enacted by King Henry II (1154-1189) to limit the authority of the Church Court. It was established in 1164 at Clarington Palace, the King of England, hence its name. According to the Charter, any priest who has been convicted by the church court must be transferred to the ordinary court for trial and punishment; The cases that have been decided by the church court cannot be appealed to the Pope without the permission of the king. The promulgation of the Charter aggravated the contradiction between Henry II and the church. Source.
One of the laws stipulates that the defendant who is found innocent in the divine judgment must leave the area where he lives within 40 days. It can be seen from this law that the people at that time doubted, or even resisted, the result decided by the divine judge.
