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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3226719, member: 93416&quot;]There is an idea kicking about that the the jury system, as applied under common law in the UK and the USA, came into being due to Islamic influence on Norman affairs.&nbsp; I take the key part from memory, but as I recall it concerns a guy from Selby, Yorkshire, who was initially a kind of political minister in South Italy, and then came back to work for Henry II.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a theory I either believe or disbelieve - I would just like to see it better studied.&nbsp; I have consulted a historian in the British legal system, but felt he dismissed idea out of prejudice alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;sterling&quot; weight system however definately does seem to me to derive from &quot;Easterling&quot; and mean Islamic in origin, and apparently has a continuous use from 1083 onwards in Norman England.&nbsp; It seems first adopted by Offa, c. 792, later submerged during complicated fiscal and other influences, before it stabilised again from 1083 onwards.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are of course contrary views on this metrological matter - but I have come to the conclusion that the support for them is not very strong.&nbsp; Am open to debate of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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