Author: Harold PotterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
Historical Introduction to English Law and Its Institutions
Author: Harold PotterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
An Historical Introduction to English Law and Its Institutions
Author: Harold PotterHistorical Introduction to English Law and Its Institutions
Author: Introduction to English Legal History
Author: John BakerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192540742
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Fully revised and updated, this classic text provides the authoritative introduction to the history of the English common law. The book traces the development of the principal features of English legal institutions and doctrines from Anglo-Saxon times to the present and, combined with Baker and Milsom's Sources of Legal History, offers invaluable insights into the development of the common law of persons, obligations, and property, and also of criminal and public law. It is an essential reference point for all lawyers, historians and students seeking to understand the evolution of English law over a millennium. The book provides an introduction to the main characteristics, institutions, and doctrines of English law over the longer term - particularly the evolution of the common law before the extensive statutory changes and regulatory regimes of the last two centuries. It explores how legal change was brought about in the common law and how judges and lawyers managed to square evolution with respect for inherited wisdom.
The History of English Law: Volume 2
Author: Sir Frederick PollockPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521095167
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Although this book was envisaged as a joint venture and bears the name of both Pollock and Maitland, it is substantially the work of Maitland. It was recognised at once as a masterpiece and has since been accepted as one of the great histories in the English language. In Maitland's lifetime Acton pronounced him the ablest historian in England. Plucknett said that 'everything he wrote exercises a deep fascination and a personal attraction'. To Sir Maurice Powicke he was 'one of the immortals'. Lord Annan, in the preface to his Leslie Stephen, called him 'perhaps the greatest of all professional historians'. To read The History of English Law, even many years after Maitland's death, is to feel at once the touch of a master. That touch could only be weakened by editing, so the present issue is a reprint of the second edition but with an introductory essay and a select bibliography by S. F. C. Milsom, Professor of Legal History in the University of London.
The Sources of the Law of England
Author: William HastiePublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019469439
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A thorough and detailed examination of the historical origins and evolution of English law, this book provides an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the foundations of modern legal systems. Topics explored include the origins of legal traditions, the development of common law, and the role of legal institutions and practices in shaping modern society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Sources of the Law of England
Author: Heinrich BrunnerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260018083
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Excerpt from The Sources of the Law of England: An Historical Introduction to the Study of English Law It seems undesirable and unnecessary to detain the Student by any prefatory detail. The scope and cha racter of Dr. Brunner's Sketch will be at once apparent. Lts clearness, its erudition, its comprehensiveness, cannot fail to be recognised. It embodies matter which might easily have been expanded into a considerable volume, butoit is presented in such a succinct and perspicuous form that the Student may rapidly master it; and in doing so he cannot but gain definite direct-ion and insight, whatever be the School of Law in which he may have been trained, or to which he may be giving his allegiance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
History of the Common Law
Author: John H. LangbeinPublisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN: 0735596042
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1310
Book Description
This introductory text explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to distinguish it from European legal systems. The book contains both text and extracts from historical sources and literature. The book is published in color, and contains over 250 illustrations, many in color, including medieval illuminated manuscripts, paintings, books and manuscripts, caricatures, and photographs.
A History of American Law, Revised Edition
Author: Lawrence M. FriedmanPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451602669
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
A History of American Law has become a classic for students of law, American history and sociology across the country. In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the present day. By showing how close the life of the law is to the economic and political life of the country, he makes a complex subject understandable and engrossing. A History of American Law presents the achievements and failures of the American legal system in the context of America's commercial and working world, family practices and attitudes toward property, slavery, government, crime and justice. Now Professor Friedman has completely revised and enlarged his landmark work, incorporating a great deal of new material. The book contains newly expanded notes, a bibliography and a bibliographical essay.
An Introduction to English Legal History
Author: John Hamilton BakerPublisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description