Baker and Milsom's Sources of English Legal History Private Law to 1750, 2nd Edition

• The definitive source book on the development of the common law of persons, obligations, and property - an essential reference point for all legal historians or comparative lawyers engaged in this history of the common law
• Translates the sources into modern, accessible English, making the primary materials accessible to students of legal history
• The sources themselves offer a rich resource for historians of English society, government, and economics, revealing the operation of the courts in personal and economic disputes

New to this edition

• Includes new sources discovered since the first edition published in 1986
• Comprehensively revised and updated in light of recent scholarship, including corrections to some sources in light of law reports that were previously unavailable

Baker and Milsom's Sources of English Legal History is the definitive source book on the development of English private law. This new edition has been comprehensively revised and udpated to incorporate new sources discovered since the original publication in 1986, and to reflect developments in recent scholarship.

All the sources included are translated into modern English, offering an accessible inroad to the leading primary materials for students of the history of the common law.

The sources themselves - revealing the operation of courts across a wide range of personal and economic disputes - offer a rich resource for historians researching the development of the English government, society, and economy. Their significance in shaping the common law spans beyond England, and ensures the collection is an essential reference point for all those interested in the history of the common law in any jurisdiction.

Readership: Students and scholars of legal history and the English legal system. Historians and students working on the development of the common law outside England. English historians specializing in the history of government, or social and economic historians.