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An Introduction to English Legal History 5th Edition

An Introduction to English Legal History 5th Edition

Author: John Baker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198812616

Previous Edition ISBN: 0406930538
Published In: March 2019
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780198812609

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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. 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.

Part one

1: Law and Custom before 1066

2: The Common Law of England

3: The Superior Courts of Common Law

4: The Forms of Action

5: The Jury and Pleading

6: The Court of Chancery and Equity

7: The Conciliar Courts

8: The Ecclesiastical Courts

9: Judicial Review of Decisions

10: The Legal Profession

11: Legal Literature