Table Talk of the Selden Society in Queensland : papers delivered at the Annual General Meetings of the Selden Society Brisbane, 1989-2004

Type
Book
Authors
LCCN
DU 116.9 .S4 
Category
Special Collections  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2005 
Publisher
Pages
xxii, 249 pages 
Subject
Annual General Meetings 
Abstract
"Table talk of the Seldon Society contains a unique juxtaposition of historical and legal thinking. The volume includes papers presented over the years by 15 prominent Queensland members of the society, and offers lasting insight on the history of the common law in Australia and abroad." -WorldCat 
Description
Content:
Part 1: Time Immemorial -- Part 2: Education at the Bar -- Part 3: Damages in Chancery -- Part 4: The Ownership of Ships in 64 Shares -- Part 5: Latin Language and English Law -- Part 6: Without Warts (the concept of sovereignty in Hale's History of the Common Law) -- Part 7: Early Development of Arrest Without Waarant in Criminal Cases -- Part 8: The History and Structure of Insurance Law -- Part 9: Use and Misuse of Legal History: Case Studies from the Law of Contract, Tort and Restitution -- Part 10: The Sources of the Modern Tort of Conspiracy -- Part 11: The Advent of the English Law in Ireland -- Part 12: The Year of Grace, 1751: Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar into Eglish Law, and Supputation of Time under the Act of 24 Geo 2, c 23 -- Part 13: Lord Denning: Miller v Jackson: Was it Really Cricket? -- Part 14: Similar Fact Evidence-A Twist of Fate? -- Part 15: Shakespeare's Will: A Mystery Solved. 
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (229) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.

Note: Addition of 'Queensland" to call number in order to file after the main series  
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