Cambridge paperback library The birth of the English common law
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0521356822
ISBN 13
9780521356824
LCCN
KD 671 .C34
DDC
344.2
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1988
Publisher
Pages
xvii, 160 pages
Subject
United Kingdom Common Law
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Abstract
"This book provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the common law in Anglo-Norman England, against the background of the general development of legal institutions in Europe. In a detailed discussion of the emergence of the central courts and the common law they administered, the author traces the rise of the writ system and the growth of the jury system in twelfth-century England. Professor van Caenegem attempts to explain why English law is so different from that on the Continent and why this divergence began in the twelfth century, arguing that chance and chronological accident played the major part and led to the paradox of a feudal law of continental origin becoming one of the most typical manifestations of English life and thought. First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to enjoy classical status, and in a preface Professor van Caenegem discusses some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and earliest Angevin kings." - Voila
Description
Contents:
English courts from the Conqueror to Glanvill -- Royal writs & writ procedure -- The jury in the royal courts -- English law and the Continent.
English courts from the Conqueror to Glanvill -- Royal writs & writ procedure -- The jury in the royal courts -- English law and the Continent.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (111) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Donated by Graham Price.
Number of Copies
1
