Jurists-- profiles in legal theory Shaping the common law : from Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688
Type
Book
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ISBN 10
0804757143
ISBN 13
9780804757140
DDC
340.5
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
2008
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Pages
xii, 282 pages
Subject
United Kingdom Common Law
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Abstract
"In a series of fifteen essays, this book discusses the contributions of the great common-law jurists and singular documents-namely the Magna Carta and the Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts - that have shaped common law; from its origins in twelfth-century England to its arrival in the American colonies."--Jacket.
Description
Contents:
Glanvill -- Magna Carta -- Thomas Littleton -- John Fortescue -- Richard Hooker -- James VI and I -- Francis Bacon -- Sir Edward Coke -- Michael Dalton -- William Hudson -- John Selden -- John Milton -- The laws and liberties of Massachusetts -- Trial of Charles I -- Matthew Hale.
Glanvill -- Magna Carta -- Thomas Littleton -- John Fortescue -- Richard Hooker -- James VI and I -- Francis Bacon -- Sir Edward Coke -- Michael Dalton -- William Hudson -- John Selden -- John Milton -- The laws and liberties of Massachusetts -- Trial of Charles I -- Matthew Hale.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (239) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Donated by Graham Price.
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