Potter's outlines of English legal history

Type

Book

Authors

Potter, Harold

Kiralfy, A. K. R

Tags

Great Britain, conciliar courts, Criminal Law, Torts, Contract Law, Centralized justice, Common law, High court of Parliament

Abstract

"English law is like a river. The channel widens and deepens as it flows through the course of years and tributaries join it from time to time. it was first fed by the springs of the common law, but the fountain of equity and the wells of the law merchant and ecclesiastical law have increased the waters of the growing current. and upon the tide is borne the ship which is the soul of England..." - Introduction

Description

Contents:
1. A general sketch of legal development -- 2. Sources of English legal history -- 3. The local courts and the centralization of justice -- 4. The common law courts -- 5. The conciliar courts -- 6. The High Court of Parliament -- 7. The courts merchant and maritime and the law administered therein -- 8. Reorganization of the judicial system -- 9. Trial by jury -- 10. History of civil procedure at the common law -- 11. The forms of action -- 12. The history of criminal law -- 13. The history of tort -- 14. History of contract -- 15. History of the law of property -- 16. History of equity -- Appendix A. The influence of civil and canon law in England -- Appendix B. English courts of law.

Biblio Notes

Items within the KNAFLA section of our library have been generously donated by Louis A. Knafla.

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