The Birth of the English Common Law / Edition 2

by R. C. van Caenegem

Overview

First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to enjoy classic status. In a new preface, Professor van Caenegem discusses some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and earliest Angevin kings. The 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521356824
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/24/1988
Series:	Cambridge Paperback Library Series
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.43(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. English courts from the Conqueror to Glanvill; 2. Royal writs and writ procedure; 3. The jury in the royal courts; 4. English law and the Continent; notes to the text; index of persons, places and subjects.

Editorial Reviews

"This tour de force is a piece of mature scholarship based on exceptional first-hand knowledge of archives and literature dealing with early common law." Social Science Quarterly

"...reflects a thorough command of the primary sources and the vast secondary literature, and it is written with rare lucidity and wit." New York Literary Journal

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