Shaping the common law : from Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688 / essays by Thomas Garden Barnes ; edited and with an introduction by Allen D. Boyer.

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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, 2008.

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63034

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Author:

Barnes, Thomas Garden.

Boyer, Allen D.

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Series:

Jurists : profiles in legal theory.

Subject:

Common law -- History.

Common law -- England -- History.

Contents:

1. Glanvill

2. Magna Carta

3. Thomas Littleton

4. John Fortescue

5. Richard Hooker

6. James VI and I

7. Francis Bacon

8. Sir Edward Coke

9. Michael Dalton

10. William Hudson

11. John Selden

12. John Milton

13. The laws and liberties of Massachusetts

14. Trial of Charles I

15. Matthew Hale.

Summary:

This book discusses the contributions of the great common-law jurists and singular documents which have shaped common law, from its origins in twelfth-century England to its arrival in the American colonies.

Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index.

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ISBN:

9780804757140

0804757143

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Phys. description:

xii, 282 p. ; 24 cm