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The Making of the Common Law

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
1992
ISBN
9781474210041
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
32 MB (33056034 bytes)
Series
BCPaperbacks
Pages
\500
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 21:09:20

Description

England was unique among the medieval kingdoms of Western Europe. In addition to developing a system of national courts with an extensive original jurisdiction and run on quasi-bureaucratic lines by royal justices, it also gave birth to a single national customary law which was applicable throughout the country. This was partly the product of judicial decisions made by the royal courts and partly the product of legislation. The great formative period of the Common Law began during the reign of King Henry II but continued through to the early fourteenth century. Paul Brand possesses an unrivalled knowledge of the published and unpublished sources for this critical period. The Making of the Common Law brings together his essays, some previously unpublished, on this period.

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