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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198847807

ISBN-139780198847809

eBay Product ID (ePID)19038268743

Product Key Features

Number of Pages768 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBaker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History : Private Law to 1750

Publication Year2019

SubjectCivil Law, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw

AuthorJohn Baker

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight41.6 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal346.42009

Table Of ContentPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition1. Tenure: services and incidents2. Actions concerning land3. Family interests and settlements at common law4. Uses, wills, and trusts5. Executory interests under the Statute of Uses6. The term of years7. Copyhold8. Debt9. Detinue10. Covenant11. Account12. Trespass13. Trespass on the case14. Assumpsit for misfeasance15. Assumpsit for nonfeasance16. Assumpsit in lieu of debt17. Assumpsit against executors for money18. Various developments of the money counts19. Consideration and privity20. Actions on the case for deceit21. Actions on the case for conversion22. Actions on the case for negligence23. Actions on the case for nuisance24. Actions on the case for various kinds of economic loss25. Actions on the case for defamationIndex

SynopsisBaker and Milsom's Sources of English Legal History is the definitive source book on the development of English private law. This new edition has been comprehensively revised and udpated to incorporate new sources discovered since the original publication in 1986, and to reflect developments in recent scholarship. All the sources included are translated into modern English, offering an accessible inroad to the leading primary materials for students of the history of the common law. The sources themselves - revealing the operation of courts across a wide range of personal and economic disputes - offer a rich resource for historians researching the development of the English government, society, and economy. Their significance in shaping the common law spans beyond England, and ensures the collection is an essential reference point for all those interested in the history of the common law in any jurisdiction., This is a comprehensively revised and updated second edition of the definitive source book on the development of private law in England. The sources are all translated into modern English, making the book an ideal resource for students studying the history of the common law. The new edition features several previously unpublished texts., Baker and Milsom's Sources of English Legal History is the definitive source book on the development of English private law. This new edition has been comprehensively revised and udpated to incorporate new sources discovered since the original publication in 1986, and to reflect developments in recent scholarship.All the sources included are translated into modern English, offering an accessible inroad to the leading primary materials for students of the history of the common law.The sources themselves - revealing the operation of courts across a wide range of personal and economic disputes - offer a rich resource for historians researching the development of the English government, society, and economy. Their significance in shaping the common law spans beyond England, and ensures the collection is an essential reference point for all those interested in the history of the common law in any jurisdiction.

LC Classification NumberKD720