Introduction to English Legal History

Name: Introduction to English Legal History
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ISBN: 9780406930538

ISBN-10: 0406930538

ISBN-13: 9780406930538

Edition: 4th 2002 (Revised)

Authors: J. H. Baker

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This book traces, in outline, the development of the principal features of English legal institutions and doctrines from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. The Introduction has become a standard work on the subject. It has now been updated and improved in consequence of the rapid pace of research in legal history over recent years, which has made this new edition a necessity.

Book details

List price: $77.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 650
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.76" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

John H. Baker is a lecturer in English literature at the University of Westminster.







Law and Custom in Early Britain



Origins of the Common Law



The Superior Courts of Common Law



The Forms of Action



The Jury and Pleading



The Court of Chancery and Equity



The Concilliar Courts



The Concilliar Courts



Judicial Review of Decisions



The Legal Profession



Legal Literature



Law Making






Real Property: Feudal Tenure



Real Property: Feudalism and Uses



Real Property: Inheritance and Estates



Real Property: Family Settlements



Other Interests in Land



Contract: Covenant and Debt



Contract: Assumpsit and Deceit



Contract: Some Later Developments



Quasi-Contract



Property in Chattels Personal



Negligence



Nuisance



Defamation



Economic Torts



Persons: Status and Liberty



Persons: Marriage and its Consequences



Pleas of the Crown: Criminal Procedure



Pleas of the Crown: The Substantive Criminal Law