Forms of Action at Common Law A Course of Lectures

Name: Forms of Action at Common Law A Course of Lectures
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ISBN: 9780521091855

ISBN-10: 0521091853

ISBN-13: 9780521091855

Edition: 1997

Authors: Maitland, A. H. Chaytor, W. J. Whittaker

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The forms of action are a part of the structure upon which rests the whole common law of England and, though we may have buried them, they still, as Maitland says, rule us from their graves. The following extract is taken from the editors' preface: 'The evasion of the burden of archaic procedure and of such barbaric tests of truth as battle, ordeal and wager of law, by the development of new forms and new law out of criminal or quasi criminal procedure and the inquest of neighbour-witnesses has never been described with this truth and clearness. He makes plain a great chapter of legal history which the learners and even the lawyers of today have almost abandoned in despair. The text of the…

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List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/3/1936
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 88
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.46" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Lecture I


Lecture II


Lecture III


Lecture IV


Lecture V


Lecture VI


Lecture VII