Shaping the common law : from Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688 / [electronic resource]
Barnes, Thomas Garden.
Boyer, Allen D.
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law,
2008.
This collection discusses the contributions of great common-law jurists and singular documents - namely the Magna Carta and the Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts - that have shaped common law, from its origins in twelfth-century England to its arrival in the American colonies. Featured jurists include such widely recognized figures as Glanvill, Francis Bacon, Sir Edward Coke, and John Selden, as well as less-known but influential writers like Richard Hooker, Michael Dalton, William Hudson, and Sir Matthew Hale.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index.
Glanvill -- Magna Carta -- Thomas Littleton -- John Fortescue -- Richard Hooker -- James VI and I -- Francis Bacon -- Sir Edward Coke -- Michael Dalton -- William Hudson -- John Selden -- John Milton -- The laws and liberties of Massachusetts -- Trial of Charles I -- Matthew Hale.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This collection discusses the contributions of great common-law jurists and singular documents - namely the Magna Carta and the Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts - that have shaped common law, from its origins in twelfth-century England to its arrival in the American colonies. Featured jurists include such widely recognized figures as Glanvill, Francis Bacon, Sir Edward Coke, and John Selden, as well as less-known but influential writers like Richard Hooker, Michael Dalton, William Hudson, and Sir Matthew Hale.
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Common law
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