num_pages: 345
description: Table of ContentsPart I: The Background of The Common Law1. What Legal History is About2. The Courts3. The Jury, and Other Means of Finding Facts4. The Bench and BarPart II: Sources of Law5. Custom and Cases 6. Legislation and Codification 7. Doctrinal WritingsPart III: The Common Law in Action8. Real Property9. Torts10. ContractsPart IV: The Common Law Codified11. The Law and Commerce: Action and Reaction12. Negotiable Instruments13. Business OrganizationsFirst edition published 1963 as Legal History: Law and Social Change.Second edition published 1973 under present title.Third edition published 1990.
language: English
title: Historical Introduction to Anglo-American Law in a Nutshell
titlecomplete: Historical Introduction to Anglo-American Law in a Nutshell
ratings_count: 8
series: Nutshell Series
publisher: West Publishing Co.