num_pages: 3
description: The Note Book contains notes on some 2000 cases from the oldplea rolls of the thirteenth century and in Bracton's greattreatise, Laws and Customs of England, he refers to thesecases in much the same way we do in legal writing today.It has been said that by using cases in this manner Bractonstarted the common law system of precedent. Maitland'sintroduction to this set is a rich source of informationon the history and times of the period.
language: Latin
title: Bracton's Note Book: A Collection of Cases
titlecomplete: Bracton's Note Book: A Collection of Cases (English and Latin Edition)
publisher: Fred B Rothman & Co