History of the common law
Subtitle: the development of Anglo-American legal institutions
By: John H. Langbein, Renée Lettow Lerner, Bruce P. Smith.
Contributors: Lerner, Renée Lettow.; Smith, Bruce P.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers; Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1141
ISBN-13: 9780735562905
Subjects: Common law -- History; Law -- England -- History; Law -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Criminal procedure and the origins of the jury system; title: Civil justice; title: Shaping the legal professions: bar, bench, and books; title: The transformation of the juries and the reconstruction of criminal and civil justice; title: The rise of equity; title: The maturation and reform of chancery, and the fusion of law and equity; title: Controlling, reviewing, and suppressing juries in England; title: Judge/jury relations in America; title: Rebuilding criminal procedure: the marian pretrial and the altercation trial; title: The growth of defensive safeguard; title: American criminal justice; title: Legal literature; title: The reception and recasting of English law; title: Legal education; title: The legal profession.