Essays in jurisprudence and the common law
By: by Arthur L. Goodhart
Publisher: The University press
Published: 1937
Place of publication: Cambridge, [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Law; Jurisprudence; Common law
Notes: "All the essays included in this volume have appeared in the course of the last four years in legal periodicals except the one entitled "Liability for the consequences of a ʻnegligent act'", which was published in Cambridge legal essays, 1926."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Determining the ratio decideni of a case; title: Recent tendencies in English jurisprudence; title: Case law in England and America; title: Three cases on possession; title: Corporate liability in tort and the doctrine of ultra vires; title: Liability for the consequences of a "negligent act"; title: The Palagraf case; title: Liability for things naturally on the land; title: Blackmail and consideration in contracts; title: Costs; title: The legality of the general strike; title: Recent cases on banking and negotiable instruments; title: the New York Court of appeals and the House of lords.