A short history of English law
Subtitle: from the earliest times to the end of the year 1919
By: by Edward Jenks
Edition: 2nd ed., rev.
Series: Making of modern law
Publisher: Methuen
Published: 1920
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Law; History
Notes: Includes index.

Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Period I. Before the Norman conquest. Old English law; title: Period II. The conquest to the death of Henry III. Sources of the common law; title: Feudalism and the land law; title: Improved legal procedure; title: The law of chattels; title: Period III. Edward I to the Commonwealth. The triumph of the King's Courts; title: New interests in land; title: Rights and methods of alienation; title: The law of personal property; title: Contract and tort; title: Criminal law and procedure; title: Civil procedure in the later middle ages; title: Period IV. The Restoration to the present day (1660-1911). Modern authorities and the legal profession; title: Reform by equity; title: Changes in land law; title: New forms of personal property; title: Contract and tort in modern law; title: Reform in the criminal law; title: Modern civil procedure.