Essays in jurisprudence and the common law
By: by Arthur L. Goodhart...
Publisher: The University press
Published: 1931
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Law; Jurisprudence
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.
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.