The Birth of the English Common Law
First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to enjoy classic status. In a new preface, Professor van Caenegem discusses some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and earliest Angevin kings. The book provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the Common Law in Anglo-Norman England, against the background of the general development of legal institutions in Europe.
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The Birth of the English Common Law
First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to enjoy classic status. In a new preface, Professor van Caenegem discusses some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and earliest Angevin kings. The book provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the Common Law in Anglo-Norman England, against the background of the general development of legal institutions in Europe.
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The Birth of the English Common Law

The Birth of the English Common Law

by R. C. van Caenegem
The Birth of the English Common Law

The Birth of the English Common Law

by R. C. van Caenegem

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First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to enjoy classic status. In a new preface, Professor van Caenegem discusses some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and earliest Angevin kings. The book provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the Common Law in Anglo-Norman England, against the background of the general development of legal institutions in Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521356824
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/24/1988
Series: Cambridge Paperback Library Series
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 180
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.43(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. English courts from the Conqueror to Glanvill; 2. Royal writs and writ procedure; 3. The jury in the royal courts; 4. English law and the Continent; notes to the text; index of persons, places and subjects.
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