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Shaping the common law [electronic resource] : from Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688 /

Barnes, Thomas G. 1930-2010.

Shaping the common law from Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688 / [electronic resource] : essays by Thomas Garden Barnes ; edited and with an introduction by Allen D. Boyer. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law, 2008. - 1 online resource (xii, 282 p.). - Jurists . - Jurists. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This collection discusses the contributions of great common-law jurists and singular documents - namely the Magna Carta and the Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts - that have shaped common law, from its origins in twelfth-century England to its arrival in the American colonies. Featured jurists include such widely recognized figures as Glanvill, Francis Bacon, Sir Edward Coke, and John Selden, as well as less-known but influential writers like Richard Hooker, Michael Dalton, William Hudson, and Sir Matthew Hale.

Specialized.

9780804779593 No price


Common law--History.
Common law--History.--England
Law.
Jurisprudence & general issues.

K588 / .B37 2008

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