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xxi, 1 unnumbered page, 542 pages, 1 leaf |
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"Under the title of 'The sources of law,' the substance of the following pages formed the Tagore lectures for 1926 in the University of Calcutta."--Pref. to the 1st edition |
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Contents: --Introduction: Law and its sources.--Custom: nature and origin.--Custom: interpretation & application.--Precedent: nature and history.--Precedent: authority and operation.--Equity.--Legislation.--Subordinate & autonomic legislation.--Appendix: A. Judicial tests of foreign custom. B. Reasonableness of custom. C. Precedent in equity.--Index |
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Jurisprudence.
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Law -- History.
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Law -- Great Britain.
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Law.
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Legislation.
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