| Description |
xvi, 271 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Social change and the growth of the common law -- The political scene -- Royal centralization and absolutism -- Royal prerogative and the community of the realm -- The social order -- Free tenures and their obligations -- Unfree tenures and their obligations -- Legal institutions -- Courts of Angevin England to 1307 -- Chancery: secretariat and writ-shop -- The nature and sources of the common law -- Sources of English law in the middle ages -- Enactments of Edward I -- The medieval legacy -- From medieval law to modern law |
| Analysis |
Common law |
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Great Britain |
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History |
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Law - Great Britain - History and criticism |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1966 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Common law.
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Law -- Great Britain -- History.
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| LC no. |
85015949 |
| ISBN |
086597053X |
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0865970548 (paperback) |
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