The Law's Two Bodies: Some Evidential Problems in English Legal History
Author:   John Baker (Downing Professor of Laws of England, Downing Professor of Laws of England, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199245185


Pages:   218
Publication Date:   05 July 2001
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   John Baker (Downing Professor of Laws of England, Downing Professor of Laws of England, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9780199245185


ISBN 10:   0199245185
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   05 July 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

I: Case-Law and Statute-Law II: Legal Fictions III: Common Usage and Common Learning Appendices: Some Illustrative Texts A: Common Practice and Communis Error B: Fictions in Writs and Pleadings C: Fictions in Trial: Benefit of Clergy for Laymen D: Linguistic Fictions E: Improper Fictions F: Common Learning G: Opinions of Counsel Index

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There is much here to engage and challenge the historian. English Historical Review The Law's Two Bodies is undoubtedly of general interest to legal historians of any period, as well as to other critical analysts of law and its interpretation, at two levels. Firstly, Baker's lectures are an important lesson in how the meaning (or a fuller meaning; or an alternative meaning) of written law in its various forms may be found by researching related systems of legal knowledge, such as the education of legal personnel. Secondly, The Law's Two Bodies is a valuable study of how recorded law is not necessarily the absolute source of authority it may appear - or be claimed - to be. Law Quarterly Review


`There is much here to engage and challenge the historian.' English Historical Review `The Law's Two Bodies is undoubtedly of general interest to legal historians of any period, as well as to other critical analysts of law and its interpretation, at two levels. Firstly, Baker's lectures are an important lesson in how the meaning (or a fuller meaning; or an alternative meaning) of written law in its various forms may be found by researching related systems of legal knowledge, such as the education of legal personnel. Secondly, The Law's Two Bodies is a valuable study of how recorded law is not necessarily the absolute source of authority it may appear - or be claimed - to be.' Law Quarterly Review


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John Baker is Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge

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