Common law books

This collection of essays - comprising 15 chapters, with contributions from sitting judges of the High Court of...  Read More >>

A study of how English legal culture, with its strong emphasis on common law, engaged with the new ideas of the...  Read More >>

As an administrative officer in the Egyptian Government, the author compiled a digest of the law and practice of...  Read More >>

William E. Nelson's first volume of the four-volume The Common Law of Colonial America (2008) established a new...  Read More >>

Tells the story of how disputes of all kinds were managed in England between AD 1154 and the first signs of the...  Read More >>

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"Originally published: London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, 1817. [xii], 244, [21] pp. Reprint of the last and...  Read More >>

An inter-disciplinary, international collection that examines the mutual influences between law and culture through...  Read More >>

Provides a broad understanding of and critical thinking about the contemporary jury system. This book fills a void...  Read More >>

"As Kent Greenwalt's second volume on aspects of legal interpretation, this book analyzes statutory and common law...  Read More >>

"""Examines the history of parliamentary privilege and contempt of parliament ... The focus of the book relates...  Read More >>

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Lawyers without history are like doctors without science. From Hammurabi to Guantanamo Bay, this book gives an outline...  Read More >>

In a compelling book full of the extraordinary stories of ordinary people, Elaine Forman Crane reveals the ways...  Read More >>

"Reprint of the last and best edition with Butler and Hargrave's notes, with mistakes corrected from the 1681 folio...  Read More >>

(Illustrated: Contains extensive images and photographs, with scholarly explanations, including Holmes's handwritten...  Read More >>

Should judges in United States courts be permitted to cite foreign laws in their rulings? This book explores jurisprudential...  Read More >>

This is a VitalSource e-book. Statutory Interpretation responds to a recognized need for students to have improved...  Read More >>

This lucid and accessible sourcebook of American jurisprudence by one of our great Supreme Court justices is one...  Read More >>

This lucid and accessible sourcebook of American jurisprudence by one of our great Supreme Court justices is one...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1973, provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the common law in...  Read More >>

This book showcases eight judges that the author argues exemplify judicial greatness and looks at what role they...  Read More >>

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By 1216 the foundations of the English common law had been laid. This book assesses the development of law and society...  Read More >>