Shaping the common law [electronic resource] : from Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688 / essays by Thomas Garden Barnes ; edited and with an introduction by Allen D. Boyer.

By:

Barnes, Thomas G. (Thomas Garden), 1930-2010

Contributor(s):

Boyer, Allen D

Material type: Text

TextSeries: JuristsPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 282 p.)ISBN:

9780804779593

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Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

340.5709 23

LOC classification:

K588 .B37 2008

Online resources:

Stanford scholarship online

Summary: 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.

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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.

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Shaping the common law [electronic resource] : from Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688 / essays by Thomas Garden Barnes ; edited and with an introduction by Allen D. Boyer.