Shaping the Common Law: From Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688 (Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory)
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Thomas Garden Barnes (Author) Allen D. Boyer (Contributor)
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In a series of fifteen vivid essays, this book 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. Across the essays, the jurists' personalities are given voice, the context of time and events made clear, and the continuing impact of the texts emphasized. Taken as a whole, the book offers a simple reverence for the achievements of these men and law books and a deep respect for the role historical events have played in the development of the common law. CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
About the Author
Thomas Garden Barnes is Professor Emeritus of History and Law at University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor of the Legal Classics Library for the Gryphon Press. Allen D. Boyer, a lawyer in New York City, serves on the advisory board of the Yale Center for Parliamentary History and is the author of Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age (Stanford, 20
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- Contributor: Thomas Garden Barnes
- Imprint: Stanford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780804757140
- Number of Pages: 304
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
- Packaged Weight: 544
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Stanford University Press
- Release Date: 2008-07-09
- Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Thomas Garden Barnes is Professor Emeritus of History and Law at University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor of the Legal Classics Library for the Gryphon Press. Allen D. Boyer, a lawyer in New York City, serves on the advisory board of the Yale Center for Parliamentary History and is the author of Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age (Stanford, 20
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