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Shaping the common law : from Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688 / essays by Thomas Garden Barnes ; edited and with an introduction by Allen D. Boyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, Thomas G. (Thomas Garden), 1930-2010.
- Series:
- Jurists.
- Jurists-- profiles in legal theory
- Jurists-- profiles in legal theory Shaping the common law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Common law--History.
- Common law.
- Common law--England--History.
- Common law--History--England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 282 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Glanvill
- Magna Carta
- Thomas Littleton
- John Fortescue
- Richard Hooker
- James VI and I
- Francis Bacon
- Sir Edward Coke
- Michael Dalton
- William Hudson
- John Selden
- John Milton
- The laws and liberties of Massachusetts
- Trial of Charles I
- Matthew Hale.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8047-7959-7
- OCLC:
- 1294423803
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