Systems of law: common law Books

This book offers a genealogy of the core concepts of Indian contract law, tracing their trajectory from the nineteenth century soil of English jurisprudence in which they germinated, to their transplantation into the Indian Contract Act 1872, and the...

Contract Law is a core element of every law degree in England and Wales. Now in its 5th edition, Unlocking Contract Law will help you grasp the main concepts of the subject with ease.

La gestión actual de la prevención de los riesgos laborales, debe ajustarse a la situación excepcional causada por el COVID-19 ello, toma especial importancia la necesidad de ser rigurosos en la información que se pone a disposición de los profesionales...

Tort Law & How It's Tied to Our Culture is a socio-legal history of the norms, customs, and eventual private laws for wrongs, or Tort. Oliver Wendel Holmes described law as "a grand anthropological document." This can be said with even greater force...

Highly acclaimed when it was published, this remains a classic. McIlwain [1871-1968], a professor of history at Harvard University for more than three decades, developed—with a particular emphasis on Parliament's role as a judicial...

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the world. During this time a good word or quote can uplift one's spirit and provide insight and perspective to brighten the journey.

This dictionary is an excellent guide to the source and meaning of Anglo-American legal concepts of the mid-nineteenth century. It contains translations of nearly five-thousand items of foreign origin and supplies definitions for innumerable legal maxims...

Often cited authority on the foundations of law. Originally published: Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1874. xiii, 401 pp. Originally written in Latin in 1523, this work contains two dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student of English law...

"The ornament of the Common Law." Lyttleton, His Treatise of Tenures, in French and English. A New Edition, Printed From the Most Ancient Copies, And Collated With the Various Readings of the Cambridge MSS. To Which Are Added The Ancient Treatise of the...

A collection of Sir Frederick Pollock's lectures from the Carpentier Series at Columbia University. William Holdsworth praised the eight lectures as a discussion of  “...critical studies of aspects and characteristics of the common law...

Exploring the role played by cooperation in the law and management of modern, complex contracts, this book contrasts an in-depth review of case law with a large-scale empirical study of the views of commercial actors responsible for the outcomes of these...

Teaching Evidence Law sets out the contemporary experiences of evidence teachers in a range of common law countries across four continents: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. It...

William E. Nelson here proposes a new beginning in the study of colonial legal history. Examining all archival legal material for the period 1607-1776 and synthesizing existing scholarship in a four-volume series, The Common Law in Colonial America shows...

Global fresh water scarcity and empirical studies on the bad quality of water in Europe made the Community aware of the need to protect this vital resource. Since water has no frontiers, the Member States decided to endeavour a common approach in its...

The Best Edition of this Classic History: A Comprehensive Legal History of England from the Anglo-Saxon Period through the 19th Century. Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett [1897-1965] received his LL.B. from the University of Cambridge in 1920. He was a...

A practical guide to the workings of the common law courts and the day-to-day practice of lawyers in 19th century Britain. Written by a practicing barrister with extensive experience in the field.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

It has been generally believed among different sections and groups of the society that legal education is only for the law students, lawyers etc. But have you ever thought how important basic legal education plays in our daily life. It is very necessary...

This is a biography of the early years of a somewhat successful legal career. It lacks the aphrodisiac of star quality, but what it provides is closer to common ground, and in that sense more valuable. Within these pages I have portrayed my sometimes...

Vinogradoff argues that the Norman-era villain was the direct descendent of the Anglo-Saxon freeman, so the typical Anglo-Saxon settlement was a free community rather than a manor. An impressive work of original scholarship and synthesis, it “shed...

A set of biographical sketches of eminent jurists from the 17th through 19th centuries, including Lord Bacon, John Selden, the Earl of Mansfield, Sir William Jones, and Lord Brougham. Intended to encourage emulation, Adams offers a series of “Great...

The Spirit of the Common Law is one of Roscoe Pound's most notable works. It contains the brilliant lectures he delivered at Dartmouth College in the summer of 1921. It is a seminal book embodying the spiritual essence of sociological jurisprudence by...

The extent of Roman influence on English common law, long a keenly debated topic, was subjected to careful scrutiny during the establishment of modern English legal historiography in the late 1800s. Scrutton's revisionist essay, a path-breaking work that...

Written anonymously at the end of the Year Book period, the Discourse Upon the Exposicion and Understandinge of Statutes is the earliest English treatise on the subject. Originally published: San Marino: Huntington Library, 1942. vii, 194 pp...

This book is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the practice of the Court of Chancery. It includes an appendix of forms and precedents of costs, and is adapted to the latest new orders. This is an essential reference for anyone interested in...

This definitive guide to the common law procedure in Great Britain provides a detailed analysis of the Acts of 1852, 1854, and 1860, as well as the new practice and pleading rules. An essential resource for lawyers and law students, this book offers a...