AuthorRoebuck, Derek
TitleThe background of the common law / Derek Robuck
Imprint Hong Kong : Oxford University Press, 1988
Descript 135p. ; 21cm

CONTENT

Prologue -- Communal societies and customary law -- Ango-saxon law -- Law and order: the growth of the criminal law -- The Feudal system and the administration of justice -- The Writ system and the forms of action -- Property: its invention and protection -- The Rise of equity and the court of chancery -- Succession and settlements -- Trespasses and torts -- Contract and commerce -- Fictions and jurisdictions


SUBJECT

  1. Common law -- England -- History

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Law Library (3rd Floor)K/Eng.190 R64b 1988 CHECK SHELVES
Law Library (3rd Floor)K/Eng.190 R64b 1988 CHECK SHELVES