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Historical foundations of the common law / [by] S.F.C. Milsom.

Author/creator Milsom, S. F. C. (Stroud Francis Charles), 1923-2016
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon : Butterworths, 1969.
Descriptionxiv, 466 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents I. Institutional background. 1. The centralisation of justice -- 2. The institutions of the common law in its first formative period -- 3. The institutions of the common law in its second formative period -- 4. The rise of equity -- II. Property in land. 5. Tenures -- 6. Early actions -- 7. Later actions -- 8. Settlement of land at law -- 9. Uses and trusts of land -- III. Obligations. 10. Old personal actions -- 11. The rise of trespass and case -- 12. Growth of the modern law of contract -- 13. Rise of modern law of torts -- IV. Crime. 14. Criminal administration and law.
Bibliography noteBibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 375-429).
Issued in other formOnline version: Milsom, S.F.C. (Stroud Francis Charles), 1923- Historical foundations of the common law. London, Butterworths, 1969
LCCN 77427567
ISBN040662500X
ISBN9780406625007
ISBN0406625018
ISBN9780406625014
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