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Milson S F C

Historical foundations of the common law - 2nd - Oxford Oxford University Press 2007 - 475p v

Contents:
Preface to the second edition v;
Part I: Institutional background 1;
1:The centralisation of justice 11;
2:The institutions of the common law in its first formative period 37;
3:The institutions of the common law in its second formative period 60;
4:The rise of equity 82;
Part II: Property in land:
5:Tenures 99;
6:Early actions 119;
7:Later actions 152;
8:Settlement of land at law 166;
9:Uses and trusts of land 200;
Part III: Obligations:
10:Old personal actions 243;
11:The rise of trespass and case 283;
12:Growth of the modern law of contract 314;
13:Rise of modern law of torts 361;
Part IV: Crime:
14:Criminal administration and law 403;
Table of cases 429;
Table of statutes and documents 443;
Index 449.


ISBN: 9780406625038

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Common Law

Dewey Class. No.: 340.570000 / MIL