Shaping the Common Law
From Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688
Published on 9. July 2008
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-8047-5714-0 (ISBN)
Description
In a series of fifteen vivid essays, this book 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. Across the essays, the jurists' personalities are given voice, the context of time and events made clear, and the continuing impact of the texts emphasized. Taken as a whole, the book offers a simple reverence for the achievements of these men and law books and a deep respect for the role historical events have played in the development of the common law.
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. Across the essays, the jurists' personalities are given voice, the context of time and events made clear, and the continuing impact of the texts emphasized. Taken as a whole, the book offers a simple reverence for the achievements of these men and law books and a deep respect for the role historical events have played in the development of the common law.
Reviews / Votes
"This illuminating collection is the product of a career spent working with the texts and presenting them in the classroom, with positive results. It is consistently informative, well-written, and entertaining."-Richard H. Helmholtz, University of Chicago Law School "These elegant essays explore the role of legal literature in the development of common law. Clearly written and easily intelligible, they are a very good read." -A.W. Brian Simpson, University of Michigan Law School "A delightful, eloquent, and deeply learned tour of the great writers and books of English legal history! Essential reading for Americanists for whom Glanvill, Littleton, Coke, Dalton, Hale, and Magna Carta are much referenced but often less than well understood." -Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Cloth
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-5714-0 (9780804757140)
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Persons
Thomas Garden Barnes is Professor Emeritus of History and Law at University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor of the Legal Classics Library for the Gryphon Press. Allen D. Boyer, a lawyer in New York City, serves on the advisory board of the Yale Center for Parliamentary History and is the author of Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age (Stanford, 20
Content
Table of Contents Preface 000 Introduction by Allen D. Boyer 000 Chapter 1 Glanvill 000 Chapter 2 Magna Carta 000 Chapter 3 Thomas Littleton 000 Chapter 4 John Fortescue 000 Chapter 5 Richard Hooker 000 Chapter 6 James VI and I 000 Chapter 7 Francis Bacon 000 Chapter 8 Sir Edward Coke 000 Chapter 9 Michael Dalton 000 Chapter 10 William Hudson 000 Chapter 11 John Selden 000 Chapter 12 John Milton 000 Chapter 13 The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts 000 Chapter 14 Trial of Charles I 000 Chapter 15 Matthew Hale 000 Further Reading 000 Index 000