Shaping the Common Law: From Glanvill to Hale, 1188-1688

by Thomas Barnes, Thomas Garden Barnes, Allen D. Barnes, Thomas Garden; Boyer

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804757143
• ISBN13: 9780804757140
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Stanford Law Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"