The Making of English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century: Volume I: Legislation and Its Limits

by Patrick Wormald

'This volume, originally intended asthe first of two comprising The Making of English Law, provides the first full-length account of the Old English law-codes for over eighty years, and the first that has ever been published in the English language. It is designed to be both an authoritative work of reference for scholars seeking enlightenment on particular legal manuscripts or texts and a coherent account of how the corpus of Old English law from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631227407
• ISBN13: 9780631227403
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.7"