The Formation of the English Common Law: Law and Society in England from King Alfred to Magna Carta

ISBN-13: 9781138189348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 234 str.

John Hudson

Opis

The Formation of the English Common Law explores the Anglo-Saxon origins of common law and the influence of the Norman invaders and their later administrative reforms, shedding light upon society at the time. This new edition includes a chapter charting the Anglo-Saxon period, a fully revised literature survey and updated Further Reading.

O autorze

John Hudson is Professor of Legal History at St Andrews University, UK, and William W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan. His previous publications include F. W. Maitland and the Englishness of English Law (2008), The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Volume II 871-1216 (2012) and Papers Preparatory to the Making of English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century, Volume II: From God's Law to Common Law, ed., with Stephen Baxter (2014).