The life of the law : proceedings of the tenth British Legal History Conference, Oxford, 1991

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Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Peter Birks
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press, ©1993
Publication Type (Medium): Conference papers and proceedings, History, Congresses, Congre?s
Material: Conference publication
Type: Book
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/the-life-of-the-law-proceedings-of-the-tenth-british-legal-history-conference-oxford-1991/ (Stable identifier)

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Online version: British Legal History Conference (10th: 1991: Oxford, England). Life of the law. London ; Rio Grande, Ohio: Hambledon Press, ©1993 (OCoLC)606352828 Online version: British Legal History Conference (10th: 1991: Oxford, England). Life of the law. London ; Rio Grande, Ohio: Hambledon Press, ©1993 (OCoLC)624446227

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VIII, 267 pages ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, The life of the law : proceedings of the tenth British Legal History Conference, Oxford, 1991 is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: Hambledon Press
Responsable Person: edited by Peter Birks.
Publication Date: 1993
Location: Rio Grande, Ohio
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 6 editions
First edition Date: 1993
Last edition Date: 1993
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KD606
Dewey Code: 349.41
ISBN: 1852851023 9781852851026
OCLC: 28149299

Main Contents

‘Nothing which is new or unique’? A reappraisal of ‘Judicium Essoniorum’ / Paul Brand
Country lawyers? the composers of English Chancery Bills / Timothy S. Haskett
Wager of law and judgment by default in pleas of dower in the Royal Courts of Late Thirteenth-and Fourteenth-Century England / Sue Sheridan Walker
‘Under her own lock and key’: Women’s position in early medieval law and society / Rebecca V. Colman
Law books at Cambridge, 1500-1640 / Alain Wijffels
Puzzles from Irish Law Reporting History / W.N. Osborough
Law Reform in Eighteenth-Century england / Wilfrid Prest
The independence of the judiciary in Eighteenth-Century England / David Lemmings
The origins of the Glasgow Law School: The professors of the civil law, 1741-61 / John W. Cairns
The Vinerian Chair: An Atlantic Perspective / M.D. Gordon
Strikers and the law, 1825-51 / Michael Lobban
An episode in criminal law reform through private initiative / K.J.M. Smith and Stephen White
History in eclipse? The role of the past in books on the English legal system / Raymond Cocks.

Structured Subjects (Headings):

Great Britain

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

Great Britain

The life of the law : proceedings of the tenth British Legal History Conference, Oxford, 1991

The life of the law : proceedings of the tenth British Legal History Conference, Oxford, 1991