Legal history : law and social change

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Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Frederick G. Kempin
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): New Jersey
Publication Information: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1963
Publication Type (Medium): History
Type: Book
Series title: Foundations of law in a business society series.
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/legal-history-law-and-social-change/ (Stable identifier)

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X, 117 pages ; 23 cm.

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Legal history : law and social change is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Responsable Person: Frederick G. Kempin, Jr.
Publication Date: 1963
Copyright Date: 1963
Location: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Country/State: New Jersey
Number of Editions: 11 editions
First edition Date: 1959
Last edition Date: 1963
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KD671
Dewey Code: 340.0942
OCLC: 1061378

Main Contents

Part I: The background of the common law
What legal history is about
The courts
The jury
The bench and bar
Part II: Sources of law
Custom and cases
Legislation and codification
Doctrinal writings
Part III: The common law in action
Real property
Torts
Contracts
Part IV: The common law codified
The law and commerce–action and reaction
Negotiable instruments
Business organizations.

Legal history : law and social change

Legal history : law and social change