Author: Christopher Columbus LangdellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Contracts
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
A Selection of Leading Cases, on Various Branches of the Law
Author: John William SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
A Selection of Leading Cases on Various Branches of the Law
Author: SmithPriests of the Law
Author: Thomas J. McSweeneyPublisher:
ISBN: 0198845456
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book examines the development of legal professionalism in the early English common law, with specific reference to the 13th-century treatise known as Bracton and to its likely authors.
The Nature of the Common Law
Author: Melvin Aron EisenbergPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674604810
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Common law rules predominate in some areas of law, such as torts and contracts, and are extremely important in other areas, such as corporations. Nevertheless, it has been unclear what principles courts use—or should use—in establishing common law rules. In this lucid book, Melvin Eisenberg develops the principles that govern this process.
A Selection of Leading Cases on Mercantile and Maritime Law
Author: Owen Davies TudorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial law
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
Apex Courts and the Common Law
Author: Paul DalyPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487504438
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
For centuries, courts across the common law world have developed systems of law by building bodies of judicial decisions. In deciding individual cases, common law courts settle litigation and move the law in new directions. By virtue of their place at the top of the judicial hierarchy, courts at the apex of common law systems are unique in that their decisions and, in particular, the language used in those decisions, resonate through the legal system. Although both the common law and apex courts have been studied extensively, scholars have paid less attention to the relationship between the two. By analyzing apex courts and the common law from multiple angles, this book offers an entry point for scholars in disciplines related to law - such as political science, history, and sociology - who are seeking a deeper understanding and new insights as to how the common law applies to and is relevant within their own disciplines.
The Common Law Tradition
Author: Karl N. LlewellynPublisher: Quid Pro Books
ISBN: 1610273001
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Fighting for Justice
Author: Elizabeth Gibson-MorganPublisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786837471
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This is a time when the rule of law is seriously challenged, when governments threaten deliberately to break the law, and the independence of justice is jeopardised by unrelenting pressure from both the executive and the media. This book aims at contributing to restoring trust in judges as custodians of the law and justice, through a comparison between Civil and Common Law countries. It offers a rare opportunity to gather the expertise of eminent judges and legal authorities from five different countries, providing a unique insight into their work and the way they deliver justice based on their respective professional experience and practise of the law. Far from being a highly technical debate between experts, however, the book is accessible to students and the general public, and raises important contemporary legal issues that involve them both as citizens, with justice as a shared aspiration, and a common attachment to the rule of law.
Leading Cases in Australian Law
Author: Daniel ReynoldsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781760020606
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Leading Cases in Australian Law provides, in essence, a summary of the 200 most cited cases in Australian law. Each case note contains an outline of the facts, issues and decision, an extract of the most frequently cited portions of the judgment, commentary incorporating later decisions on the topic, and cross-references to the leading texts on the legal area of the case. Finally, under each case heading there is a single-sentence proposition for which the case stands as authority, and these are later collated in a table for easy reference.This is the first book of its kind published in Australia, and it is intended to serve as a portrait of Australian law as currently practised. Appendices are included to complete this picture, providing further information such as lists of top cases by subject area, and a ranking of the most cited judges.This book will be useful to law students, who will likely encounter most of these cases during the course of their degree, as well as to legal practitioners, who will find it a useful reference for the cases that have faded from memory since law school as well as the cases cited in daily practice.
A Concise History of the Common Law
Author: Theodore Frank Thomas PlucknettPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584771372
Category : Common law
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.