The history of English law before the time of Edward I

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The history of English law before the time of Edward I

by Sir Frederick Pollock and Frederic William Maitland

Cambridge University Press, 1968

2nd ed. reissued, with a new introduction and select bibliography / by S.F.C. Milsom

  • v. 1
  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 2
  • v. 2 : pbk

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History of English law

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Reprint. Originally published 1895

Bibliography: v. 1: p. lxxv-xci

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780521070614

Description

Although this book was envisaged as a joint venture and bears the name of both Pollock and Maitland, it is substantially the work of Maitland. It was recognised at once as a masterpiece and has since been accepted as one of the great histories in the English language. In Maitland's lifetime Acton pronounced him the ablest historian in England. Plucknett said that 'everything he wrote exercises a deep fascination and a personal attraction'. To Sir Maurice Powicke he was 'one of the immortals'. Lord Annan, in the preface to his Leslie Stephen, called him 'perhaps the greatest of all professional historians'. To read The History of English Law, even many years after Maitland's death, is to feel at once the touch of a master. That touch could only be weakened by editing, so the present issue is a reprint of the second edition but with an introductory essay and a select bibliography by S. F. C. Milsom, Professor of Legal History in the University of London.

Table of Contents

  • Book I: 1. The Dark Age in English Legal History
  • 2. Anglo-Saxon Law
  • 3. Norman Law
  • 4. England under the Norman Kings
  • 5. Roman and Canon Law
  • 6. The Age of Glanvill
  • 7. The Age of Bracton
  • Book II: 1. Tenure
  • 2. The Sorts and conditions of men
  • 3. Jurisdiction and the Communities of the Land.
Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780521095150

Description

Although this book was envisaged as a joint venture and bears the name of both Pollock and Maitland, it is substantially the work of Maitland. It was recognised at once as a masterpiece and has since been accepted as one of the great histories in the English language. In Maitland's lifetime Acton pronounced him the ablest historian in England. Plucknett said that 'everything he wrote exercises a deep fascination and a personal attraction'. To Sir Maurice Powicke he was 'one of the immortals'. Lord Annan, in the preface to his Leslie Stephen, called him 'perhaps the greatest of all professional historians'. To read The History of English Law, even many years after Maitland's death, is to feel at once the touch of a master. That touch could only be weakened by editing, so the present issue is a reprint of the second edition but with an introductory essay and a select bibliography by S. F. C. Milsom, Professor of Legal History in the University of London.

Table of Contents

  • Book I: 1. The Dark Age in English Legal History
  • 2. Anglo-Saxon Law
  • 3. Norman Law
  • 4. England under the Norman Kings
  • 5. Roman and Canon Law
  • 6. The Age of Glanvill
  • 7. The Age of Bracton
  • Book II: 1. Tenure
  • 2. The Sorts and conditions of men
  • 3. Jurisdiction and the Communities of the Land.
Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780521095167

Description

Although this book was envisaged as a joint venture and bears the name of both Pollock and Maitland, it is substantially the work of Maitland. It was recognised at once as a masterpiece and has since been accepted as one of the great histories in the English language. In Maitland's lifetime Acton pronounced him the ablest historian in England. Plucknett said that 'everything he wrote exercises a deep fascination and a personal attraction'. To Sir Maurice Powicke he was 'one of the immortals'. Lord Annan, in the preface to his Leslie Stephen, called him 'perhaps the greatest of all professional historians'. To read The History of English Law, even many years after Maitland's death, is to feel at once the touch of a master. That touch could only be weakened by editing, so the present issue is a reprint of the second edition but with an introductory essay and a select bibliography by S. F. C. Milsom, Professor of Legal History in the University of London.

Table of Contents

  • Book II. 4. Ownership and Possession
  • 5. Contract
  • 6. Inheritance
  • 7. Family Law
  • 8. Crime and Tort
  • 9. Procedure.

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