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J. H. Baker.
An Introduction to English Legal History; third edition.
Published London: Butterworths, 2000 reprint (previously issued 1990; earlier edns. were 1979 and 1971).
ISBN 0406531013;
ISBN-13 9780406531018.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Redwood Books, Trowbridge.
Size: 137x215x37mm.
Page count: xlix,673pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks somewhat battered, some scuffs and creases on the covers, some wear on the edges with the corners starting to fray; a fairly heavy crease on the spine; at least 1 page has some inked annotations, and the quality of the printing throughout leaves something to be desired.

This item £6.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for 4th edn. £35.99]
Weight without packaging: 896g.

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No particular medieval emphasis, though naturally discusses much medieval material throughout.

Contents: Law & custom in early Britain; Origins of the common law; Superior courts of common law; Forms of action; Jury & pleading; Court of Chancery & Equity; Conciliar courts; Ecclesiastical courts; Judicial review of decisions; The legal profession; Legal literature; Law making; Real property — feudal tenure — feudalism & uses — inheritance & estates — family settlements; Other interests in land; Contract — covenant & debt — assumpsit & deceit; Quasi-contract; Property in chattels — personal; Negligence; Nuisance; Defamation; Economic torts; Persons — status & liberty — marriage & its consequences; Pleas of the crown — criminal procedure — substantive criminal law.
Appendices: Specimen writs; Specimen entries.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: 5
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: further reading given at end of each chapter
Index: yes

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