Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History, vol. 1
A massive three volume collection of essays by leading American and English legal experts which surveys the entire body of Anglo-American law. Volume 1 is a general survey.
Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History, by various authors, compiled and edited by a committee of the Association of American Law Schools, in three volumes (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1907). Vol. 1.
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- SELECT ESSAYS IN ANGLO-AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY VOLUME I GENERAL SURVEYS
- CONTENTS: BOOK I: GENERAL SURVEYS
- A TABLE OF BRITISH REGNAL YEARS
- PART I.: BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST
- 1.: A PROLOGUE TO A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW1
- 2.: THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEUTONIC LAW1
- 3.: ENGLISH LAW BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST1
- PART II.: FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
- 4.: THE CENTRALIZATION OF NORMAN JUSTICE UNDER HENRY II1
- 5.: EDWARD I, THE ENGLISH JUSTINIAN1
- 6.: ENGLISH LAW AND THE RENAISSANCE1
- 7.: ROMAN LAW INFLUENCE IN CHANCERY, CHURCH COURTS, ADMIRALTY, AND LAW MERCHANT1
- 1.: Roman Law in Coke
- Summary of Roman Law in Text-writers
- 2.: Roman Law in the Chancery
- 3.: Roman Law in the Ecclesiastical Courts
- Matrimonial Jurisdiction
- Testamentary Jurisdiction
- 4.: Roman Law in the Admiralty
- 5.: Roman Law in the Law Merchant
- 6.: Conclusion
- 8.: THE HISTORY OF THE CANON LAW IN ENGLAND1
- I
- II
- 9.: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW MERCHANT AND ITS COURTS1
- 10.: A COMPARISON OF THE HISTORY OF LEGAL DEVELOPMENT AT ROME AND IN ENGLAND1
- I.: Five Chief Epochs of Legal Change at Rome
- II.: Five Epochs of Legal Change in England
- III.: Outline of Legal Changes at Rome
- IV.: Outline of the Progress of Legal Changes in England
- 4.: Some Differences between the Development of Roman and that of English Law
- VI.: Observations on France and Germany
- VII.: Private Law least affected by Political Changes or Direct Legislation
- PART III.: THE AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD
- 11.: THE ENGLISH COMMON LAW IN THE EARLY AMERICAN COLONIES1
- Introduction
- I.: NEW ENGLAND
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut and New Haven
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- II.: THE MIDDLE COLONIES
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Maryland
- III.: THE SOUTHERN COLONIES
- Virginia
- The Carolinas
- IV.: CONCLUSION
- 12.: THE THEORY OF THE EXTENSION OF ENGLISH STATUTES TO THE PLANTATIONS1
- 13.: THE INFLUENCE OF COLONIAL CONDITIONS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE CONNECTICUT INTESTACY LAW1
- PART IV.: EXPANSION AND REFORM OF THE LAW IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- 14.: ANTICIPATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH OF CHANGES IN THE LAW1
- 15.: BENTHAM’S INFLUENCE IN THE REFORMS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY1
- 16.: PROGRESS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE DURING THE VICTORIAN PERIOD1
- 17.: THE DEVELOPMENT OF JURISPRUDENCE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY1
- 18.: THE EXTENSION OF ROMAN AND ENGLISH LAW THROUGHOUT THE WORLD1
- I.: The Regions Covered by Roman and English Law
- II.: The Diffusion of Roman Law by Conquest
- III.: The Establishment of One Law for the Empire
- IV.: The Extension of Roman Law after the Fall of the Western Empire
- V.: The Diffusion of English Law
- VI.: English Law in India
- VII.: The Working of the Indian Codes
- VIII.: Comparison of the Roman Law with English Law in India
- IX.: The Future of English Law in India
- X.: Present Position of Roman and English Law in the World
- PART V.: BENCH AND BAR FROM NORMAN TIMES TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- 19.: THE FIVE AGES OF THE BENCH AND BAR OF ENGLAND1
- I.: The Golden Age of the Common Law: From the Norman Conquest to the Death of Bracton2
- II.: The Silver Age of the Common Law: From the Accession of Edward I. to the Death of Edward III.1
- III.: The Bronze Age of the Common Law: From the Death of Edward III. to the Death of Littleton2
- IV.: The Iron Age of the Common Law: From Henry VII. to the Revolution of 16881
- V.: The Period of Reform: From William III. to Victoria1
- 20.: A CENTURY OF ENGLISH JUDICATURE, 1800-19001
- I.: From the Beginning of the Century to the Common Law Procedure Act of 1852
- (a): Chancery Courts
- (b): Common Law Courts
- (c): Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts
- (d): Courts of Appeal
- II.: From the Common Law Procedure of 1852 to the Judicature Acts of 1873-75
- (a): Common Law Courts
- (b): Chancery Courts
- (c): Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Courts
- (d): Court of Appeal in Chancery
- (e): The House of Lords and the Privy Council
- III.: From the Judicature Acts of 1873-75 to the End of the Century
- (a): The High Court of Justice
- (b): The Court of Appeal
- (c): The House of Lords
- (d): The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- 21.: AN AMERICAN LAW STUDENT OF A HUNDRED YEARS AGO1
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