Origins of the Common Law
- ISBN-10
- 0865970548
- ISBN-13
- 9780865970540
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 271
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Author
- Arthur Reed Hogue
Description
Written for the beginning student as well as the experienced scholar, this introductory analysis of the origin and early development or the English common law provides and excellent grounding for the early study of legal history. Between 1154, when Henry II became king, and 1307, when Edward I died, the common law underwent spectacular growth. The author begins with a discussion of the relationship between the early rules of common law and the social order they serve during this period and concludes with an extended commentary on the durability and continued growth of the common law in modern times.
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