Essays in jurisprudence and the common law.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1931.

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Law.

Jurisprudence.

Common law.

Legal essays.

I. Determining the Ratio Decidendi of a case

II. Recent tendencies in English jurisprudence

III. Case law in England and America

IV. Three cases on possession

V. Corporate liability in tort and the doctrine of Ultra Vires

VI. Liability for the consequences of a "negligent act"

VII. The Palsgraf case

VIII. Liability for things naturally on the land

IX. Blackmail and consideration in contracts

X. Costs

XI. The legality of the general strike

XII. Recent cases on banking and negotiable instruments

XIII. The New York Court of Appeals and the House of Lords.

xiii, 295 pages ; 22 cm