Table talk of the Selden Society in Queensland : papers delivered at the annual general meetings of the Selden Society Brisbane, 1989-2004 / edited by Michael White and Aladin Rahemtula.

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Brisbane : Supreme Court Library Queensland, 2004

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25443

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Selden Society, -- Australian Chapter.

Law -- History.

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1. Time immemorial

2. Education at the bar

3. Damages in Chancery

4. How it was that ships came to be owned in 64 parts

5. Latin language and English law

6. Without warts (the concept of sovereignty in Hale's History of the Common Law)

7. Early development of arrest without warrant in criminal cases

8. The history and structure of insurance law

9. Use and misuse of legal history: case studies from the law of contract, tort and restitution

10. The sources of the modern tort of conspiracy

11. The advent of the English law in Ireland

12. The year of grace, 1751: adoption of the Gregorian calendar into English law, and supputation of time under the act of 24 Geo 2, c 23

13. Lord Denning: Miller v Jackson: was it really cricket?

14. Similar fact evidence - a twist of fate?

15. Shakespeare's will: a mystery solved.

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Supreme Court Library Queensland. Publications.

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0975123025

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xxii, 249 pages : illustrations