History of the common law : the development of Anglo-American legal institutions / John H. Langbein, Renée Lettow Lerner, Bruce P. Smith.

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New York, NY : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2009.
Record id:
75533
Subject:
Common law -- History.
Law -- History -- England.
Law -- History -- United States.
Common law.
Contents:
Part I. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Part II. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Part III. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Part IV. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Part V. Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Chapter 15. The English common law : medieval origins
Criminal procedure and the origins of the jury system
Civil justice
Shaping the legal professions : bar, bench, and books
The second English legal system
The transformation of the juries and the reconstruction of criminal and civil justice
The rise of equity
The maturation and reform of chancery, and the fusion of law and equity
Reshaping the jury
Controlling, reviewing, and suppressing juries in England
Judge/jury relations in America
Criminal justice
Rebuilding criminal procedure : the Marian pretrial and the Altercation trial
The growth of defensive safeguard
American criminal justice
American initiatives in the common law
Legal literature
The reception and recasting of English law
Legal education
The legal profession.
Note:
Detailed table of contents available via online link.
Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780735562905
Phys. description:
xxvii, 1141 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm