by R. C. van Caenegem



Editorial Reviews

Review
"This tour de force is a piece of mature scholarship based on exceptional
first-hand knowledge of archives and literature dealing with early common
law." Social Science Quarterly

"...reflects a thorough command of the primary sources and the vast
secondary literature, and it is written with rare lucidity and wit." New
York Literary Journal

Product Description:

First published in 1973, The Birth of the English Common Law has come to
enjoy classic status. In a new preface, Professor van Caenegem discusses
some recent developments in the study of English law under the Norman and
earliest Angevin kings. The book provides a challenging interpretation of
the emergence of the Common Law in Anglo-Norman England, against the
background of the general development of legal institutions in Europe.

Product Details

Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (November 24, 1988)
ISBN: 0521356822