In the eighteenth century, the English common law courts laid the
foundation that continues to support present-day Anglo-American
law. Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench,
1756-1788, was the dominant judicial force behind these
developments. In this abridgment of his two-volume book, "The
Mansfield Manuscripts and the Growth of English Law in the
Eighteenth Century," James Oldham presents the fundamentals of the
English common law during this period, with a detailed description
of the operational features of the common law courts. This work
includes revised and updated versions of the historical and
analytical essays that introduced the case transcriptions in the
original volumes, with each chapter focusing on a different aspect
of the law.
While considerable scholarship has been devoted to the
eighteenth-century English criminal trial, little attention has
been given to the civil side. This book helps to fill that gap,
providing an understanding of the principal body of substantive law
with which America's founding fathers would have been familiar. It
is an invaluable reference for practicing lawyers, scholars, and
students of Anglo-American legal history.
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