Written for the beginning student as well as the experienced scholar, this introductory analysis of the origin and early development or the English common law p

This introductory text explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to disti

Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.

Throughout English history the rule of law and the preservation of liberty have been inseparable, and both are intrinsic to England's constitution. This accessi