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The Sources of English Law (as it is sometimes known) is an essay written by the German historian Heinrich Brunner and translated by others. In 1909, it was described as a "valuable survey of the sources and literature of English law". [1] In 1914, Winfield called it a "valuable" guide "to the materials of English law". [2]
(1) The book is already in an existing legal bibliography that is a reliable source. (2) Although the book is not in such a bibliography, at least one reliable source says the book is suitable for inclusion in such a bibliography. In other words, this bibliography includes books that only reliable, authoritative sources have said must, should ...
Ealdred v High Sheriff of Yorkshire (c.1068); Wulfstan v Thomas (1070) [1] [2]; R v Roger de Breteuil; Trial of Penenden Heath (1071) [3] [4] regarded by some commentators as "one of the most important events in the early history of English Law because of the light it sheds on the relationship between Norman Law and English Law" with the trial being a possible indication of Norman respect for ...
Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England is an encyclopedia of English law edited by Alexander Wood Renton and (captain) Maxwell Alexander Robertson (sometimes called "Max Robertson"). [1] The first edition was published as Encyclopaedia of the Laws of England, Being a New Abridgment , in thirteen volumes (including a supplement edited by A W ...
Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History is a collection of 76 essays about the history of Anglo-American law. It was published, under the direction of a committee of the Association of American Law Schools , by Little, Brown and Company , in Boston , in three octavo volumes, from 1907 to 1909.
A First Book of English Law is a book originally written by Owen Hood Phillips and subsequently edited by him and Anthony Hugh Hudson. It was published by Sweet and Maxwell. F.R. Crane praised it for its "lucidity, accuracy, brevity and readability" and said that it was "deservedly acclaimed". [1]
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English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The judiciary is independent , and legal principles like fairness , equality before the law , and the right to a fair trial are foundational to the system.