The Constitutional History of England (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Course of Lectures Delivered

by Frederic William Maitland

Overview

Published in 1919, thirteen years after Maitland's death, this volume was compiled from his own papers and the notes of his former students.  The result is a scholarly but quite readable overview of English constitutional history, distinguished by Maitland's deep respect for the firm yet flexible nature of the unwritten English constitution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411437944
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	09/06/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
File size:	618 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Frederic William Maitland (1850-1906) was a British historian and jurist.  His lectures, along with such writings as History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I (1895; written with Sir Frederic Pollock) and English Law and the Renaissance (1901), are among the best treatments of their subjects and left a profound stamp on English legal history.