The Oxford History of the Laws of England

by John Baker

Overview

This, the first volume to appear in the landmark new Oxford History of the Laws of England series, covers the years 1483-1558, a period of immense social, political, and intellectual change, which profoundly affected the law and its workings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198258179
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/27/2003
Series:	Oxford History of the Laws of England , #6
Pages:	1116
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.60(h) x 2.50(d)

About the Author

J. H. Baker is currently Downing Professor of the Laws of England, and Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was Professor of English Legal History at Cambridge from 1988-98, and has been Literary Director of the Selden Society since 1981. He has taught at New York University School of Law as a visiting professor since 1988, and also at University College London, and at Harvard and Yale Universities. He became Honorary Queen's Counsel in 1996, became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1984, and was made an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.

Table of Contents

PrefaceContentsAbbreviationsI. English Law and the RenaissanceII. The ConstitutionIII. The Legal SystemIV. The Legal Profession and its LearningV. Criminal Law and ProcedureVI. Status and Legal PersonalityVII. Private LawBibliographyTable of casesTable of StatutesIndex of People and PlacesIndex of Subjects

Editorial Reviews

"This volume of The Oxford History of the Laws of England, the first of twelve volumes to appear in print, is a remarkable achievement. A work of vast erudition, based on exhaustive research in the manuscript as well as printed sources, it provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the law during the early Tudor period while also presenting a unifying thesis that is rare in works of this sort. To the extent that the volume incorporates much of Baker's earlier scholarship, it also serves as a monument to his unrivaled contribution to the field of early modern English legal history."—Law and History Review

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