History Of The Common Law by John H. Langbein
The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions
A concise, source-driven survey of the evolution of English common-law institutions from the medieval royal courts to modern reforms and their transplantation to America. It explains the rise of the writ system, jury trial, pleading and evidence, the legal profession, and the roles of equity, ecclesiastical, and prerogative courts, showing how procedure shaped substantive law. The narrative concludes with nineteenth- and twentieth-century transformations—Judicature Acts, codification debates, professionalization, policing, prosecution, and penal change—highlighting both continuity and divergence within the Anglo-American tradition.
- Published
- 2009
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Very Long
- Pages
- 1200-1250
- Original Language
- English
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