The Law's Two Bodies
some evidential problems in english legal history
$113.60
- Hardcover
218 pages
- Release Date
5 July 2001
Summary
The Unseen Law: Unveiling the Hidden Corpus of Legal Doctrine
The common law is widely considered a system of case-law, enhanced by legislation, but this is an incomplete picture. A substantial body of lawyers’ law exists beyond these formal sources, yet it is rarely acknowledged by theorists or legal historians, even in the age of electronic access to judicial decisions.
During the Inns of Court era, this second body of law was partially manifested in ‘common learning’: a b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199245185 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199245185 |
| Series: | Clarendon Law Lectures |
| Author: | John Baker |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 218 |
| Release Date: | 5 July 2001 |
| Weight: | 425g |
| Dimensions: | 225mm x 145mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
‘There is much here to engage and challenge the historian.‘English Historical Review
There is much here to engage and challenge the historian.'English Historical ReviewThe Law’s Two Bodies is undoubtedly of general interest to legal historians of any period, as well as to other critical analysts of law and its interpretation, at two levels. Firstly, Baker’s lectures are an important lesson in how the meaning (or a fuller meaning; or an alternative meaning) of written law in its various forms may be found by researching related systems of legal knowledge, such as the education of legal personnel. Secondly, The Law’s TwoBodies is a valuable study of how recorded law is not necessarily the absolute source of authority it may appear - or be claimed - to be.‘Law Quarterly Review
About The Author
John Baker
John Baker is Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge.
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