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  • The Common Law: A Very Short Introduction

    The Common Law by Getzler, Joshua;

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series: Very Short Introductions;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 31 March 2031

    • ISBN 9780198705628
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages144 pages
    • Size 174x111 mm
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 6 black and white illustrations
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    Short description:

    The common law dates back to 11th century England and the British Empire. In this Very Short Introduction Joseph Getzler explains the evolution of the common law through the centuries, describing the main institutions; from courts, procedures, and juries, to the main categories of law, including property, tort, contract, and public law.

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    The common law began as England's national system of adjudication for correcting wrongs, protecting rights, and enforcing due administration of government in the Royal courts. Its origins can be traced back to 11th century England, and was soon exported to the rest of Britain and ultimately to the far-flung reaches of the British Empire. The common law has therefore enjoyed nearly a thousand years of development and elaboration, in many lands, influenced by but separate from the systems of continental Europe, with its own distinctive procedures of pleading, fact-finding, and remedies. It developed laws that govern much of today's world of trade, business, and finance; it defended ideas of personal liberty and equality before the law; and it helped establish principles of constitutional, legally-limited government, and administration. Thus the common law provides an original and crucial strand in the history of social organization, politics, and culture around the world.

    In this Very Short Introduction Joseph Getzler explains the evolution of the common law. The main institutions of the common law are described - courts, procedures, judges and juries, and means of reporting, analysing, and learning the law; and the main categories of common-law rights and duties are delineated - property, contract, and tort, equitable claims, unjust enrichment, crime, constitutional and public law, and civil liberties.

    ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    The common law tradition
    Courts, judges, juries
    The common law of property
    The common law of obligations
    The common law and government
    The common law and crime
    Mapping the common law
    The common law abroad
    Epilogue - the future of the common law
    Further reading
    Index

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