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  • Common law. The Giants and the Gods 2

    Common law. The Giants and the Gods 2 See Common law. The Giants and the Gods From Sir Frederick Pollock, The Genius of the Common Law [1912] Such were the strange guardians among whom our lady the Common law was born and cradled. For they were true guardians in their day. Caprice, even well meant…

  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]

  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]

  • The Genius of the Common Law

    The Genius of the Common law [1912], Sir Frederick Pollock The Genius of the Common law (New York: Columbia University Press, 1912). Chapters of the book in this Encyclopedia: Common law. Our Lady and Her Knights Common law. Our Lady and Her Knights 2 Common law. The Giants and the Gods Common law. The Giants…

  • Common law. The Giants and the Gods

    Common law . The Giants and the Gods See Common law. The Giants and the Gods 2 From Sir Frederick Pollock, The Genius of the Common Law [1912] At this day there is no need to explain that formality is an essential feature of archaic law. It has long ceased to be plausible, if it…

  • Top 25.000 English words

    Which are the top 25.000 most popular English words? According to a review from Lawi, these are the 25.000 most popular English words, in order: you the i to a and it of that in is me what this for my on your we have do no don’t are be i’m not was he it’s…

  • Learning

    "Learning is, in truth, a very great and a very considerable quality; and such as despise it sufficiently discover their own want of understanding: but yet I do not prize it at the excessive rate some others do; as Herillus the philosopher for one, who therein places the sovereign good, […]

  • The Year Books

    The Year Books, precursors of Law Reports The Year Books were the law reports of medieval England. They are the principal source materials for the development of legal doctrines in the English courts from the late 13th century (earliest examples date from about 1268) to 1535 (the last in the printed series). Many (more than…