{"product_id":"9781616190354","title":"The Influence Of The Roman Law On The Law Of England","description":"The extent of Roman influence on English common law, long a keenly debated topic, was subjected to careful scrutiny during the establishment of modern English legal historiography in the late 1800s. Scrutton's revisionist essay, a path-breaking work that won Cambridge University's prestigious Yorke Prize, evaluates and mostly discredits the work of his predecessors, most notably Finlason, Coote and Seebohm. In its place he offers a history from the Saxon period to his day guided by a close reading of sources. Scrutton believed that Roman law was a minor influence until it was introduced to Oxford by Vacarius. It became considerable after that watershed event, an argument he advances through a close reading of Glanville and a book-by-book demonstration of Azo's influence on Bracton. Reprint of the sole edition.\u003cp\u003e\"[Scrutton] has written what we believe to be the best essay on this subject.... It will be a useful guide to the authorities for any who are investigating the history of our law, while the author's own opinions are for the most part sound and sober, and are clearly and modestly stated.\" --Law Quarterly Review 2 (1886) 96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Edward Scrutton [1856-1934] was an English jurist and writer. After a career in commercial law he became a judge of the King's Bench Division and of the Court of Appeal. He wrote the still standard The Contract of Affreightment as Expressed in Charterparties and Bills of Lading (1886) and an important treatise on English copyright law, The Law of Copyright (1883).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I. ROMAN INFLUENCES OF ENGLISH LAW BEFORE THE COMING OF VACARIUS\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. The Sources of the Roman Law\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. The Claims of the Roman Law\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. Roman Law in the Early Land Law \u003cbr\u003eMr Seebohm's Manorial Theory\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV. Roman Law in the Early Family Law\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V. Roman Law in Early Procedure\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI. Roman Law in the Early Constitution \u003cbr\u003ePart I. Shires and Hundreds\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Towns and Gilds\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII. Roman Law and the Norman Conquest\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII. Summary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II.\u003cbr\u003eROMAN INFLUENCES IN ENGLISH LAW AFTER THE COMING OF VACARIUS\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. The Introduction of the Roman Law\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. Roman Law in Glanvil \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. Roman Law in Bracton \u003cbr\u003eBracton's First Book: on Persons\u003cbr\u003eBracton's Second Book: on Property\u003cbr\u003eBracton's Third Book: on Contracts and Actions \u003cbr\u003eCriminal Law\u003cbr\u003eRemainder of Bracton \u003cbr\u003eResults\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV. Roman Law in Britton and Fleta\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V. Roman Law from Fleta to Coke.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI. Roman Law in Coke \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII. Authority of Bracton since Coke\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII. Roman Law; its authority in Hale and Blackstone \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX. Roman Law in Blackstone\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X. Summary of Roman Law in Text-writers\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI. Roman Law in the Chancery\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII. Roman Law in the Ecclesiastical Courts\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII. Roman Law in the Admiralty \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV. Roman Law in the Law Merchant\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV. Roman Law in the Common Law\u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Lawbook Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059460980976,"sku":"9781616190354","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616190354_p0.jpg?v=1763849378","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616190354","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}