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Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations
David Ibbetson
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Description for Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations
Paperback. This work traces the history of the English Law of obligations from the twelfth century to the present day. It aims to cut through technicalities and to be comprehensible to readers other than specialist legal historians. It should be of interest to all those wanting to understand how the English Common law has revolved. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LNCJ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
The English law of obligations has developed over most of the last millennium without any major discontinuity. Through this period each generation has built on the law of its predecessors, manipulating it so as to avoid its more inconvenient consequences and adapting it piecemeal to social and economic changes. Sometimes fragments borrowed from other jurisdictions have been incorporated into the fabric of English law; from time to time ideas developed elsewhere have, at least temporarily, imposed a measure of structure on a common law otherwise messy and inherently resistant to any stable ordering. In this book David Ibbetson exposes the ... Read more
The English law of obligations has developed over most of the last millennium without any major discontinuity. Through this period each generation has built on the law of its predecessors, manipulating it so as to avoid its more inconvenient consequences and adapting it piecemeal to social and economic changes. Sometimes fragments borrowed from other jurisdictions have been incorporated into the fabric of English law; from time to time ideas developed elsewhere have, at least temporarily, imposed a measure of structure on a common law otherwise messy and inherently resistant to any stable ordering. In this book David Ibbetson exposes the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
508g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198764113
SKU
V9780198764113
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About David Ibbetson
David Ibbetson is a lecturer in law at Oxford University
Reviews for Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations
... provides a fresh look at many more subjects than most legal historians can have mastered. ... this book will cause readers to rethink their reaction to some present-day legal problems in light of the past. ... [Ibbetson] has given us both a basic treatment of the law of obligations and a considerable number of fresh insights that will enlighten ... Read more