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Judges and judging in the history of the common law and civil law : from antiquity to modern times /

"In this collection of essays, leading legal historians address significant topics in the history of judges and judging, with comparisons not only between British, American and Commonwealth experience, but also with the judiciary in civil law countries. It is not the law itself, but the process...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Brand, Paul (Paul A.), Getzler, Joshua
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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  • Cover; JUDGES AND JUDGING IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; Part 1: Common law; 1 Judges and judging 1176-1307; I; II; III; (a); (b); (c); (d); (e); (f); IV; 2 Formalism and realism in fifteenth-century English law: Bodies corporate and bodies natural; 3 Early-modern judges and the practice of precedent; The binding nature of the record; The decline of the record; Conclusion; 4 Bifurcation and the bench: The influence of the jury on English conceptions of the judiciary; Roman-canon procedure.