Unlike the preceding volumes in this series, Law Reporting in Britain
has a single, clear theme: the history and development of law reporting
in Britain, from the earliest English reports of the second half of the
13th century to the beginnings of the reporting of planning decisions in
the 20th century. Law reports are one of the main sources from which
legal history is written. They record what lawyers and judges said in
court in legal argument arising out of the facts of particular cases and
how the judges decided the outcome of those cases. They thus provide
vital evidence for what the lawyers and judges of the past believed to
be the law of their day. They also demonstrate the ability of those
lawyers and judges to shape and develop law through argument and
decision-making in individual cases.
By:
Chantal Stebbings
Imprint: Hambledon Continuum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781852851293
ISBN 10: 1852851295
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 01 June 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
The beginnings of English law reporting, Paul Brand; some early Newgate reports (1315-28), John H. Baker; the nature and function of the early chancery reports, Mike MacNair; the acts of the Scottish lords of council - records and reports, W.M. Gordon; crime in the year books, David Seipp; Sir Julius Caesar's notes on admiralty cases - an alternative to law reporting?, Alain Wijffels; law reports in England, 1603-60, W.H. Bryson; words, words, words - making sense of legal judgements, 1875-1940, Steve Hedley; planning law and precedent - a study in 20th-century law reporting, Raymond Cocks.
