How does law come to be stated as substantive rules, and then how does it change? One of Britain's most acclaimed legal historians focuses on the development of

Presents an ambitious narrative and fresh re-assessment of common law and natural law's varied interactions in America, 1630 to 1930.

Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.

Common law rules predominate in some areas of law, such as torts and contracts, and are extremely important in other areas, such as corporations. Nevertheless,

This introductory text explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to disti