History of the Common Law of Contract - The Rise of the Action of Assumpsit

The Common Law is one of the two major and successful legal systems developed in Western Europe and now in force, in one form or another, in America and Great Britain. Perhaps its most typical product is English Contract law, which developed at the close of the 14th century, assumed many of its characteristic doctrines in the 16th and 17th centuries, and evolved into its modern form in the 19th century. This book, which is written primarily from a doctrinal standpoint, takes the story up to the Statute of Frauds in 1677 and constitutes the first part of the history of contract law.

Summary

The common law is one of two major and successful systems of law developed in Western Europe, and in one form or another is now in force not only in the country of its origin but also in the United States and large parts of the British Commonwealth and former parts of the Empire.

Product details

• Authors: A W B Simpson, A. W. B. Simpson, A.w.b. Simpson, Alfred W Simpson, Alfred W. Simpson, Simpson A. W. B.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.1987
• EAN: 9780198255734
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825573-4
• No. of pages: 692
• Series: History of the Common Law of C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; LAW / Legal History, LAW / Common, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Legal History, Common Law, Systems of law: common law