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Zusatztext The Law's Two Bodies is undoubtedly of general interest to legal historians of any period, as well as to other critical analysts of law and its interpretation, at two levels. Firstly, Baker's lectures are an important lesson in how the meaning (or a fuller meaning; or an alternative meaning) of written law in its various forms may be found by researching related systems of legal knowledge, such as the education of legal personnel. Secondly, The Law's Two Bodies is a valuable study of how recorded law is not necessarily the absolute source of authority it may appear - or be claimed - to be. Informationen zum Autor John Baker is Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge Klappentext The volume examines the informal sources of English Law that lie undiscovered because they are not included in Statutes, law reports, or in current legal teaching. Through his work with primary documents the author shows that this informal source of law is too important to go unnoticed by legal historians and commentators. Zusammenfassung The book is about the informal sources of English Law that lie undiscovered because they are not included in Statutes, law reports, or in current legal teaching. Through his work with primary documents the author shows that this informal source of law is too important to go unnoticed by legal historians and commentators. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: Case-Law and Statute-Law II: Legal Fictions III: Common Usage and Common Learning Appendices: Some Illustrative Texts A: Common Practice and Communis Error B: Fictions in Writs and Pleadings C: Fictions in Trial: Benefit of Clergy for Laymen D: Linguistic Fictions E: Improper Fictions F: Common Learning G: Opinions of Counsel Index
