The Genius of the Common Law (1912)

A collection of Sir Frederick Pollock's lectures from the Carpentier Series at Columbia University. William Holdsworth praised the eight lectures as a discussion of "...critical studies of aspects and characteristics of the common law which only an accomplished legal historian, a master of the modern law, and a professor of jurisprudence could have written." William Holdsworth, Some Makers of English Law 287. vii, 141 pp.

About the author

Sir Frederick Pollock [1845-1937] was one of the greatest British judges and legal scholars of his day. His treatises on contracts, jurisprudence the common law and other subjects did much to clarify and systematize English law. Several of these were standard texts that went through several editions. He is also remembered for his collaboration with F.W. Maitland on The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I and his correspondence with Oliver Wendell Holmes, which was published posthumously as The Holmes-Pollock Letters. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and admitted to the Bar in 1871. He taught at the University of Oxford from 1883-1903.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Pollock, Sir Frederick Pollock
• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781584770435
• ISBN: 978-1-58477-043-5
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; Sir Frederick Pollock; Frederick Pollock