Manual of Law French

Most English legal texts before 1600, and many from the seventeenth century are written in law French, a dialect which differs considerably both from current French and from old Norman French. Only two guides to law French were published , one in 1701 and the other in 1779: both were full of errors and omissions. This current manual is a revised and considerably enlarged version of the first edition which was published in 1779, the first law French manual to appear since the eighteenth century.

List of contents

Contents: Introduction to law French: History of lawyers' French; The study of law French; Some notes on grammar; Common abbreviations and contractions; Bibliography of aids to interpretation: Medieval word-lists; Modern glossaries of law French and Anglo-Norman; Dictionaries of old French and French etymological works; English dictionaries; Latin dictionaries; Translations and parallel texts; Guides to grammar and morphology.

About the author

J.H. Baker, LL.D., F.B.A., is a Professor of English Legal History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. Catherine's College.

Product details

• Authors: J H Baker, J. H. Baker
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.1990
• EAN: 9780859677455
• ISBN: 978-0-85967-745-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 429 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law