History of the common law : the development of Anglo-American legal institutions /

Main Author: Langbein, John H.
Other Authors: Lerner, Renee Lettow., Smith, Bruce P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : New York, NY : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; Aspen Publishers, c2009.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Criminal procedure and the origins of the jury system
  • Civil justice
  • Shaping the legal professions: bar, bench, and books
  • The transformation of the juries and the reconstruction of criminal and civil justice
  • The rise of equity
  • The maturation and reform of chancery, and the fusion of law and equity
  • Controlling, reviewing, and suppressing juries in England
  • Judge/jury relations in America
  • Rebuilding criminal procedure : the Marian pretrial and the Altercation trial
  • The growth of defensive safeguard
  • American criminal justice
  • Legal literature
  • The reception and recasting of English law
  • Legal education
  • The legal profession.