The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, or a Commentary Upon Littleton, Vol. 1 of 3: Not the Name of the Author Only, But of the Law Itself (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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To the whole will be prefixed a new Preface, by the editor of the [infant edition. In this Preface, he propores, in the fiwfi place, to confider the merit of Littleton's Tenure: and Sir Hoard Coke's Commentary, and to point out the excellencieo Of each; in the next place, to give a particular account of the feveral editions of both; and lafily, to explain how this will difl'er from the former editions.
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Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676), lawyer and jurist, retired as lord chief justice of England. Charles M. Gray is professor emeritus of history at the University of Chicago, the author or coauthor of several books, and a former coeditor of the Journal of Modern History.
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