The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume XII: 1820-1914 Private Law

Abstract

The Oxford History of the Laws of England: Volume XII 1820-1914 Private Law is one of three volumes devoted to that period of relative peace across Europe running from the defeat of Napoleon to the terrible war against the two Kaisers. Volume XII deals with the major elements of its inherited Private Law and the manner in which they were re-fitted for a more complex age, giving larger understandings of property, contract, commercial law, and tort. Detailed footnoting to historical sources and literature occurs in the course of the narrative. Each volume has tables of cases and of statutes covering the materials in that volume. Volume XII also includes a Names Index and a Subject Index for the volume.