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The First Part Of The Institutes Of The Laws Of England - Softcover

Edward Coke

 
9780461897944: The First Part Of The Institutes Of The Laws Of England

Synopsis

The First Part Of The Institutes Of The Laws Of England: Or, A Commentary Upon Littleton, Not The Name Of The Author Only, But Of The Law Itself by Edward Coke. This densely annotated reference work presents a scholarly edition of Coke’s commentary on Littleton’s Institutes, focusing on the early sections dealing with property and tenure. Framed as a navigational tool for lawyers, scholars, and editors, it assembles an A–Z index of topics with sub-entries and cross-references to sections, plus a comprehensive Statutes Cited and an Index of Cases Cited in Notes (with an American editor’s index). The volume traces core doctrines of real property, including fee simple, uses, feoffments, descent, dower, curtesy, copyhold, and the creation and restriction of estates; it also surveys joint tenancies, partitions, and the law of rents, covenants, and remedies. Editorial notes situate Coke’s authority within a long history of English tenure, referencing medieval authorities and later jurisprudence, and they discuss the interplay between common law and early statutes such as the Statute of Uses. The work is historical, doctrinal, and, intended to illuminate the development of property, estates, and inheritance for practitioners and scholars.

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