Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law (1876) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584774355 ISBN 13: 9781584774358

Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2017

Synopsis

Adams, Henry; Henry Cabot Lodge; Ernest Young and J. Laurence Laughlin. Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1876. xii, 392 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-435-5. Cloth.

* Reprint of the first edition. A collection of essays by four distinguished Harvard professors. Contents: "The Anglo-Saxon Courts of Law" by Henry Adams, "The Anglo-Saxon Land-Law" by Henry Cabot Lodge, "The Anglo-Saxon Family Law" by Ernest Young and "The Anglo-Saxon Legal Procedure" by J. Laurence Laughlin. Includes an appendix of select cases in Anglo-Saxon law with parallel translations. In The Historians of Anglo-American Law, Holdsworth included this volume in his survey of significant books by American scholars (113).

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About the Author:

Henry Cabot Lodge (1850 1924) was a Republican senator and historian from Massachusetts. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. He graduated from Harvard College and was the first student to graduate Harvard University with a PhD in political science. Lodge was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1878 and served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1880 1881; he also represented his home state in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 1893 and in the Senate from 1893 1924. He is the author of a number of historical works, including "Alexander Hamilton", "Hero Tales from American History", "Theodore Roosevelt", and many others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1584774355
• ISBN 13: 9781584774358
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 410