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Leading cases in the common law

A. W. Brian Simpson 1996 © Oxford University Press
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  • 9780191682438 (ebook)
  • 9780198262992 (paper)
  • 9780198258520 (hardcover)
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  • Legal
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • List of Illustrations (page x)
  • Abbreviations (page xi)
  • 1. The Study of Cases (page 1)
  • 2. Politics and Law in Elizabethan England: Shelley's Case (1581) (page 13)
  • 3. The Timeless Principles of the Common Law: Keeble v. Hickeringill (1707) (page 45)
  • 4. Legal Science and Legal Absurdity: Jee v. Audley (1787) (page 76)
  • 5. A Case of First Impression: Priestley v. Fowler (1837) (page 100)
  • 6. The Beauty of Obscurity: Raffles v. Wichelahus and Busch (1864) (page 135)
  • 7. Victorian Judges and the Problem of Social Cost: Tipping v. St Helen's Smelting Company (1865) (page 163)
  • 8. Bursting Reservoirs and Victorian Tort Law: Rylands and Horrocks v. Fletcher (1868) (page 195)
  • 9. The Ideal of the Rule of Law: Regina v. Keyn (1876) (page 227)
  • 10. Quackery and Contract Law: Carlill vs. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company (1893) (page 259)
  • Bibliography (page 293)
  • Index (page 303)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
MILR 95.6 (May 1997): 2044-2054 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1290036
MLWR 59.5 (Sep. 1996): 765-767 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1096949
AHR 102.3 (Jun. 1997): 811 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2171557
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