William Cornish - The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Vol. XI: 1820–1914 English Legal System

General Editor: Sir John Baker, Q.C., LL.D., F.B.A., Downing Professor of the Laws of England, and Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge

The Oxford History of the Laws of England will provide a detailed survey of the development of English law and its institutions from the earliest times until the twentieth century, drawing heavily upon recent research using unpublished materials.

Volume I: The Canon Law and Ecclesiastical

Jurisdiction from 597 to the 1640s Helmholz

ISBN 0198258976

Volume II: c.9001216 Hudson

ISBN 019826030x

Volume III: 12161307 Brand

ISBN 0198268666

Volume IV: 13071377 Donahue

ISBN 0199269513

Volume V: 13991483

ISBN 0199265992

Volume VI: 14831558 Baker

ISBN 0198258178

Volume VII: 15581625 Ibbetson

ISBN 019825802x

Volume VIII: 16251689 Brooks

ISBN 0198260318

Volume IX: 16891760

ISBN 0198261004

Volume X: 17601820 Oldham

ISBN 0198264941

Volume XI: 18201914 English Legal System

Cornish, Anderson, Cocks, Lobban, Polden, and Smith

ISBN 9780199258819

Volume XII: 18201914 Private Law

Cornish, Anderson, Cocks, Lobban, Polden, and Smith

ISBN 9780199258826

Volume XIII: 18201914 Fields of Development

Cornish, Anderson, Cocks, Lobban, Polden, and Smith

ISBN 9780199239757

(Three volume set of Volumes XI, XII, and XIII: ISBN 9780199258833)

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Statutes of UK Parliament: the regnal year is included in a first citation of a statute until 1853. Then the modern series published by HM Stationery Office begins, the annual volumes having reliable indices.

Law Reports: Abbreviations of series of Law Reports are not listed here. The names of nominate series follow standard practice for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as listed in Halsbury's Laws of England (4th aand 5th eds, 2009), Consolidated Tables, Cases AL pp. xixlvi. Further assistance may be found in C. W. Ringrose (ed.), Where to Look for your Law (14th edn, 1962) and also within D. Raistrick's very thorough Index of Legal Citations and Abbreviations (3rd edn, 2008).

• AJLH American Journal of Legal History

• Am J. Comp. Law American Journal of Comparative Law

• Am. J. Int. Law American Journal of International Law

• Am. Soc. Of Int. Law American Society of International Law

• Anglo-Am. Law Rev. Anglo-American Law Review

• App. Appendix

• Att.-Gen. Attorney-General

• B. Baron of the Exchequer

• Bt Baronet

• BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research

• Bl. Comm. Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England

• BYIL British Yearbook of International Law

• CB Chief Baron

• CCC County Courts Chronicle

• CFLQ Child and Family Law Quarterly

• Ch. Chs Chapter, Chapters

• CJCP Chief Justice of Common Pleas

• CJK(Q)B Chief Justic of King's (Queen's) Bench

• CLE Council for Legal Education

• CLJ Cambridge Law Journal

• CLP Current Legal Problems

• Con. and Ch. Continuity and Change

• Cornhill Mag. Cornhill Magazine

• Crim. Law Rev. Criminal Law Review

• JEH Journal of Economic History

• DC Departmental Committee

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