Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. An Interpretation of Roger North (1651-1734); 1. Outlines of a life; 1.1. Seeking honourable freedom; 1.2. Changing direction; 1.3. Writing in retirement; 1.4. Techniques of procreation; 2. How to live independently; 2.1. Learning from one's own case; 2.2. Generalising to others; 2.3. Weighing the evidence; 2.4. Embodying practical wisdom; 2.5. Justifying the 'virtues' of the common law; 3. Custom the arbiter of human life; 3.1. Relating language and law
3.2. Defending learning and common usage3.3. Confuting dogmas about the language of politics; 3.4. Bringing evidence of past usage into the legal tradition; 3.5. Setting a precedent for 'The Musicall Grammarian'; Summary and conclusion; Part II. An Edition of Roger North's 'Of Etimology' (c.1706-c.1715); Introduction to the edition; Preliminary remarks; Description of the manuscript; Editorial guidelines; British Library Additional Manuscript 32530: ff. 5-111v; [Common etymology]; [Extended etymology]; Glossary; Appendices; Introduction
A: British Library Additional Manuscript 32529: ff. 1-238vB: Writings by Roger North published before 1734; C: Writings by Roger North published posthumously before 1900; References; Manuscripts; Published Works; Indices; Index of Persons; Index of Subjects
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages415-433) and indexes
