| Description |
xii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Study of Cases -- 2. Politics and Law in Elizabethan England: Shelley's Case (1581) -- 3. The Timeless Principles of the Common Law: Keeble v. Hickeringill (1707) -- 4. Legal Science and Legal Absurdity: Jee v. Audley (1787) -- 5. A Case of First Impression: Priestly v. Fowler (1837) -- 6. The Beauty of Obscurity: Raffles v. Wichelhaus and Busch (1864) -- 7. Victorian Judges and the Problem of Social Cost: Tipping v. St Helen's Smelting Company (1865) -- 8. Bursting Reservoirs and Victorian Tort Law: Rylands and Horrocks v. Fletcher (1868) -- 9. The Ideal of the Rule of Law: Regina v. Keyn (1876) -- 10. Quackery and Contract Law: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company (1893) |
| Analysis |
Common law |
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Great Britain |
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United States |
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Common law |
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Great Britain |
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United States |
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Common law |
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Great Britain |
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United States |
| Notes |
Bibliography: [293]-302. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-302) and index |
| Subject |
Common law -- Great Britain -- Cases.
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Common law -- United States -- Cases.
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| LC no. |
95005089 |
| ISBN |
0198258526 (acid-free paper) |
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