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Record Nr.

UNISA996247986303316

Autore

Simpson A. W. Brian

Titolo

Leading cases in the common law / / A.W. Brian Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon, 1996

ISBN

0-19-168243-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 311 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill., facsims., plans, ports

Disciplina

340.5'7'0942

Soggetti

Common law - Great Britain

Common law - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of cases in common law, centred upon the theme of the judgment establishing a long-lasting or far-reaching precedent. The cases were selected in order to illustrate how the precedents established had little or nothing to do with the trials themselves.