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> [It was not long before English Law took the one step needed to produce the modern scheme of legal remedies. And when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/it-was-not-long-before-english-law-took-the-one-step-needed-to/)

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> [It is the glory of English Law, that its roots are sunk deep into the soil of national history; that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/it-is-the-glory-of-english-law-that-its-roots-are-sunk-deep-into-the/)

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> [The process of specialization tends, almost inevitably, to narrow the sources from which the rules of any science are drawn; and English…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/the-process-of-specialization-tends-almost-inevitably-to-narrow-the/)

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## More by Edward Jenks

> [We regard an action of Contract as an action to prevent or compensate for a breach of a promise; an action of Tort as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/we-regard-an-action-of-contract-as-an-action-to-prevent-or-compensate/)

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> [It was not long before English Law took the one step needed to produce the modern scheme of legal remedies. And when it did,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/it-was-not-long-before-english-law-took-the-one-step-needed-to/)

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> [It is the glory of English Law, that its roots are sunk deep into the soil of national history; that it is the slow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/it-is-the-glory-of-english-law-that-its-roots-are-sunk-deep-into-the/)

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> [It was natural that the direct wielders of the royal prerogative, men who sat in the Star Chamber and the Privy Council, who knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/it-was-natural-that-the-direct-wielders-of-the-royal-prerogative-men/)

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> [Perhaps the best testimony to the effectiveness of the reforms of 1852 is the fact, that men of a slightly later generation, familiar with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/perhaps-the-best-testimony-to-the-effectiveness-of-the-reforms-of/)

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> [The 'Little' or 'Barebones' Parliament, summoned by Oliver Cromwell to meet at Westminster on 4th July, 1653, after the dissolution of the remains of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/the-little-or-barebones-parliament-summoned-by-oliver-cromwell-to/)

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> [The process of specialization tends, almost inevitably, to narrow the sources from which the rules of any science are drawn; and English law is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/the-process-of-specialization-tends-almost-inevitably-to-narrow-the/)

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> [The invention of writs was really the making of the English Common Law; and the credit of this momentous achievement, which took place chiefly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/the-invention-of-writs-was-really-the-making-of-the-english-common/)

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> [Is it surprising that modern English land law should resemble a chaos rather than a system?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/is-it-surprising-that-modern-english-land-law-should-resemble-a-chaos/)

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> [Thus, at long last, as a visible emblem of unity was daily growing in the new Palace of Justice then being erected in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/thus-at-long-last-as-a-visible-emblem-of-unity-was-daily-growing-in/)

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> [It is true, that a Law of Contract based on causae will always be an arbitrary and inelastic law; but it is a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/it-is-true-that-a-law-of-contract-based-on-causae-will-always-be-an/)

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> [What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not long remain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/what-is-technically-called-the-fungibility-of-money-is-its-chief/)

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> [But then a daring evasion by a leading conveyancer, known as the Lease and Release, received judicial sanction; and commenced a successful career of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/but-then-a-daring-evasion-by-a-leading-conveyancer-known-as-the-lease/)

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> [But we remember that it was just precisely in the reign of Richard II that the Peasants' War, following upon the changes wrought by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/but-we-remember-that-it-was-just-precisely-in-the-reign-of-richard-ii/)

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> [Legal business has, from the beginning of time, been profitable - to those who have conducted it; because it is concerned with things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-jenks/legal-business-has-from-the-beginning-of-time-been-profitable-to/)

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