The 'Little' or 'Barebones' Parliament, summoned by Oliver Cromwell to meet at Westminster on 4th July, 1653, after the dissolution of the remains of the Long Parliament, may have been an unpractical body, so far as the task of administration… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
Thus, at long last, as a visible emblem of unity was daily growing in the new Palace of Justice then being erected in the Strand, half way between the historic site of Westminster the historic centre of the commercial capital… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
We regard an action of Contract as an action to prevent or compensate for a breach of a promise; an action of Tort as… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
It was not long before English Law took the one step needed to produce the modern scheme of legal remedies. And when it did,… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
It is the glory of English Law, that its roots are sunk deep into the soil of national history; that it is the slow… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
It was natural that the direct wielders of the royal prerogative, men who sat in the Star Chamber and the Privy Council, who knew… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best testimony to the effectiveness of the reforms of 1852 is the fact, that men of a slightly later generation, familiar with… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
The 'Little' or 'Barebones' Parliament, summoned by Oliver Cromwell to meet at Westminster on 4th July, 1653, after the dissolution of the remains of… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
The process of specialization tends, almost inevitably, to narrow the sources from which the rules of any science are drawn; and English law is… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
The invention of writs was really the making of the English Common Law; and the credit of this momentous achievement, which took place chiefly… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
Is it surprising that modern English land law should resemble a chaos rather than a system? — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
Thus, at long last, as a visible emblem of unity was daily growing in the new Palace of Justice then being erected in the… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
It is true, that a Law of Contract based on causae will always be an arbitrary and inelastic law; but it is a kind… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not long remain… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
