English law Quote 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…

— Edward Jenks

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is it surprising that modern English land law should resemble a chaos rather than a system?

— Edward Jenks

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

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

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

But then a daring evasion by a leading conveyancer, known as the Lease and Release, received judicial sanction; and commenced a successful career of…

— Edward Jenks