The Elements of Law Being a Comprehensive Summary of American Civil Jurisprudence, for the Use of Students, Men of Business, and General Readers Tapa dura - 2002

2002. ISBN-13: 9781584771883; ISBN-10: 1584771887. Hilliard, Francis. The Elements of Law; Being a Comprehensive Summary of American Civil Jurisprudence. For the Use of Students, Men of Business, and General Readers. Originally published: Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1835. xv, 345, v pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771883; ISBN-10: 1584771887. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Hilliard [1806-1878] was a New England lawyer and prolific legal writer whose works set the standard for later law texts. "At the time that he wrote, judges and lawyers lacked legal treatises which cited American decisions and showed how far the English common law had been followed by American courts or modified to suit new conditions. Textbooks presenting cases from all states were needed in order to encourage the development of national judge-made law rather than particularistic local doctrines. Hilliard was one of the first and most voluminous of the authors who met these needs." DAB V:53. His… Leer más