Prologue: The Man of Law's Tale; 1. The need for legal history; 2. The architects of legal history; 3. The Anglo-Saxon legacy; 4. The Norman Conquest (c.1066–1154); 5. The father of the common law (c.1154–1215); 6. The myth of Magna Carta (c.1215–1272); 7. The English Justinian (c.1272–1307); 8. The Black Death (c.1307–1485) ; 9. The Tudor transformation (c.1485–1603); 10. The Stuart suicide (c.1603–1649); Epilogue: Destiny of the common law; Afterword.
Designed for those studying law for the first time, this book explores where the English common law came from.
Russell Sandberg is a Professor of Law at Cardiff University. He is the author of Law and Religion (Cambridge, 2011), Religion, Law and Society (Cambridge, 2014) and Subversive Legal History: A Manifesto for the Future of Legal Education (Routledge, 2021).
'Russell Sandberg continues his laudable mission to persuade law
students to bring a historical dimension to their studies,
encouraging them to do so with his useful and lively account of
important stories and debates about the common law's origins and
developments, from the Old English kingdoms to the seventeenth
century.' Gwen Seabourne, University of Bristol
'A refreshing and thoughtful appraisal of the place and importance
of early English legal history and of the historical approach to
law. Engagingly written, this text will be an invaluable and
enlightening companion to all students of law, enabling them to
contextualise and rationalise their legal studies.' Chantal
Stebbings, University of Exeter
'An edgy, erudite and engaging story of English legal history.
Eschewing a smooth narrative of progress, this volume shows how the
common law tradition grew by fits and starts over the centuries.
Students will love this bouncy and buoyant introduction to legal
history, and seasoned scholars will learn much from this
'subversive' account.' John Witte, Jr, Emory University
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