Description: Sources of English Legal History: Public Law to 1750 is the definitive source book on the foundations of English public law. An extensive collection of illustrative original materials, it is a companion book to Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History: Private Law to 1750, 2e (OUP, 2010).
Review Quotes: "Legal history is important because it explains why we do things the way we do. It also confirms that many legal issues and challenges dealt with by lawyers over the centuries have not changed much. We still help people manage their money, buy and sell land, and assist when they get into trouble and have disputes with authority....A theme that permeates this book is the development of ideas about the rule of law, due process and the rights of the individual against the state. This is a work of considerable scholarship, consisting of excerpts from law reports, legislation, charters and other documents which illustrate the way legal history has evolved....This book is full of gems." -- David Pickup, Law Society Gazette