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legal bibliography Legal bibliography is the bibliography of law. The term has been applied to "the kinds and functions of legal materials" and to "lists of law books and related materials". Percy Winfield said that a "perfect legal bibliography" would be "a crit ...

. A book can be included on this list only if it meets these criteria: :(1) The book is already in an existing legal bibliography that is a reliable source. :(2) Although the book is not in such a bibliography, at least one reliable source says the book is suitable for inclusion in such a bibliography. In other words, this bibliography includes books that only reliable, authoritative sources have said must, should be, or could be in a reliable legal bibliography. *

A Bibliographical Guide to the Law of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man ''A Bibliographical Guide to the Law of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man'' is a bibliography of law. It was published by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London. The first edition was edited ...

A First Book of English Law ''A First Book of English Law'' is a book originally written by Owen Hood Phillips and subsequently edited by him and Anthony Hugh Hudson. It was published by Sweet and Maxwell. F.R. Crane praised it for its "lucidity, accuracy, brevity and readab ...

A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations ''A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations'', formerly ''Sweet & Maxwell's Legal Bibliography'', is a bibliography of law published in London by Sweet & Maxwell. First Edition The First Edition is called ''Sweet and Maxwell' ...

Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice ''Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice'' (usually called simply ''Archbold'') is the leading practitioners' text for criminal lawyers in England and Wales and several other common law jurisdictions around the world. It has been in p ...

Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law ''Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law'' (2006) is a legal text, which marked the first of Cambridge University Press's "Law in Context" series. It was originally authored by English legal scholar, Patrick Atiyah in 1970 and has been take ...

*Austin,

The Province of Jurisprudence Determined ''The Province of Jurisprudence Determined'' is a book written by John Austin, first published in 1832, in which he sets out his theory of law generally known as the 'command theory'. Austin believed that the science of general jurisprudence con ...

Bacon's Abridgement ''A New Abridgment of the Law'' is a legal book compiled by Mathew Bacon. The first edition dates from 1736, and the most recent English edition in 1832. The work is an abridgement of English common law which was widely used in the United States du ...

* Bailey's Law of WillsRingrose, Where to Look for Your Law, 10th Ed *Beaumanoir,

Coutumes de Beauvaisis The ''Coutumes of Beauvaisis'' is a book on medieval French law composed by Philippe de Beaumanoir at the end of the 13th century in Old French prose. The text covers a wide range of topics both on procedural and substantive law and is quite vo ...

Black Book of the Admiralty The ''Black Book of the Admiralty'' is a compilation of English admiralty law created over the course of several English monarchs' reigns, including the most important decisions of the High Court of Admiralty. Its starting point is the Rolls of O ...

Black's Law Dictionary ''Black's Law Dictionary'' is the most frequently used legal dictionary in the United States. Henry Campbell Black (1860–1927) was the author of the first two editions of the dictionary. History The first edition was published in 1891 by West P ...

*Blackstone,

A Discourse on the Study of the Law ''A Discourse on the Study of the Law'' is a treatise by Sir William Blackstone first published in 1758. On 20 October 1758 Blackstone had been confirmed as the first Vinerian Professor of English Law, and immediately gave a lecture on 24 October ...

*Blackstone,

An Analysis of the Laws of England ''An Analysis of the Laws of England'' is a legal treatise by British legal professor William Blackstone. It was first published by the Clarendon Press in 1756. A Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a lecturer there, on 3 July 1753 Blackston ...

Blackstone's Commentaries The ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'' are an influential 18th-century treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone, originally published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford, 1765–1770. The work is divided into four volume ...

Bouvier's Law Dictionary ''Bouvier's Law Dictionary'' is a set consisting of two or three books with a long tradition in the United States legal community. The first edition was written by John Bouvier. John Bouvier (1787–1851) was born in Codognan, France, but came to ...

*Bracton,

De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae Henry of Bracton, also Henry de Bracton, also Henricus Bracton, or Henry Bratton also Henry Bretton (c. 1210 – c. 1268) was an English cleric and jurist. He is famous now for his writings on law, particularly ''De legibus et consuetudinibus ...

Bridgman's Legal Bibliography ''A Short View of Legal Bibliography'' is a book by Richard W. Bridgman. It was first published in 1807. In 1835, David Hoffman said this book was "wholly unworthy of the subject". In 1847, John Gage Marvin said: In 1988, ''Bookman's Yearboo ...

* Britton *

Brooke's Abridgment Books of authority is a term used by legal writers to refer to a number of early legal textbooks that are excepted from the rule that textbooks (and all books other than statute or law report) are not treated as authorities by the courts of England ...

*Brunner,

The Sources of English Law ''The Sources of English Law'' (as it is sometimes known) is an essay written by the German historian Heinrich Brunner and translated by others. In 1909, it was described as a "valuable survey of the sources and literature of English law".J T. " ...

* Butterworth's Annotated Legislation Service * Card, Cross and Jones: Criminal Law *

Chronological Table of the Statutes The Chronological Table of the Statutes is a Chronology, chronological list of the public Act of Parliament, Acts passed by the Parliament of England (1235–1706), the Parliament of Great Britain (1707–1800), and the Parliament of the Un ...

* Coke's Institutes *

Comyns' Digest ''A Digest of the Laws of England'', also known as ''Comyns' Digest'', is a book by Sir John Comyns. The latest English edition was published in 1822. A 120-page, handwritten tabulation by John Neal in 1826 of all cases in the digest is included ...

*Cowley, A Bibliography of Abridgments, Digests, Dictionaries, and Indexes of English Law to the Year 1800 *

Current Law Statutes Annotated Current Law Statutes Annotated, published between 1994 and 2004 as Current Law Statutes, contains annotated copies of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed since 1947 and Acts of the Scottish Parliament passed since 1999. It is publish ...

*Daniel, History and Origin of the Law Reports *

D'Anvers' Abridgment ''A General Abridgment of the Common Law, alphabetically digested under proper titles'' is a book by Knightley D'Anvers.Marvin, J.G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental ...

* Davis' Criminal Law Consolidation Acts *Dworkin, Taking Rights Seriously *

Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents ''The Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents'' is a large collection of non-litigious legal forms and precedents published by LexisNexis UK. The encyclopaedia is available in hard copy, on a searchable online database, and on CD-ROM. It currently ...

*Ensor, Defects of the English Laws and Tribunals *Fitzherbert,

New Natura Brevium ''La Novelle Natura Brevium'' (1534) was a treatise on English law by Anthony Fitzherbert. It is often cited in judgments today across the common law world, and represents an important tract on the rules of common law in the 16th century. *On sk ...

Fitzherbert's Abridgment Books of authority is a term used by legal writers to refer to a number of early legal textbooks that are excepted from the rule that textbooks (and all books other than statute or law report) are not treated as authorities by the courts of England ...

Fleta ''Fleta'' is a treatise on the common law of England. It was written in Latin with the sub-title ''seu Commentarius juris Anglicani''. The anonymous author of the book is sometimes referred to as "Fleta", although this is not in fact a person's na ...

*Foss,

Biographia Juridica ''Biographia Juridica: A Biographical Dictionary Of The Judges Of England From The Conquest To The Present Time, 1066-1870'' is a lengthy and rigorous review of the major legal minds in British history. It was compiled by Edward Foss, a lawyer a ...

Foster's Crown Law ''A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746, in the County of Surry; And of Other Crown Cases: to which are Added Discourses Upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law'', usually called simply ''Crown La ...

*Fox, Handbook of English Law Reports *Friend, Anglo-American Legal Bibliographies *Gilmore,

The Death of Contract ''The Death of Contract'' is a book by American law professor Grant Gilmore, written in 1974, about the history and development of the common law of contracts. Gilmore's central thesis was that the Law of Contracts, at least as it existed in the 2 ...

* Glanvill *Grotius,

De jure belli ac pacis ''De iure belli ac pacis'' (English: ''On the Law of War and Peace'') is a 1625 book in Latin, written by Hugo Grotius and published in Paris, on the legal status of war. It is now regarded as a foundational work in international law. The work t ...

*Hale,

Historia Placitorum Coronae Historia may refer to: * Historia, the local version of the History channel in Spain and Portugal * Historia (TV channel), a Canadian French language specialty channel * Historia (newspaper), a French monthly newspaper devoted to History topics * ...

Halsbury's Laws of England ''Halsbury's Laws of England'' is a uniquely comprehensive encyclopaedia of law, and provides the only complete narrative statement of law in England and Wales. It has an alphabetised title scheme covering all areas of law, drawing on authorit ...

Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Measur ...

* Halsbury's Statutory Instruments *Hart,

The Concept of Law ''The Concept of Law'' is a 1961 book by the legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart and his most famous work. ''The Concept of Law'' presents Hart's theory of legal positivism—the view that laws are rules made by humans and that there is ...

Hawkins' Pleas of the Crown ''A Treatise of Pleas of the Crown; or, a system of the principal matters relating to that subject, digested under proper heads'' is an influential treatise on the criminal law of England, written by William Hawkins, serjeant-at-law, and later e ...

Hoffman's Course of Legal Study Hoffman's ''Course of Legal Study'' is an 1817 legal textbook by American law professor David Hoffman (jurist), David Hoffman that was influential in the development of America's first law school curricula. An early American law professor, Hof ...

*Hollond, English Legal Authors Before Blackstone *Holmes, The Common Law *Ilbert,

Legislative Methods and Forms ''Legislative Methods and Forms'' is a 372 page book written by Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert and published by Oxford in 1901. "It is a description of the rivalry between common and statute law, with special reference to the details of preparati ...

Information Sources in Law ''Information Sources in Law'' is a book. First Edition The first edition was edited by R G Logan and published by Butterworths in 1986. It is part of the series which was then known as Butterworths Guides to Information Sources. It consists of tw ...

*Jelf, Where to Find Your Law *Kelsen, Pure Theory of Law * Kent's Commentaries * Law Books in Print * Lawyers' Law Books *Maine,

Ancient Law ''Ancient Law'' is a book by Henry James Sumner Maine. It was first published in octavo in 1861. The book went through twelve editions during the lifetime of the author. The twelfth edition was published in 1888. A new edition, with notes by Fred ...

Marvin's Legal Bibliography ''Legal Bibliography'' is a book by John Gage Marvin. It is a bibliography of law. It was the first publication of its kind to originate from the United States of America. This book is Marvin's best-known work. It was preceded by an 1843 edition ...

*Moran, The Alphabet of the National Insurance Act, 1911. *Moran, The Boarding House Proprietor and His Guest *Moran, The Heralds of the Law * Odgers on Libel and SlanderJelf, Where to Find Your Law, pp 36 & 48 *Rastall,

The Abbreviacion of Statutis ''The Abbreviacion of Statutis'' (1519), of which fifteen editions appeared before 1625, is a book by John Rastell. It, and Termes de la Ley, are the best known of his legal works. It is said to be the first abridgement of the Statutes printed ...

*Rastall,

Termes de la Ley ''Expositiones terminorum legum Angliae'' (in French, translated into English, 1527; reprinted 1629, 1636, 1641, &c., as ''Les Termes de la Ley'') is a book by John Rastell. It, and ''The Abbreviacion of Statutis'' (1519), are the best known of hi ...

Russell on Crime ''A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanours'' or ''Russell on Crime'' is a book originally written by William Oldnall Russell. For the purpose of citation, its name may be abbreviated to Russ Cr. Russell's ''Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanours'', ...

Rolle's Abridgment ''Un Abridgment des plusiers Cases et Resolutions del Common Ley, Alphabeticalment Digest desouth severall Titles'' (called Rolle's ''Abridgment'', abbreviated Roll. Abr.) is a law book written in Law French by Henry Rolle (1589–1656). The most ...

Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History ''Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History'' is a collection of 76 essays about the history of Anglo-American law. It was published, under the direction of a committee of the Association of American Law Schools, by Little, Brown and Company, ...

*Simpson,

Biographical Dictionary of the Common Law ''Biographical Dictionary of the Common Law'' is a biographical dictionary concerned with legal biography Legal biography is the biography of persons relevant to law. In a preface dated October 1983, A. W. B. Simpson wrote that it was "a rather ...

Szladits' Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law ''Szladits' Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law'' is a bibliography of law. It was first compiled and edited by Charles Szladits and then edited by Vratislav Pechota. About one fifth of its entries are annotated. Pagel said it "can be hel ...

*St Germain,

Doctor and Student ''The Doctor and Student: Or Dialogues between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student in the Laws of England'' is a legal treatise by Christopher St. Germain, first published in the early 16th century. As its name suggests, the work is structured as ...

*Stair, Institutions of the Law of Scotland *

Statutes in Force ''Statutes in Force'' was the fourth revised edition of the statutes. Publication began in 1972. It was completed in 1981.''Halsbury's Laws of England''. Fourth Edition. Reissue. Butterworths. London. 1995. Volume 44(1). Note 5 to paragraph 1251 at ...

Stone's Justices' Manual ''Stone's Justices' Manual'' is a book published by LexisNexis Butterworths. It is "the standard work on summary procedure". It displaced Burn's ''Justices of the Peace'' as the standard work on that subject from 1850 onwards. By 1914, it was old, ...

Stroud's Judicial Dictionary ''Stroud's Judicial Dictionary'' is a law dictionary. The First Edition by Frederick Stroud was published in 1890. The Second Edition was by the same author and was published in 1903. A supplement by the same author was published in 1906. A supple ...

The Digest ''The Digest'', formerly published as ''The English and Empire Digest'', is a digest of case law. It is the "major modern work" of this kind. Its coverage is "wide" but incomplete, and it can be "complicated to use" if the user does not understa ...

*Vattel, Les droit des gens *

Viner's Abridgment Charles Viner (1678–5 June 1756) was an English jurist, known as the author of ''Viner's Abridgment'', and the benefactor of the Vinerian chair and the Vinerian Scholarship at the University of Oxford. Life The son of Mary and Charles Vin ...

* Wallace's Reporters *Wheaton,

Elements of International Law ''Elements of International Law'', first published in 1836, is a book on international law by Henry Wheaton which has long been influential. Contents Textual history Many translations, editions and reprints of Wheaton's ''Elements'' have ...

*Williams,

Learning the Law Learning the Law is a book written by Glanville Williams and edited by him and A. T. H. Smith. It professes to be a "Guide, Philosopher and Friend". The tome is a "standard" work which has been called a "classic", and said to be "useful" and "mos ...

*Winfield,

The Chief Sources of English Legal History ''The Chief Sources of English Legal History'' is a book written by Percy Henry Winfield and published, with an introduction by Roscoe Pound, by Harvard University Press in 1925. It is "bright and lively", "eminently readable", "admirable" and of " ...

* Where to Look for Your Law * Words and Phrases Legally Defined

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