''A First Book of English Law'' is a book originally written by

Owen Hood Phillips Owen Hood Phillips, QC (30 September 1907 – 25 May 1986) was a British jurist. He was Lady Barber Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Birmingham and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Vice-Principal and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of that universit ...

and subsequently edited by him and

Anthony Hugh Hudson Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, ...

. It was published by

Sweet and Maxwell Sweet & Maxwell is a British publisher specialising in legal publications. It joined the Associated Book Publishers in 1969; ABP was purchased by the International Thomson Organization in 1987, and is now part of Thomson Reuters. Its British ...

. F.R. Crane praised it for its "lucidity, accuracy, brevity and readability" and said that it was "deservedly acclaimed".Crane, F R (1956) 5 ''International and Comparative Law Quarterly'' 33
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/ref> The First Edition was published in 1948, the Second in 1953, the Third in 1955, the Fourth in 1960, the Fifth in 1965, the Sixth in 1970, and the Seventh in 1977.

References

*Newark, F H (1960) 23 ''

Modern Law Review The ''Modern Law Review'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of Modern Law Review Ltd. and which has traditionally maintained close academic ties with the Law Department of the London School of Economics. ...

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*Pettit, P (1960) 9 ''

International and Comparative Law Quarterly The ''International & Comparative Law Quarterly'' is a law review published quarterly by thBritish Institute of International and Comparative Law It was established in 1952 and covers comparative law as well as public and private international la ...

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*Chloros, A G (1956) 19 ''Modern Law Review'' 456 - 45
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*Gardiner, Hilliard A (1956) 5 ''

American Journal of Comparative Law The ''American Journal of Comparative Law'' (AJCL) () is a quarterly, peer-reviewed law journal devoted to comparative and transnational legal studies—including, among other subjects, comparative law, comparative and transnational legal history ...

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*D H P (1949) 12 ''Modern Law Review'' 26
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*R M W D (1949) 10 ''

Cambridge Law Journal ''The Cambridge Law Journal'' is a peer-reviewed academic law journal, and the principal academic publication of the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. It is published by Cambridge University Press, and is the longest established university ...

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