Selden Society (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Selden Society is the only learned society to be devoted to the study of English legal history. The Society was founded in 1887 by FW Maitland. The main activity of the Society is publishing historical records of English law. Since the society's inception, a volume of interesting and important texts has been published every year. The society also publishes a supplementary series. The President is the Lord Chief Justice Igor Judge, PC, QC. The current literary director of the Society is Professor Sir John Baker, Downing Professor of the Laws of England at Cambridge University. The Secretary is Victor Tunkel. The Society meets for an AGM every year, but other meetings are held in the United States and Australia. The Society often collaborates with the Ames Foundation at Harvard Law School.