The Genius of the Common Law (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1912. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... index Abridgments, The, 41 Accidents, Employer an insurer against, 106 Account not reached by action in Assumpsit, 69 Act for Abolition of Fines and Recoveries, 51nl Action for procuring breach of con-tract, 70 Action for Trespass, 69 Action, Forms of, 68-70; practically abolished, 32 Action of Assumpsit, Blackstone on, 69; enlarged ideas, 82 Action, older forms of, Remnants of archaism hung about the, 23; comparatively simple, the newer elastic, 27 Action on the case for deceit, 69-70 Action, Proper form of, doubtful, 27; Baron Surrebutter on, 30-31 Action, Proper pleadings in various forms of, 30-31 Actions on the Case, Half-hearted recognition of, 60 Actor and scene-shifter fellow-ser-vants, 105 Admiralty, Court of, not mentioned in treatises on pleading, 35 Admiralty Division, Law and pro-cedure of, 81 Admiralty law little assimilated, 81 Adventures of our Lady of the Common Law, 3 Advocacy, A higher and a lower kind of, 113 Agency, learning of, Development of, 109 Agent, professing an authority which he has not, 71, 104 Agreements in restraint of trade, Modern law as to, 98 Ahab and Naboth, Renan on story of, lOlnl Alliance and conquest, 75-93 Ambition, Professional, 111-13 Amendment by legislation, 72-73; danger of amateur meddling, 73 Amendment by reconstruction, 73-74 American jurisdiction, Modern codes of procedure in, 34-35; traces of old jealousies in, 79 Anarchism, Morris and Tolstoy on, 52-53; confused with socialism, 55 Angles, The, of Britain, 12 Anglo-Saxon institutions, A knowl-edge of, 111 Antiquarianism in the law, 7 Appeal of felony, 20 Apprenticeship, in the Middle Ages, 95; the only road to craftmanship, 121 Arabs, The, of the time before Islam, 10 Arbitrary interference with justice, 44-46 Arbitration, A tribunal of, 61-62; a deal of priva...