The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Volumes XI, XII, and XIII
1820-1914
William Cornish, J Stuart Anderson, Ray Cocks, Michael Lobban, Patrick Polden, and Keith Smith
Table of Contents
Volume XI: The English Legal System
PART I ENGLISH LAW IN AN INDUSTRIALISING SOCIETY William Cornish, Michael Lobban, Keith Smith
1. Introduction
2. Government and People
3. Sources of Law
4. The Idea of Law: Basic Theories
5. Human Ideals: Social Perceptions and Legal Change
6. Law in the Empire
7. International Law
8. Resolving Conflicts of Law: The Emergence of English Private International Law
PART II COURTS AND LAWYERS Patrick Polden
9. House of Lords
10. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
11. The Superior Courts of Common Law, 1820- 1870
12. The Law of Evidence in Civil Causes
13. Organization and Business
14. The Court of Chancery, 1820-1870
15. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty
16. The Creation of the Royal Courts of Justice
17. The Judicature Acts
18. After the Judicature Acts
19. The King's Bench Division, 1883-1914
20. The Chancery Division, 1883-1914
21. The Judiciary in the Superior Courts
22. County Court Judges
23. Stipendary Magistrates
24. The Law Officers
25. Criminal Appeals
26. The Court of Appeal
27. Local Courts, 1820-46
28. The County Courts, 1846-1914
29. Local Courts After 1846
30. Justices of the Peace and their Courts
31. Coroners and their Courts
32. The Central Criminal Court
33. Solicitors
34. The Bar
35. Professional Legal Education, C.1860-1914
36. Law Reports
VOLUME XII: PUBLIC LAW
PART I PUBLIC LAW or CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION Stuart Anderson
1. Central Executive: Legal Structures
2. Local Government
3. Judicial Review
PART II CRIMINAL LAW Keith Smith
4. General Introduction and Overview of the Criminal Justice System and its Development
5. Detecting, Deterring, and Punishing Crime
6. The Criminal Laws
PART III REGULATION Raymond Cocks
7. Reform, Regulation, and Control: 'A Call to the Attention of the LegislatureL'
PART IV LABOUR LAW William Cornish
8. Status, Contract, and Coercion
9. The Roots of Collective Action
10. Labour Relations and Law: 1867-1914
VOLUME XIII: PRIVATE LAW
PART I LAW OF PERSONS: FAMILIES AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS William Cornish
1. Legal Expressions of Patriachy
2. Marriage
3. Wives: Rights in Property
4. Dissolution of Marriages
5. Children
6. Foreign Elements in Family Disputes
7. Mental Disability
PART II PROPERTY AND OBLIGATION Stuart Anderson and Michael Lobban
PART III PROPERTY Stuart Anderson
8. Family Provision
9. Property Rights in Land
10. Wills and Succession
11. Trusts, Trustees, and Liability
PART IV CONTRACT Michael Lobban
12. Introduction
13. Offer and Acceptance
14. Consideration
15. Misrepresentation
16. Mistake
17. Contractual Terms and their Performance
18. Contractual Remedies
19. Restitutionary Remedies
PART V TORT Michael Lobban
20. The Law of Nuisance in Victorian and Edwardian England
21. The Rise of Negligence
22. Defining the Scope of Negligence, 1840-70
23. Rethinking the Foundations of Negligence
24. Accidental Harms to Property
25. Intentional Torts
26. Employers Liability and Workmen's Compensation
PART VI COMMERCIAL Michael Lobban
27. Company Law
28. Insurance
29. Bills of Exchange and Negotiable Instruments
30. Bankruptcy and Insolvency
31. Credit and Debt
PART VI: PERSONALITY RIGHTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY William Cornish
32. Personal Reputation, Privacy and Intellectual Creativity
33. Defamation of Character
34. Copyright
35. Industrial Property: Patents, Designs, and Trade Secrets
36. Trademarks
37. Postscript