............................................................................................................................. Contents Part I - Introductory 1. Foundations of the English Legal System 2. Preliminary Survey of Legal Development Part II - The Courts 1. The Legal Profession 2. The Local Courts 3. Curia Regis and Centralisation of Justice 4. The Common Law Courts 5. The Conciliar Courts 6. High Court of Parliament 7. Courts Merchant and Maritime, and Mercantile and Maritime Law 8. Ecclesiastical Courts and the Canon Law 9. Special Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction 10. Reorganisation of the Judicial System 11. The Jury System 12. Interlude on Substantive Law Part III - History of the Common Law 1. Source of the Common Law 2. The Forms of Action 3. Civil Procedure at Common Law 4. History of Crime and Criminal Procedure 5. History of Tort 6. History of Contracts 7. The Law of Property Part IV - History of Equity 1. General Outline of Equity 2. Main Principle of Equity Appendices Index ............................................................................................................................. Author Details A.K.R. Kiralfy, Ph.D., LL.M., of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law; Reader in Law at King's College, London ............................................................................................................................. |