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DISCOURSE ON THE STUDY OF THE LAWS NOW PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE HARGRAVE COLLECTION. WITH ILLUSTRATION BY A MEMBER OF THE INNER TEMPLE

North, Roger


Item #: 62030

Pages: xv, 105 pp.
Published: OE; Printed for Charles Baldwyn; Reprinted in 2005.

Subjects: LEGAL EDUCATION, LEGAL PROFESSION, UNITED KINGDOM

Reprint of the sole edition. This classic treatise is anincomparable guide to English legal education during thelast quarter of the seventeenth century. Written at a timewhen formal English legal education had reached a low point,it prescribed a self-directed course of study based onreading, compiling commonplace books, attending courts,speaking with lawyers and attending an office or chambers.North, a member of a powerful political family, was arespected member of the Middle Temple and an importantchronicler of the restoration-era legal community.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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