Arbitrium Redivivum (1694)

Creator

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Identifier

KD 7645 .A96 1694

Creation Date

1694

Description

Arbitrium Redivivum: Or the Law of Arbitration, Collected from the Law–Books Both Ancient and Modern, and Deduced to These Times: Wherein the Whole Learning of Awards or Arbitrements is Methodically Treated. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins for Isaac Cleeve, 1694.

This title, the first book on the English law of arbitration and awards, anticipated the statute of 1697–1698 that encouraged merchants to submit to arbitration rather than the courts. Precedents form nearly a third of the slim volume in the only edition published. Arbitrium Redivivum was surpassed in the eighteenth century by the works of Mathew Bacon and Stewart Kyd. This copy features ink notes written by a former owner on the front free endpaper and verso.

Notes on the front free endpaper and its verso available as an additional file, below.

Rights

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