Tracts (1683)

Creator

John Selden

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Identifier

KD 358 .S35 1683

Creation Date

1683

Description

Selden, John. Tracts. 1st ed. London: Printed for Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 1683.

Published posthumously, this collection of tracts includes three previously unpublished essays and the first English translation of "Jani Facies Altera." The latter, as well as "England's Epinomis," pertains to early British, Saxon and Norse influences on the common law and the English constitution. The other two tracts discuss the origins of the law on probate and intestate succession. John Selden (1584–1654), a prolific writer and "champion of political freedom," ranks among the most distinguished English legal historians.

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