The Elements of the Common Lawes of England (1630)

<h1>The Elements of the Common Lawes of England (1630)</h1>

<p>Bacon, Sir Francis. <em>The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched into a Double Tract: The One Contayning a Collection of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law, With Their Latitude and Extent. Explicated for the More Facile Introduction of Such as are Studiously Addicted to that Noble Profession. The Other the Use of the Common Law, For Preservation of Our Persons, Goods, and Good Names. According to the Lawes and Customes of this Land</em>. 1st ed. London: Printed by the Assignes of I. More Esq., 1630.</p>

<p>The first part of this combined work presents <strong>Sir Francis Bacon's</strong> (1561–1626) distillation of various maxims of common law into principles highlighted by cases and statutes. Originally conceived as a much larger work, this fragment proved highly influential on writers such as Sir John Doddridge (1555–1628), William Noy (1577–1634) and Sir Henry Finch (1558?–1625). The second part, most likely from a different author's hand, describes the purpose of law and its various officers.</p>

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