TRIAL BY COMBAT.

Neilson, George

Item #: 13784

Pages: xiv,348p.
Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; 2000.

Subjects: COMPARATIVE LAW, LEGAL HISTORY, MILITARY LAW

Although it is not known exactly when trial by combat,battle, or duel, began as a method of conflict resolution,its origin certainly goes back before the feudal era.Neilson focuses on Britain and Scotland and traces thistradition from before the Middle Ages to the Appeal of theMurder Act of 1819. "All the authorities on the subject, Ibelieve, are collected in this excellent book." Pollock,The Genius of the Common Law. Mark 323.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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