MAGNA CARTA. A COMMENTARY ON THE GREAT CHARTER OF KING JOHN WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION SECOND EDITIONMcKechnie, William SharpItem #: 9092 Pages: xvii,530p. Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; 2000. Subjects: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, UNITED KINGDOM McKechnie's work is an elaborate commentary upon the Charter-- clause by clause -- containing everything that any ordinary student is likely to require, with very full and exact references, but it is something much more than this...It is a most admirable piece of work distinguished alike by felicity of language, deep historical insight, and varied and exact learning...H.J.R. Lawyer's Quarterly Review 32:117-118. Strikes me as an excellent book, not so much for novelty as for careful, lucid exposition...Holmes to Pollock, July 15, 1906. Holmes-Pollock Letters I:128. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 366. Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |