The Chief Sources of English Legal History

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The Chief Sources of English Legal History is a book written by Percy Henry Winfield and published, with an introduction by Roscoe Pound, by Harvard University Press in 1925. It is "bright and lively", [1] "eminently readable", [2] "admirable" [3] and of "great value and usefulness". [4]

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References

  1. ↑ McMurray, Orin Kip. "Book Reviews" (1927) 15 California Law Review 179. JSTOR.
  2. ↑ Schuyler, R L (1926) 26 Columbia Law Review 249 and 250. JSTOR
  3. ↑ Cross, Arthur Lyon. "Book Reviews" (1926) 24 Michigan Law Review 320. JSTOR.
  4. ↑ Hicks, Frederick C. "Book Reviews" (1926) 35 Yale Law Journal 894. JSTOR.
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