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The common law is one of two major and successful systems of law developed in Western Europe, and in one form or another is now in force not only in the country

This first booklength survey of the 800-year evolution of Anglo-American common law contract begins in 12th-century England and extends to contemporary America,

Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.

This introductory text explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to disti