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Bracton's Note Book: A Collection of Cases
Bracton's Note Book A Collection of Cases Author:Henry De Bracton, Frederic William Maitland The Note Book contains notes on some 2000 cases from the old — plea rolls of the thirteenth century and in Bracton's great — treatise, Laws and Customs of England, he refers to these — cases in much the same way we do in legal writing today. — It has been said that by using cases in this manner Bracton — started the common law system of precedent. Ma... more »itland's
introduction to this set is a rich source of information