Author: Johanne Cowello
Title: Institutiones Iuris Anglicani Ad Methodum Et Seriem Institutionum Imperialium Compositae & Digestae.
Description: Fitzeri , Cura & Impensis, 1630. Vellum. A very scarce edition of one of the first pieces of legal work to propose the option of Civil Law in Britain. John Cowell was an English jurist who believed common law was the obstacle to a full union in Britain. He proposed an integration of English and Scottish law on the basis of greater conformity, the common law to civil law. The book includes a dictionary of obscure legal terms that are used troughout the work. Cowell covers topics from freedom, the duty of the judge, the act of robbery to those considered lawful kin. Predates Bacon's English Law reforms. In a vellum binding. Externally, sound with marks to boards and ink inscription to spine. Front hinge detached with backstrip lifting. Internally, binding tender in places with worming and foxing to pages. Spill burns to base corner of pages. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

Keywords: Civil Law Francis Bacon Law Cowell Francis Bacon None


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