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Legal history: England & common law tradition: Obligations

History of the law of obligations : contract, tort, restitution

Use the tabs above to understand how the Law Bod's collection is arranged. There is an Enquiry Desk on Level 2, just as you enter the main Reading Room: please do come and have a word if you are having any difficulty in using the library.

Help with finding books

The Law Library's collection is fully catalogued on SOLO, Oxford  University's online resource discovery tool.

For subject searches it is often possible to add to a basic term the name of the jurisdiction then history. For example

Contracts  --- England -- History
Torts -- United States -- History

However, as the historical background may well feature as an introductory chapter (or two) in works on the modern law of obligations, we recommend not limiting yourself to this level of refinement: search again without the history element.

 

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If the comparison is between major legal traditions - typically the common law and the civil traditions - the book will probably have a shelf mark beginning General. This collection is on Level 2, the level at which you enter the Law Library.
If the comparison is with jurisdictions within the common law tradition the book may have shelf mark Legal Hist or Cw Gen. These are also to be found on Level 2.

There is an Enquiry Desk on Level 2, just as you enter the main Reading Room: please do come and have a word if you are having any difficulty in using the library

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