CONTENTS

BOOK II: HISTORY OF PARTICULAR TOPICS

(Continued)

PART V. COMMERCIAL LAW

47. General Survey of the History of the Law Mer-

THOMAS EDWARD SCRUTTON

chant.

49. Contributions of the Law Merchant to the Com-

FRANCIS MARION BURDICK

mon Law

50. The Early History of Negotiable Instruments

7

16

34

51

.

EDWARD JENKS

53. The Early History of the English Patent System 117

EDWARD WYNDHAM HULME

54. The History of the Carrier's Liability

148

JOSEPH HENRY BEALE, JR.

55. Early Forms of Corporateness.

161

.

58. History of the Law of Private Corporations in the

Colonies and States SIMEON EBEN BALDWIN

195

236

339

62. History of the Beneficiary's Action in Assumpsit

CRAWFORD DAWES HENING

474

65. The History of the Law of Defamation

66. Responsibility for Tortious Acts: Its History

JOHN HENRY WIGMORE

68. The Mystery of Seisin

591

FREDERIC WILLIAM MAITLAND

WILLIAM

69. The History of the Action of Ejectment in Eng-

land and the United States

ARTHUR GEORGE SEDGWICK and

FREDERICK SCOTT WAIT

70. The Gage of Land in Medieval England

HAROLD DEXTER HAZELTINE

71. Changes in the English Law of Real Property

During the Nineteenth Century

ARTHUR UNDERHILL

611

646

678

75. The Rise of the English Will

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.

74. The Executor in England and on the Continent.

ROBERT CAILLEMER

MELVILLE MADISON BIGELOW

76. Marriage and Divorce Under Roman and English

746

770

47.

COMMERCIAL LAW

General Survey of the History of the Law Merchant.

THOMAS EDWARD SCRUtton.

48. The Merchants of the Staple.

SPENCER BRODHURST.

49. Contributions of the Law Merchant to the Common Law.

FRANCIS MARION BURDICK.

50. Early History of Negotiable Instruments.

EDWARD JENKS.

51. Promissory Notes before and after Lord Holt.

52. Early History of Insurance Law.

WILLIAM CRANCH.

WILLIAM REYNOLDS VANCE.

53. History of the System of Patents for Industrial In-

vention.

EDWARD WYNDHAM HULME.

54. History of the Carrier's Liability.

JOSEPH HENRY BEALE, JR.

55. Early Aspects of Corporateness.

CECIL THOMAS CARR.

56. Early Forms of Partnership.

WILLIAM MITCHELL.

57. History of the Law of Business Corporations before

1800.

SAMUEL WILLISTON.

58. History of the Law of Private Corporations in the

Colonies and States.

SIMEON EBEN BALDWIN.

OTHER REFERENCES ON THE SUBJECTS OF THIS PART ARE AS FOLLOWS:

In Select Essays:

Roman Law Influence in the Law Merchant, by T. E. Scrutton (No.

7, Vol. I).

The Development of the Law Merchant, by W. S. Holdsworth (No. 9,

Vol. I).

The History of Admiralty Jurisdiction, by T. L. Mears (No. 30,

Vol. II).

In Other Series and Journals:

The Early History of the Law Merchant, by A. T. Carter (Law

Quarterly Review, XVII, 232; 1901).

The History of Marine Insurance, by F. Martin (1876).

The History of the Liability of Ship-Owners at Common Law, by

E. L. de Hart (Law Quarterly Review, V, 15; 1889).

The History of the Water-Carrier and his Responsibility, by J. B. C.

Stephen (Law Quarterly Review, XII, 116; 1896).

Trust and Corporation, by F. W. Maitland (Zeitschrift fuer das

Privat- und Oeffentliches Recht der Gegenwart, ed. Gruenhut, Vienna,
XXIII, 1; 1904).

The Corporation Sole, by F. W. Maitland (Law Quarterly Review,
XVI, 335; 1900).

History of Admiralty Jurisdiction in the United States Supreme
Court, Anon. (American Law Review, V, 581; 1871).

History of Joint Stock Companies, by T. B. Napier (Ch. XII in “ A
Century of Law Reform," 1901).

The Genesis of a Corporation, by R. L. Raymond (Harvard Law

Review, XIX, 350; 1906).

History of the Common-Law Conception of a Corporation, by E. B.

Seymour (American Law Register, New Series, XLII, 529; 1902).

Carriers and the Common Law, by O. W. Holmes (American Law

Review, XIII, 609; 1879).

The Court of Piepowder, by C. Gross (Quarterly Journal of Econom-

ics, XX, 231; 1906).

Legislative History of Corporations in New York, by A. B. Johnson
(Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, XX, 610; 1850).

Borough Customs, Introduction by Mary Bateson (Selden Society
Publications, vols. XVIII, XXI, 1904-6).

Beverly Town Documents, Introduction by A. F. Leach (Selden
Society Publications, vol. XIV; 1900).

Select Pleas of the Jewish Exchequer, Introduction by J. M. Rigg
(Selden Society Publications, vol. XV; 1901).

The Leet Jurisdiction of Norwich, Introduction by W. Hudson (Selden
Society Publications, vol. V; 1891).

The Law Merchant,

Introduction by C. Gross (Selden

Society Publications, vol. XXIII; 1908).

Leet Jurisdiction in England, by F. J. C. Hearnshaw (Southampton
Record Society, 1908).

The Internal Organization of the Merchant Adventurers of England,
by W. E. Lingelbach (Phila. 1903).

The Evolution of the English Joint-Stock Trading Company, by F.
Evans (Columbia Law Review, VIII, 339, 461; 1908).