COMMONS AND COMMON FIELDS

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COMMONS AND COMMON FIELDS

OR

THE HISTORY AND POLICY OF THE LAWS RELATING

TO COMMONS AND ENCLOSURES IN ENGLAND,

BEING THE YORKE PRIZE ESSAY OF THE UNIVERSITY

OF CAMBRIDGE FOR THE YEAR 1886.

BY

THOMAS EDWARD SCRUTTON, M.A., LL.B.,

BARRISTER AT LAW; PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN, AND FELLOW
OF, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON: AUTHOR OF "CHARTERPARTIES
AND BILLS OF LADING"; "THE LAWS OF COPYRIGHT";

INFLUENCE OF THE ROMAN LAW ON THE LAW OF

ENGLAND"; ETC.

"THE

CAMBRIDGE:

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.