Excerpt from Outlines of Legal History A complete history of the English Law has yet to be written. Such a work would fill more than one pon derons volume, and would be beyond the reach of many who may find in the short sketch contained in these pages some help in getting an elementary knowledge of Legal History. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.