The Common Law and English Jurisprudence 1760-1850Questioning accepted views of common law, this book attempts to clarify the nature of common law practice and the way in which it was envisaged by its practitioners. It asserts that attempts notably those by Blackstone and Bentham to expound or criticize common law in essentially theoretical terms were mistaken, and examines the evolution and spread of judicial ideas which were grounded upon the work of moral and political philosophers. Covering