Sir John Baker is Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England and an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He is an Honorary Bencher of both the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn, and was knighted for his services to legal history in 2003. He has published widely on the subject, including Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History (OUP, 2019), An Introduction to Legal History (5th edition, OUP, 2018), The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI (OUP, 2003) and The Law's Two Bodies (OUP, 2001).

• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• Table of Statutes and other Legislation


• Alphabetical Table of Named Cases


• Table of Cases cited by Year


• Table of Extracts from Lectures and Treatises


• List of Abbreviations


• 1: The Monarchy


• 2: Devolution of the Crown


• 3: Charters and Confirmations of Liberties


• 4: The King and the Rule of Law


• 5: The High Court of Parliament


• 6: Parliamentary Legislation


• 7: Subordinate Legislation


• 8: The Central Courts of Common Law


• 9: The Court of Chancery


• 10: Conciliar Courts


• 11: The Church and Its Jurisdiction


• 12: The High Commission


• 13: Local Authority and Jurisdiction


• 14: Liberty of the Person


• 15: Taxation and Purveyance


• 16: Freedom of Trade


• 17: Treason


• 18: Homicide


• 19: Offences in Respect of Property


• 20: Criminal Responsibility


• 21: Criminal Procedure


• 22: The Death Penalty and Its Avoidance


• 23: The Boundaries of English Law


• Index of names


• Index of subjects

Sources of English Legal History: Public Law to 1750 is the definitive source book on the foundations of English public law. An extensive collection of illustrative original materials, it is a companion book to Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History: Private Law to 1750, 2e (OUP, 2010).