HOLDSWORTH, SIR WILLIAM SEARLE

1871–1944, British legal historian. He was (1903–8) professor of constitutional law at University College, London. After 1922 he was Vinerian professor of English law at Oxford. Holdsworth's greatest achievement is his History of English Law (12 vol., 1903–38). The work begins with Anglo-Saxon times, and it is an account of legal procedure and court organization down to the Judicature Acts of 1875 and of the important phases of substantive law through the 18th cent. Many authorities consider Holdsworth's history among the most thorough scholarly accounts of English law ever written. He was knighted in 1929. His other books include The Historians of Anglo-American Law (1928, repr. 1966) and Charles Dickens as a Legal Historian (1928, repr. 1972).

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Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum: The Acta of William I, 1066-1087
Book by David Bates; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: England--Charters, Grants, Privileges--Sources, Law, Medieval--Sources, Law--England--Sources
...Manuscripts from William the Conqueror to...1981 151 . SEARLE 1968 : E. Searle...WILLIAMS 1968 : A. Williams, "Text and Translation...Essays in Honour of Sir James Holt Cambridge...the charters of William and Mathilda for...Offler 1968 ; Searle 1968 and specific...
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The Mansfield Manuscripts and the Growth of English Law in the Eighteenth Century - Vol. 1
Book by James Oldham; University of North Carolina Press, 1992
Subjects: Law--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Law--Great Britain--Sources--Manuscripts, Mansfield, William Murray--Earl Of--1705-1793--Manuscripts, Manuscripts, English
...1963 . According to Sir William Holdsworth, this edition is...Newcastle contrived Sir John Stranges resignation...oratorical rival, William Pitt later Lord...to Amelias son, Sir John Lindsay, the...undated letter from William to brother Charles...
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The Gladstone Diaries - Vol. 14
Book by H. C. G. Matthew; Clarendon Press, 1994
Subjects: Gladstone, W. E--(William Ewart)--1809-1898--Diaries, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1837-1901, Liberal Party (Great Britain)--History--Sources, Prime Ministers--Great Britain--Diaries
...79 T. F. A. 5/6/91 William, Sir 1825-1910 , 1st Baronet...Bp. 1824-1911 7/5/79 William John, Sir 1797-1873 15/2/73 William...Christopher, Maj. 29/7/65 William, Sir 1766-1829 , 1st Baronet...
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The Gladstone Diarie: January 1875 - December 1880 - Vol. 9
Book by H. C. G. Matthew, W. E. Gladstone; Clarendon Press, 1986
Subjects: Gladstone, W. E--(William Ewart)--1809-1898--Diaries, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1837-1901, Liberal Party (Great Britain)--History--Sources, Prime Ministers--Great Britain--Diaries
...permission to publish them, as is Sir William Gladstone both for permission...L. the same W.W., Sir Sir Watkin Williams Wynn Xt Christ ABBREVIATED...Gardiner A. G. Gardiner, Life of Sir William Harcourt , 2v. 1923 Garvin...
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Shakespeare and the Question of Theory
Book by Patricia Parker, Geoffrey Hartman; Methuen, 1995
Subjects: Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Criticism And Interpretation
...theory. I. Shakespeare, William-Criticism and interpretation...the Dramatic Character of Sir John Falstaff (1777) by...things with Austin and Searle: speech act theory and...official in Elizabeths court: Sir William Knollys, Earl of Banbury...
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Holdsworth, Sir William Searle
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HOLDSWORTH, SIR WILLIAM SEARLE 1871 1944, British legal historian...professor of English law at Oxford. Holdsworths greatest achievement is his History...18th cent. Many authorities consider Holdsworths history among the most thorough scholarly...


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