Shaping the Common LawIn a series of fifteen vivid essays, this book discusses the contributions of great common law jurists and singular documentsnamely the Magna Carta and the Laws and Liberties of Massachusettsthat have shaped common law, from its origins in twelfth century England to its arrival in the American colonies. Featured jurists include such widely recognized figures as Glanvill, Francis Bacon, Sir Edward Coke, and John Selden, as well as less known but