A Concise History of the Common Law

by Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett

2001 · The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.

Statutes and Their Interpretation in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century

by Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett

2005 · The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Using evidence drawn from the Year Books from 20 Edw. I to 20 Edw. III Plucknett [1897-1965] analyzes the nature of early statutes as seen in the rules for their construction and their use in court. He shows that the early statutes were more legislative than declaratory, and were treated as such by the courts.