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List of early landmark court cases

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This is a list of early significant and precedent setting judicial decisions in English law:

Anglo Norman cases

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Common Law cases (post 1154)

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References

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  1. ^ Melville Madison Bigelow, Placita Anglo-normannica: Law Cases from William I. to Richard I. Preserved in Historical Records (Soule and Bugbee, 1881) pxxi.
  2. ^ Van Caenegem, ENGLISH LAWSUITS FROM WILLIAM I TO RICHARD I Vol.I. William I to Stephen.(Selden Society, 2010).
  3. ^ a b Extraordinary privilege: the trial of Penenden Heath and the Domesday inquest, by Alan Cooper, The English Historical Review, 1 November 2001
  4. ^ The Normans: The History of a Dynasty (2002) by David Crouch at Google Books
  5. ^ The Justification of the Conquest Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine from Conquered England Kingship, Succession, and Tenure 1066-1166 by George Garnett, Oxford University Press, 25 January 2007
  6. ^ Melville Madison Bigelow, Placita Anglo-normannica: Law Cases from William I. to Richard I. Preserved in Historical Records (Soule and Bugbee, 1881)p10.
  7. ^ a b Mike Ibeji, Treachery of the Earls, by Mike Ibeji, from "BBC History of the Normans".
  8. ^ a b Edward Augustus Freeman (1901). A Short History of the Norman Conquest of England. Page 113-114.
  9. ^ Melville Madison Bigelow, Placita Anglo-normannica: Law Cases from William I. to Richard I. Preserved in Historical Records (Soule and Bugbee, 1881).p36.
  10. ^ Melville Madison Bigelow, Placita Anglo-Normannica: law cases from William I to Richard I p16.
  11. ^ summary of Furrer v Snelling.
  12. ^ T. F. T. Plucknett, A Concise History of the Common Law, 5th edition, (London and Boston, 1956), pp.260-261
  13. ^ R v Roger, St Nicholas, 4 Edw. II, before Payn Tibotot, justiciar of Chester (8 December 1310).
  14. ^ Stapleton v Snayth (1354) YB Pas 19, 32b-33a.
  15. ^ Haxey's case (1397) Rotuli Parliamentorum (iii) 434.
  16. ^ Adams and Stephens, Select Documents of English Constitutional History(1930)
  17. ^ Sir John Baker, Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History:Private Law to 1750 (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 2010) 610.
  18. ^ Ian Fitzharris , Owners of dwelling liable for escape of fire to neighbour’s property arising from negligence of building contracto r.
  19. ^ Courtney Stanhope Kenny, A Selection of Cases Illustrative of the English Law of Tort (Cambridge University Press, 2014) p589.
  20. ^ Hulle v Oryng 1466 YB Mich 6 Ed 4, 7a pl 18 is;(1466).
  21. ^ The Thorns Case.
  22. ^ Luckers Case CASE LXX, Tr. 8 Jac. B. R. 10 Co. 130 L,, 13 1 it. 2 Cr. 424,
  23. ^ Williams, David (2003). "Gold, The Case of Mines (1568) and the Waitangi Tribunal". Australian Journal of Legal History. 7 (2): 157. Retrieved 20 December 2006.
  24. ^ Blainey, Geoffrey (1963). The Rush That Never Ended. Melbourne University Press. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-522-84557-6.
  25. ^ William Nelson, An Abridgment of the Common Law (Forgotten Books, 2017).
  26. ^ David Hoffman, A Course of Legal Study: Respectfully Addressed to the Students of Law in the United States (Sagwan Press, 2015)
  27. ^ Sir Edward Coke, The reports of Sir Edward Coke in thirteen parts.J. Butterworth and Son, 1826 page 83
  28. ^ Joseph Chitty, A treatise on the game laws and on fisheries. W Clarke 1812 page 834