Manual of Law French

Most English legal texts before 1600, and many from the seventeenth century are written in law French, a dialect which differs considerably both from current French and from old Norman French. Only two guides to law French were published, one in 1701 and the other in 1779: both were full of errors and omissions. This current manual is a revised and considerably enlarged version of the first edition which was published in 1779, the first law French manual to appear since the eighteenth century.

Author: J. H. Baker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/04/1990
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780859677455

About the Author
J.H. Baker, LL.D., F.B.A., is a Professor of English Legal History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St. Catherine's College.