A new approach to the telling of legal history, devoid of jargon and replete with good stories, which will be of interest to anyone wishing to know more about the common law - the spinal cord of the English body politic.
Accessible history of the common law, from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day, covering topics such as the Magna Carta, Star Chamber, torture, the introduction of juries, the Nuremberg Trials and terrorism.