Biographia Juridica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England from the Conquest to the Present Time, 1066-1870Foss, Edward. A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England From the Conquest to the Present Time 1066-1870. London: John Murray, 1870. xv, 792 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-12577. ISBN 1-886363-86-2. Cloth. $100. * A biographical dictionary that provides authoritative factual data about every judge in England who served from the reign of William the Conqueror to 1870, and based on original sources, it is an important and handy one volume work of reference for legal historians. Foss [1787-1870] was a founder and later president of the Incorporated Law Society. |
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