Download or read book A Popular Sketch of the Origin and Development of the English Constitution, Vol. 2 written by Henry Raikes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Popular Sketch of the Origin and Development of the English Constitution, Vol. 2: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; From the Accession of James I. To the Present Period The concluding chapter on the Law of Property and Jurisprudence generally, will naturally be omitted by most readers of the preceding pages. But while the criticism of professional brethren is respectfully deprecated, at so humble an attempt to popularise a peculiarly technical subject; it is yet submitted in recommendation of these remarks to the general reader, that no political view of the history of a country would be complete without some idea of the modes, in which private rights were acquired, held, and defended. While it might be added that in no other book at present in print could be found in so compendious a form the pith of the subtle learning of the Conveyancer together with a clear and popular view of the existing jurisdiction of our several Courts, and the real or intended improve ments generally passing under the name of Law Reform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.