Download or read book The ius commune in England written by R. H. Helmholz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study addresses the ius commune's relation to and influence on English law. Helmholz aims to fill in some of the gaps in scholarship on the common legal past of Western law, the history of the Roman and canon laws, the history of the ecclesiastical courts, parallels between the ius commune and English common law, and English church history.