Coke on Littleton

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Coke on Littleton is Sir Edward Coke’s influential early 17th-century legal commentary on Sir Thomas Littleton’s treatise on English land law, long regarded as a foundational text in the common law tradition.

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instanceOf law book
legal commentary
treatise
alsoKnownAs Coke upon Littleton NERFINISHED
Coke’s First Institute NERFINISHED
First Institute NERFINISHED
approximatePublicationPeriod early 17th century
author Edward Coke NERFINISHED
basedOn Treatise on Tenures NERFINISHED
commentaryOn Sir Thomas Littleton’s treatise on English land law NERFINISHED
commentaryStyle gloss on Littleton’s text
contains Latin maxims
citations to medieval and early modern cases
countryOfOrigin England
coversTopic common law pleading related to land
conveyancing principles
estates in land
feudal tenures
uses and trusts
genre legal exegesis
hasInfluenceOn American common law
interpretation of property rights in common law jurisdictions
hasPart First Institute of the Laws of England NERFINISHED
historicalImportance major source for understanding early modern English land law
historicalUse authority in courts for propositions of land law
influenced development of English property law
development of common law doctrine
legal education in England
legal education in early America
jurisdiction Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
language English
legalStatus authoritative commentary in common law tradition
legalSystem English common law NERFINISHED
medium print
partOf Coke’s Institutes of the Laws of England NERFINISHED
primaryFocus interpretation of Littleton’s Tenures
publicationCentury 17th century
regardedAs classic of English legal literature
foundational text of the common law tradition
scholarlyReception extensively cited in later legal treatises
subject English land law
common law
real property law
timePeriodDescribed medieval and early modern English land law
usedAs reference work by judges
reference work by lawyers
textbook for law students

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