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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coke on Littleton canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
law book
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legal commentary ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Coke upon Littleton
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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
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citations to medieval and early modern cases ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
common law pleading related to land
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conveyancing principles ⓘ estates in land ⓘ feudal tenures ⓘ uses and trusts ⓘ |
| genre | legal exegesis ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
American common law
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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
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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
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foundational text of the common law tradition ⓘ |
| scholarlyReception | extensively cited in later legal treatises ⓘ |
| subject |
English land law
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common law ⓘ real property law ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | medieval and early modern English land law ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference work by judges
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reference work by lawyers ⓘ textbook for law students ⓘ |
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