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Law Tricks - Lawyers, Litigation and English Society since 1450. By Christopher W. Brooks. London: Hambledon Press, 1998. Pp. xiii + 274. $60.00. - Imagining the Law: Common Law and the Foundations of the American Legal System. By Norman F. Cantor. New York: Harper Perennial, 1999. Pp. xvi + 416. $16.00. - Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England. By Tim Stretton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xv + 271. $59.95.
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Lawyers, Litigation and English Society since 1450. By Christopher W. Brooks. London: Hambledon Press, 1998. Pp. xiii + 274. $60.00.
Imagining the Law: Common Law and the Foundations of the American Legal System. By Norman F. Cantor. New York: Harper Perennial, 1999. Pp. xvi + 416. $16.00.
Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England. By Tim Stretton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xv + 271. $59.95.
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