Inns of Court
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also in the atlas: Inns of Court the place
the Inns of Court
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The Genius of the Common Law
The English institutions of legal education and practice credited with developing the tough common law that resisted Romanizing influence.
Once he broke his teeth, as Maitland has shown us, on the tough law that the Inns of Court had made.
The Law of Torts
Voluntary unincorporated legal societies exercising quasi-judicial power over their members without being subject to ordinary jurisdiction.
The Inns of Court exhibit a curious and unique example of great power and authority exercised by voluntary unincorporated societies in a legally anomalous manner.