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Morris Arnold

Publications

Morris Sheppard Arnold

Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law, 1971-1977; Dean, 1985


Books

THE OLD TENURES C. 1515 AND THE OLD NATURA BREVIUM C. 1518 (Editor). London: Professional Books, 1974.

STUDIES IN LEGAL HISTORY (Series Editor). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975-1980.

YEAR BOOKS OF RICHARD II, 1378-1379 (Editor). Cambridge, MA: Ames Foundation, 1975.

ON THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF ENGLAND: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF SAMUEL E. THRONE. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1981. (Ed.)

SELECT CASES OF TRESPASS FROM THE KING'S COURTS, 1307-1399 (Editor). London: The Seldon Society, 1985-1987.

UNEQUAL LAWS UNTO A SAVAGE RACE: EUROPEAN LEGAL TRADITIONS IN ARKANSAS, 1686-1836. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1985.

 

Articles

Future Interests: Transmissability of Contingent Interests, 20 ARKANSAS LAW REVIEW 190 (1966). [HeinOnline]

The Doctrine of Worthier Title in Arkansas, 21 ARKANSAS LAW REVIEW 394 (1967). [HeinOnline]

Origin of "Jeofail" (with J. Baker), 87 LAW QUARTERLY REVIEW 166 (1971).

Law and Fact in the Medieval Jury Trial: Out of Sight Out of Mind, 18 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL HISTORY 267 (1974). [HeinOnline]

Fourteenth-Century Promises, 35 CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL 321 (1976). [HeinOnline]

Statutes as Judgments: The Natural Law Theory of Parliamentary Activity in Medieval England, 126 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW 329 (1977). [HeinOnline]

Accident, Mistake, and Rules of Liability in the 14th Century Law of Torts, 128 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW 361 (1979). [HeinOnline]

A Historical Inquiry into the Right to Trial by Jury in Complex Civil Litigation, 128 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW 829 (1980). [HeinOnline]

A Modest Replication to a Lengthy Discourse, 128 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW 986 (1980). [HeinOnline]

An Early Opinion of an Arkansas Trial Court, 5 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK LAW JOURNAL 397 (1982). [HeinOnline]

The Arkansas Colonial Legal System, 1686-1766, 6 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK LAW JOURNAL 391 (1983). [HeinOnline]

The Relocation of Arkansas Post to ​Ecores Rouges in 1779, 42 ARKANSAS HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 317 (1983).

The Arnolds of Southwestern Arkansas: 102 Years of Law, 18 ARKANSAS LAWYER 136 (1984). [HeinOnline]

George L. Haskins (with J. Freedman, C. Oliver, L. Pollak, A. Putnam, A. Watson), 134 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW 1 (1985). [HeinOnline]

 

Book Reviews

Book Review. Ex Nihilo Nihil, Van Caenegem, R., The Birth of the English Common Law, 83 YALE LAW JOURNAL 855 (1974). [HeinOnline]

Book Review. Sutherland, D., The Assize of Novel Disseisin, 18 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL HISTORY 364 (1974). [HeinOnline]

Book Review. Transcending Debt and Convenant, Simpson, A., The History of the Common Law Contract, 85 YALE LAW REVIEW 990 (1976). [HeinOnline]

Book Review. Horwitz, M., The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860, 126 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW 241 (1977). [HeinOnline]

Book Review. Thorne, S. (trans.), De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae, 91 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 517 (1977). [HeinOnline]

Book Review. Legal History and the Law of Blasphemy, Levy, L. Treason Against God: A History of the Offense of Blasphemy, 80 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW 772 (1982). [ HeinOnline]

Book Review. The Professionalization of the English County Courts, Palmer, R., The Country Courts of Medieval England, 96 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 1162 (1983). [HeinOnline]

Book Review. Hass, E. (ed.), Louisiana's Legal Heritage, 45 LOUISIANA LAW REVIEW 1325 (1985). [HeinOnline]

Book Review. Societal Versus Official Law, Green, T., Verdict According to Conscience: Perspectives on the English Criminal Trial Jury, 1200-1800, 38 STANFORD LAW REVIEW 265 (1985). [HeinOnline]