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The Legal Writing of Sir Edward Coke, the Anglo-Saxons, Footnoteand Lex Terrae

Ian KingHistory Department, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 329-358 | Received 03 Jan 2024, Accepted 29 Jan 2024, Published online: 06 Mar 2024

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