English Common Law in the Age of MansfieldIn the eighteenth century, the English common law courts laid the foundation that continues to support present day Anglo American law. Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, 1756 1788, was the dominant judicial force behind these developments. In this abridgment of his two volume book, The Mansfield Manuscripts and the Growth of English Law in the Eighteenth Century, James Oldham presents the fundamentals of the English common law