English Reports
The English Reports is a collection of judgments of the higher English Courts between 1220 and 1866.
Overview
The reports are a selection of most nominate reports of judgments of the higher English Courts between 1220 and 1866.[1] They reproduce many reports not from their original editions but from dependable, although not always verbatim, later editions and give a nominate report citation.[1]
It was published in 178 volumes gradually from 1900[2] to 1932[3] by Stevens & Sons in London and by William Green & Sons in Edinburgh.
Citation of these reports
For citation in most Commonwealth countries it is cited in written form as E.R., as in Planché v. Colburn (1831) 131 E.R. 305.
The compendium is sometimes cited in U.S. courts, where it is normally cited by using the original nominate report citation then Eng. Rep., as in Planché v. Colburn, 8 Bing. 14, 131 Eng. Rep. 305 (C.P. 1831).
Index chart
Its 1930 index chart details where each volume of the nominate reports is drawn upon for the 13-category series the work creates.[4] This named each by their most popular title — many bore several and were frequently and variously abbreviated.[5] A full, disambiguatory chart is published by Professional Books.
Series
| Volumes | Series | Period covered[6] |
| 1 to 11 | House of Lords | 1694 to 1866 |
| 12 to 20 | Privy Council (includes Indian Appeals) | 1809 to 1865[7] |
| 21 to 47 | Court of Chancery (includes Collateral Reports) | 1557 to 1865[8] |
| 48 to 55 | Rolls Court | 1829 to 1865[8] |
| 56 to 71 | Vice-Chancellors' Courts | 1815 to 1865 |
| 72 to 122 | Court of King's Bench (or Queen's Bench) | 1378 to 1865[9] |
| 123 to 144 | Court of Common Pleas | 1486 to 1865 |
| 145 to 160 | Court of Exchequer | 1220 to 1865 |
| 161 to 167 | Ecclesiastical | 1752 to 1857 |
| ditto. | Admiralty | 1776 to 1840 |
| ditto. | Probate and Divorce | 1858 to 1865 |
| 168 and 169 | Court for Crown Cases Reserved | 1743 to 1865[10] |
| 170 to 176 | Nisi Prius | 1688 to 1867 |
| 177 and 178 | Index of Cases | N/A |
See also
Further reading
- W. T. S. Daniel, History of the Origin of the Law Reports (London, 1884)
- Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh)
- O. Hood Phillips, A First Book of English Law, 4th ed, 1960, Sweet and Maxwell
References
- ^ a b Glanville Williams, Learning the Law, 11th Edition, 1982, Stevens, p.34; 13th Edition, 2006, Sweet and Maxwell, p.36
- ^ The English Reports. Volume 1.
- ^ The English Reports. Volume 178.
- ^ Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh)
- ^ Glanville Williams, op. cit.
- ^ These dates are taken from the Index Chart, p.3
- ^ Phillips gives 1872
- ^ a b Phillips gives 1866
- ^ Phillips gives 1379
- ^ Phillips gives 1746