Sir Frederick Pollock

1845 - 1937

Titles on this disk:

• introduction: Ancient Law, its connection with the early history of society and its relation to modern ideas
• author: The Genius of the Common Law
• author: The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the Principles of Obligations arising from Civil Wrongs in the Common Law (4th ed.)
• author: Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History, vol. 1
• author: Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History, vol. 2

Quotation:

• (1 February, 2010) Frederick Pollock argues that a violent assault on the football field is not an actionable tort because it is part of the activities of a voluntarily agreed to association of adults (1895)

About this person:

Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937) was one of the leading English legal historians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a practicing barrister as well as a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.