A classic history of modern Anglo-American property law beginning with its antecedents in ancient Rome and medieval England. Begins with an examination of the organization and development of the early Roman system of property, the foundations of the English or feudal systems of property, then shows how those systems evolved to modern Anglo-American property law in terms of structure and substance. Appendix includes a useful etymology of early terminology. Reprint of the sole edition. xiv, 645 pp.