HA93/8/119
Copy, in a MS volume of notes on various aspects of the law.
Mid-late 17th century.-
BcF 218.5No description or publication history available.
First published in The Elements of the Common Lawes of England (London, 1630). Spedding, VII, 307-87.
Bacon claimed to have collected
300 of them
, of which onlysome few
(25 maxims) were subsequently published. For an attempt to track down themissing
maxims, see John C. Hogan and Mortimer D. Schwartz, On Bacon'sRules and Maximes
of the Common Law, Law Library Journal, 76/1 (Chicago, Winter 1983), 48-77.Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law