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User Review - jgoodwll - LibraryThingWhat it says on the cover. Law on different subjects and where it comes from. Clear that the actual texts are haphazardly arranged so that a compilation is necessary. Includes the first guide to 7th century Irish pronunciation that I have seen. Read full review
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Very reliable handbook to the student and enthusiast of Early Irish literature as it is both accessible and uncannily rich with factual verbiage. Definitely one to have on the shelf.
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| Title | A Guide to Early Irish Law Volume 3 of Early Irish law series, ISSN 0790-4657 Volume 3 of Publications of the Northamptonshire Record Society |
| Author | Fergus Kelly |
| Editor | Fergus Kelly |
| Contributor | Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0901282952, 9780901282958 |
| Length | 358 pages |
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