Includes index.

Contents: Crown and royal family: The crown, the monarch and the law -- The royal family -- Royal titles and insignia -- The monarch and the royal prerogative -- The monarch as the head of the church of England -- The monarch's property and finances -- Crown proceedings and crown practice: Introduction -- The crown proceedings act 1947 -- Legal proceedings by the crown -- Procedure under the crown proceedings act 1947 -- Crown property: In general -- Causal revenues -- Foreshore and wreck -- Crown estate -- Duchy of lancaster -- Duchy of cornwall -- Crown private estates -- Palaces and parks -- Crown chattels and personalty -- Custom and usage: Custom -- Usage -- Manors -- Damages: Introduction -- Compensation -- Principles common to contract and tort -- Measure of damages in tort -- Measure of damages in contract -- Measure of damages in bailment -- Measure of damages in misrepresentation -- Aggravation -- Damages in equity -- Damages in foreign currency -- Practice and procedure -- Index.