The English Reports is a collection of judgments of the higher English courts between 1220 and 1866.
Overview The reports are a selection of most nominate reports of judgments of the higher English courts between 1220 and 1873.Glanville Williams, Learning the Law, 11th Edition, 1982, Stevens, p.34; 13th Edition, 2006, Sweet and Maxwell, p.36 They reproduce many reports not from their original editions but from dependable, although not always verbatim, later editions and give a nominate report citation.
It was published in 178 volumes gradually from 1900The English Reports. Volume 1. to 1932The English Reports. Volume 178. by Stevens & Sons in London and by William Green & Sons in Edinburgh.
Citation of these reports For citation in most Commonwealth countries it is cited in written form as "ER", as in Planché v Colburn (1831) 131 ER 305. Sometimes the original nominate report citation is also used in parallel.
The compendium is sometimes cited in U.S. courts, where it is normally cited by using the original nominate report citation then Eng. Rep., as in Planché v. Colburn, 8 Bing. 14, 131 Eng. Rep. 305 (C.P. 1831).
Index chart
Its 1930 index chart details where each volume of the nominate reports is drawn upon for the 13-category series the work creates.Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh) This named each by their most popular title — many bore several and were frequently and variously abbreviated.Glanville Williams, op. cit. A full, disambiguatory chart is published by Professional Books.
Series
Volumes Series Period coveredThese dates are taken from the Index Chart, p.3 1 to 11 House of Lords 1694 to 1866 12 to 20 Privy Council (includes Indian Appeals) 1809 to 1865Phillips gives 1872 21 to 47 Court of Chancery (includes Collateral Reports) 1557 to 1865Phillips gives 1866 48 to 55 Rolls Court 1829 to 1865 56 to 71 Vice-Chancellors' Courts 1815 to 1865 72 to 122 Court of King's Bench (or Queen's Bench) 1378 to 1865Phillips gives 1379 123 to 144 Court of Common Pleas 1486 to 1865 145 to 160 Court of Exchequer 1220 to 1865 161 to 167 Ecclesiastical 1752 to 1857 Admiralty 1776 to 1840 Probate and Divorce 1858 to 1865 168 and 169 Crown Cases Reserved 1743 to 1865Phillips gives 1746 170 to 176 Nisi Prius 1688 to 1867 177 and 178 Index of Cases N/A
See also Law report: England and Wales
Further reading W. T. S. Daniel, History of the Origin of the Law Reports (London, 1884) Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh) O. Hood Phillips, A First Book of English Law, 4th ed, 1960, Sweet and Maxwell
References
External links
English Reports on CommonLII: Browse by year or case name Search form English Reports from The Statutes Project, with a table linking to scans of most volumes