‘Coke’s Advice on Executing Wills of Land’

M.C. Mirrow (professor of law, Florida International University College of Law) has posted on SSRN his essay entitled Coke’s Advice on Executing Wills of Land, Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-09. An abstract of the essay is below:

This essay explores the advice Edward Coke provided for testators executing wills of land. Coke listed eight suggested practices at the end of his report of Butler and Baker’s Case (1591). This list is examined in light of the Statute of Wills (1540) and the Statute of Frauds (1677). Text in English with Italian abstract.