u/BigThoughtDropper

A “contract” for example definitely had a very different meaning at a conceptual level 500 years or even 1000 years ago. Ever since I was a law student I have wanted to research this question and try set up a timeline for a few well known legal concepts. Such as: “contract”, “property”, “rights”, “intent”, and so on. It is a deeply fascinating question to me.

All lawyers are aware that the law contains many artificial constructs - the history of these constructs I think could have interesting implications and would be of cultural significance to the wider UK legal community.