How long does it take to read Halsbury's Laws of England?
Hardinge Stanley Giffard Earl of Halsbury, J. F. Garner, Paul Street, Charles Smith
Halsbury's Laws of England by Hardinge Stanley Giffard Earl of Halsbury, J. F. Garner, Paul Street, Charles Smith takes about 15 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 32 minutes
A long haul
First published 1907. 847 pages, about 232,925 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 56 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
'Halsbury's Laws of England' is a definitive encyclopedic treatise of the laws of England. It includes restatements of the common law with remarks to the relevant judicial authority and the statutory law which has in many cases codified, modified or supplemented common law.
Subjects: Dictionaries, Gt. Brit, Law, Laws, Statutes, EU environment law