Law and History
Law and History
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These essays explore the ways in which history has been used by lawyers. Largely theoretical in focus, the volume covers a broad range of issues, including discussions of norms in medieval England, the works of Montesquieu, Maine, and Weber, and of the nature of legal argument in 19th-century England, and in 20th- century war crimes trials.
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Law and History by Andrew Lewis
Law and History contains a collection of essays by prominent legal historians, which explore the ways in which history has been used by lawyers past and present to answer legal questions. In common with earlier volumes in the Current Legal Issues series, it seeks both a theoretical and methodological focus. This volume covers a broad range of topics, from a discussion of the nature of norms in the middle ages to the role of war crimes trials in the twentieth century. It includes wide-ranging historiographical discussions, which examine the nature and aims of the legal historian, as well as contributions which explore the methodology and aims of writers such as Coke, Maine, Weber, Montesquieu, and Kames, who sought to use historical models to explain law. A number of contributions examine developments in legal doctrine, particularly in the nineteenth century, including developments in the law of contract, administrative law, and perjury. These raise important questions about the nature of the legal categorizations which developed in that era. Law and History also includes a collection of contributons on the use of history in twentieth century trials, including the Nuremberg trials, the trial of the Gang of Four, and trials arising from the events in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Andrew Lewis is Professor of Comparative Legal History at the University of London, and has worked in the Faculty of Laws at University College London since 1973. Andrew Lobban is currently Reader in Law at Queen Mary, University of London, and has previously worked at St. John's College Oxford (1988-91), Durham University (1991-7), and Brunel University (1997-2000).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199264148 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199264147 |
| Title | Law and History |
| Author | Andrew Lewis |
| Series | Current Legal Issues |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2004-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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