A Short History Of Western Legal Theory

Author : John Maurice Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Western Legal Theory written by John Maurice Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique publication outlines the development of legal theory from pre-Roman times through the twentieth century. It relates the evolution of legal theory to parallel developments in political theory and history. This work also discusses the relevant contemporary events in politics, economics, and religion. Each chapter begins with a synopsis of related historical background for the period, going on to discuss how these events are related to political and legal theory as well as how they become an influence on one another. Avoiding the conventional approach of "traditions" or "schools" of thought, this work aims to anchor legal theory to contemporary general history.

Author : Serge Dauchy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319455672
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture written by Serge Dauchy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume surveys 150 law books of fundamental importance in the history of Western legal literature and culture. The entries are organized in three sections: the first dealing with the transitional period of fifteenth-century editions of medieval authorities, the second spanning the early modern period from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, and the third focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors are scholars from all over the world. Each ‘old book’ is analyzed by a recognized specialist in the specific field of interest. Individual entries give a short biography of the author and discuss the significance of the works in the time and setting of their publication, and in their broader influence on the development of law worldwide. Introductory essays explore the development of Western legal traditions, especially the influence of the English common law, and of Roman and canon law on legal writers, and the borrowings and interaction between them. The book goes beyond the study of institutions and traditions of individual countries to chart a broader perspective on the transmission of legal concepts across legal, political, and geographical boundaries. Examining the branches of this genealogical tree of books makes clear their pervasive influence on modern legal systems, including attempts at rationalizing custom or creating new hybrid systems by transplanting Western legal concepts into other jurisdictions.

Author : R. H. Helmholz
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674504615
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Law in Court written by R. H. Helmholz and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural-law theory grounds human laws in universal truths of God’s creation. The task of the judicial system was to build an edifice of positive law on natural law’s foundations. R. H. Helmholz shows how lawyers and judges made and interpreted natural law arguments in the West, and concludes that historically it has advanced the cause of justice.

Author : Tamar Herzog
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674980344
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of European Law written by Tamar Herzog and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamar Herzog offers a road map to European law across 2,500 years that reveals underlying patterns and unexpected connections. By showing what European law was, where its iterations were found, who made and implemented it, and what the results were, she ties legal norms to their historical circumstances and reveals the law’s fragile malleability.

Author : Stephen J. Grabill
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802863132
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics written by Stephen J. Grabill and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is knowledge of right and wrong written on the human heart? Do people know God from the world around them? Does natural knowledge contribute to Christian doctrine? While these questions of natural theology and natural law have historically been part of theological reflection, the radical reliance of twentieth-century Protestant theologians on revelation has eclipsed this historic connection. Stephen Grabill attempts the treacherous task of reintegrating Reformed Protestant theology with natural law by appealing to Reformation-era theologians such as John Calvin, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Johannes Althusius, and Francis Turretin, who carried over and refined the traditional understanding of this key doctrine. Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics calls Christian ethicists, theologians, and laypersons to take another look at this vital element in the history of Christian ethical thought.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004687254
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Western Legal Traditions written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an extensive introduction to Western legal traditions from antiquity to the twentieth century. Drawing from a variety of scholarly writings, both in English and in translation, thirteen leading scholars present the current state of western legal history research and pave the way for new debates and future study. This is the ideal sourcebook for graduate students, as it enables them to approach the key questions of the field in an accessible way. Contributors are: Aniceto Masferrer, C.H. (Remco) van Rhee, Seán P. Donlan, Stephan Dusil, Gerald Schwedler, Jean-Louis Halpérin, Jan Hallebeek, Agustín Parise, Heikki Pihlajamäki, Dirk Heirbaut, Bernd Kannowski, Adolfo Giuliani, Olivier Moréteau, and Jacques Vanderlinden.

Author : David B. Goldman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139467352
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalisation and the Western Legal Tradition written by David B. Goldman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-07 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can 'globalisation' teach us about law in the Western tradition? This important new work seeks to explore that question by analysing key ideas and events in the Western legal tradition, including the Papal Revolution, the Protestant Reformations and the Enlightenment. Addressing the role of law, morality and politics, it looks at the creation of orders which offer the possibility for global harmony, in particular the United Nations and the European Union. It also considers the unification of international commercial laws in the attempt to understand Western law in a time of accelerating cultural interconnections. The title will appeal to scholars of legal history and globalisation as well as students of jurisprudence and all those trying to understand globalisation and the Western dynamic of law and authority.

Author : Ellen Goodman
Publisher : Federation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781862871816
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of the Western Legal Tradition written by Ellen Goodman and published by Federation Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen Goodman uses extensive extracts from original writings to highlight the main themes of the Western legal tradition. The strength of the book is its clear focus on the heart of the tradition: constitutionalism, representative institutions and rule by law. Goodman links Christianity to its origins in Greek philosophy and Judaism. She delves into the position of the Roman Church as the tenuous, Dark Ages conduit. Feudalism lives and dies and the common law and parliament emerge. The author accurately and vividly charts the main currents, avoiding both the shoals and the myriad tributaries, and so enables readers to have a clearer and deeper understanding of our present legal system.

Author : James Franklin
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421418800
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Conjecture written by James Franklin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk.

Author : Harold Joseph Berman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law and Revolution: The formation of secular legal systems. The concept of secular law written by Harold Joseph Berman and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: