Common Law, History, and Democracy in America, 1790-1900: Legal Thought Before Modernism
(Part of the Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Series)
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This book argues for a change in our understanding of the relationships among law, politics and history. Since the turn of the nineteenth century, a certain anti-foundational conception of history has served to undermine law's foundations, such that we tend to think of law as nothing other than a species of politics. Thus viewed, the activity of unelected, common law judges appears to be an encroachment on the space of democracy. However, Kunal M...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:110761435X
ISBN13:9781107614352
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:318 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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