Decline of Natural Law: How American Lawyers Once Used Natural Law and Why They Stopped

by Stuart Banner

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An account of a fundamental change in American legal thought, from a conception of law as something found in nature to one in which law is entirely a human creation.

Before the late 19th century, natural law played an important role in the American legal system. Lawyers routinely used it in their arguments and judges often relied upon it in their opinions. Today, by contrast, natural law plays virtually no role in the legal...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0197556493

ISBN13:9780197556498

Release Date:April 2021

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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