Taming the past : essays on law in history and history in law / Robert W. Gordon, Stanford University.

"Lawyers and judges often make arguments based on history - on the authority of precedent and original constitutional understandings. They argue both to preserve the inspirational, heroic past and to discard its darker pieces - such as feudalism and slavery, the tyranny of princes and priests,...

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Main Author: Gordon, Robert W. (Robert Watson), 1941- (Author)
Other title:Works. Selections
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:Studies in legal history.
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Call Number: KF352 .G67 2017
KF352 .G67 2017 Checked out Due: 04-19-2025 Place a Hold