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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Other title: | Works. Selections |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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Series: | Studies in legal history.
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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KF352 .G67 2017
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