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The Jurists. A Critical History.
James Gordley
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Description for The Jurists. A Critical History.
Current Western law has been shaped by the work of successive schools of jurists throughout the ages. From ancient Rome to the present, this book describes their work in their historical context and their influence on later schools. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
The book is an intellectual history of the work of Western jurists from ancient Rome to the present. It discusses the Roman jurists, the medieval civilians and canon lawyers, the late scholastics, the natural law schools of the 17th and 18th centuries, the positivism and conceptualism of the 19th century and its influence on common law, and the reaction against conceptualism since the late 19th century. Rarely have jurists worked alone. Rather, they have worked in schools, each of which pursued a different project. The projects of the jurists had one element in common: they were attempts to ... Read more
The book is an intellectual history of the work of Western jurists from ancient Rome to the present. It discusses the Roman jurists, the medieval civilians and canon lawyers, the late scholastics, the natural law schools of the 17th and 18th centuries, the positivism and conceptualism of the 19th century and its influence on common law, and the reaction against conceptualism since the late 19th century. Rarely have jurists worked alone. Rather, they have worked in schools, each of which pursued a different project. The projects of the jurists had one element in common: they were attempts to ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199689392
SKU
V9780199689392
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About James Gordley
Professor James Gordley is W.R. Irby Professor of Law at Tulane Law School since 2007. He has been the author of many titles including; The Development of Liability between Neighbours, ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Foundations of Private Law (Oxford University Press, 2006) and An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law Readings, Cases, Materials (with Arthur von ... Read more
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