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Common Law and Enlightenment in England, 1689-1750
Julia Rudolph
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Description for Common Law and Enlightenment in England, 1689-1750
Hardback. A study of how English legal culture, with its strong emphasis on common law, engaged with the new ideas of the Enlightenment. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; LAFC; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
A study of how English legal culture, with its strong emphasis on common law, engaged with the new ideas of the Enlightenment. This book explores how English legal culture, deeply imbued with the ideas and practices of common law, engaged with the new intellectual, institutional and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. It argues that common law survivedas an important part of English legal culture because it was able to meet the various challenges posed by Enlightenment rationalism and civic and commercial discourse. Drawing on works of jurisprudence, legal histories, manuals of law and notebooks of legal practice, and looking ... Read more
A study of how English legal culture, with its strong emphasis on common law, engaged with the new ideas of the Enlightenment. This book explores how English legal culture, deeply imbued with the ideas and practices of common law, engaged with the new intellectual, institutional and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. It argues that common law survivedas an important part of English legal culture because it was able to meet the various challenges posed by Enlightenment rationalism and civic and commercial discourse. Drawing on works of jurisprudence, legal histories, manuals of law and notebooks of legal practice, and looking ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838043
SKU
V9781843838043
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Reviews for Common Law and Enlightenment in England, 1689-1750
A significant scholarly achievement [and] an enormously important exercise in cultural and intellectual history.
PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY
Julia Rudolph's aim in this rich and broad-ranging book is to challenge this interpretation of the eighteenth century decline of common-law jurisprudence into irrelevance.
JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY
PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY
Julia Rudolph's aim in this rich and broad-ranging book is to challenge this interpretation of the eighteenth century decline of common-law jurisprudence into irrelevance.
JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY