Common Law and English Jurisprudence, 1760-1850

Zusatztext will prove highly valuable to legal philosophers and historians alike Klappentext Questioning accepted views of common law, this book attempts to clarify the nature of common-law practice and the way in which it was envisaged by its practitioners. It asserts that attempts--notably those by Blackstone and Bentham--to expound or criticize common law in essentially theoretical terms were mistaken, and examines the evolution and spread of judicial ideas which were grounded upon the work of moral and political philosophers. Covering important philosophical and political debates of the time and the development of legal theory over a period of 70 years, The Common Law and English Jurisprudence makes a valuable corrective contribution to our understanding of this critical period in English legal history. Zusammenfassung This treatise argues that a proper understanding of English law and jurisprudence in the period 1760 to 1850 is needed to clarify the nature of common-law practice and the way in which it was envisaged by its practitioners.

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• Authors: Michael Lobban, Michael (Junior Research Fellow Lobban, Lobban Michael
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.1991
• EAN: 9780198252931
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825293-1
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; England, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, LAW / Common, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Common Law, C 1700 To C 1800, Systems of law: common law