Origins of Order - Project and System in the American Legal Imagination

An examination of how two fundamental concepts of order influence our ideas about sovereignty, citizenship, law, and history

About the author

Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. He is the author of many books, including Making the Case, Political Theology, The Cultural Study of Law, and The Reign of Law.

Summary

An examination of how two fundamental concepts of order influence our ideas about sovereignty, citizenship, law, and history

Product details

• Authors: Paul W. Kahn
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780300243413
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24341-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 215 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Yale Law Library Series in Leg; Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference; Yale Law Library Legal History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Legal History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas