Failures of the Legal Imagination / / Alan Watson.
In this masterful choreography of legal philosophy, legal history, and comparative law, Alan Watson draws from ancient Roman, English, and French law to assess how lawmakers fail to envision ways to provide society with laws geared toward precise political or social goals.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1988 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: The Law of Delict and Quasi-Delict in the French Code Civil -- TWO: Legal Evolution and Legislation -- THREE: Medical Malpractice Law in Ancient Rome -- FOUR: Opportunism and Pragmatism in the Law -- FIVE: Natural Law and English Legal Positivism -- SIX: Some Legal Phenomena -- Index |
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| Summary: | In this masterful choreography of legal philosophy, legal history, and comparative law, Alan Watson draws from ancient Roman, English, and French law to assess how lawmakers fail to envision ways to provide society with laws geared toward precise political or social goals. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781512821574 9783110442526 |
| DOI: | 10.9783/9781512821574 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Alan Watson. |