Is Eating People Wrong?

Great Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World

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Gebonden, 260 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9781107000377
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Juridisch :
Cambridge University Press e druk, 2010 9781107000377
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Great cases are those judicial decisions around which the common law develops. This book explores eight exemplary cases from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia that show the law as a living, breathing and down-the-street experience. It explores the social circumstances in which the cases arose and the ordinary people whose stories influenced and shaped the law as well as the characters and institutions (lawyers, judges and courts) that did much of the heavy lifting. By examining the consequences and fallout of these decisions, the book depicts the common law as an experimental, dynamic, messy, productive, tantalizing and bottom-up process, thereby revealing the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions and shifting demands. Great cases are one way to glimpse the workings of the common law as an untidy but stimulating exercise in human judgment and social accomplishment.

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ISBN13:9781107000377
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:260

Inhoudsopgave

1. In praise of great cases - the big, the bad and the goodly; 2. Is eating people wrong? - the law and lore of the sea; 3. Bearing witness - in support of the rule of law; 4. In the hunt - power, property, and possession; 5. Shades of brown - a constitutional catharsis; 6. A snail in a bottle - nature, neighbours, and negligence; 7. An aboriginal title - the lie and law of the land; 8. Grinding at the mill - putting limits on agreements; 9. Of crimes and cautions - the rights and rites of investigation; 10. Coming up for air - the common law at 2010.

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