Taming the past : essays on law in history and history in law /
"Lawyers and judges often make arguments based on history - on the authority of precedent and original constitutional understandings. They argue both to preserve the inspirational, heroic past and to discard its darker pieces - such as feudalism and slavery, the tyranny of princes and priests,...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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Series: | Studies in legal history
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