| Evolution and the Common Law Contributor(s): Hutchinson, Allan C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521849683 ISBN-13: 9780521849685 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $81.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: This book offers a radical challenge to all existing accounts of the common law's development. Contrary to received jurisprudential wisdom, it maintains there is no grand theory which will explain satisfactorily the dynamic interactions of change and stability in the common law's history. Offering fresh and original readings of Charles Darwin's and Hans-Georg Gadamer's works, the book demonstrates that law is a rhetorical activity that can only be properly appreciated in its historical and political context. It reveals that, like life, law is an organic process and that common law is a perpetual work-in-progress. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Jurisprudence - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 340.57 |
| LCCN: 2004023976 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 306 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Hutchinson, Allan C.: - Allan C. Hutchinson is Professor and Associate Dean at Osgoode Hall Law School in York University. He has published on a variety of subjects including civil litigation, constitutional law, torts, jurisprudence, evidence, legal profession, and legal ethics. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and awarded Osgoode Hall's inaugural Excellence in Teaching Award. |