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Ancient Law and Modern Understanding : At the Edges, Paperback by Watson, Ala...
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- Book Title
- Ancient Law and Modern Understanding : At the Edges
- ISBN
- 9780820341156
- Subject Area
- Law
- Publication Name
- Ancient Law and Modern Understanding : at the Edges
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Subject
- Legal History
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 168 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-10
0820341150
ISBN-13
9780820341156
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117274724
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
168 Pages
Publication Name
Ancient Law and Modern Understanding : at the Edges
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Subject
Legal History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
The insights that Watson has into the workings of law and the legal mind are often brilliant, occasionally controversial, but never boring. It's a splendid book. It is sometimes said that 'law is too important to be left to the lawyers.' That should not become an excuse for not mastering the law, although this book shows it has sometimes been used that way. Moreover, it shows how often legal rules have simply been borrowed, without giving any thought to their economic or social consequences. This fact makes it doubly necessary for scholars in other fields to know something about law and comparative legal history., "The insights that Watson has into the workings of law and the legal mind are often brilliant, occasionally controversial, but never boring. It's a splendid book."--M. H. Hoeflich, author of Roman and Civil Law and the Development of Anglo-American Jurisprudence in the Nineteenth Century, "It is sometimes said that 'law is too important to be left to the lawyers.' That should not become an excuse for not mastering the law, although this book shows it has sometimes been used that way. Moreover, it shows how often legal rules have simply been borrowed, without giving any thought to their economic or social consequences. This fact makes it doubly necessary for scholars in other fields to know something about law and comparative legal history."--R. H. Helmholz, author of The Spirit of Classical Canon Law, It is sometimes said that 'law is too important to be left to the lawyers.' That should not become an excuse for not mastering the law, although this book shows it has sometimes been used that way. Moreover, it shows how often legal rules have simply been borrowed, without giving any thought to their economic or social consequences. This fact makes it doubly necessary for scholars in other fields to know something about law and comparative legal history., The insights that Watson has into the workings of law and the legal mind are often brilliant, occasionally controversial, but never boring. It's a splendid book.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
340.5/4
Original Language
English
Synopsis
Watson proposes that ancient law is relevant and important for understanding history, theology, sociology, and literature. From the days of Homeric Greece to present-day Armenia, Watson examines law's multilateral influence., In Ancient Law and Modern Understanding Alan Watson proposes that ancient law is relevant and important for understanding history, theology, sociology, and literature. "Law, though technical," he writes, "is not remote from scholarship on other matters, and law is a central element in society." From Homeric Greece to present-day Armenia, Watson examines law's influence. Without a sensitivity to technical legal language, scholars of literature or history miss much: the use of puns in Plautus, Sulla's claim that Julius Caesar was descended from a slave, the relationship between the Synoptic Gospels. Legal history is an essential tool for understanding society, Watson argues, but it must be applied with knowledge of how law moves from one society to the next, legal reliance on authority, juristic concern with apparent trivia, and the impact on legal growth.
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