Common Law and Enlightenment in England, 1689-1750 /

The book demonstrates how the 'common law mind' was able to meet the various challenges posed by Enlightenment rationalism and civic and commercial discourse, revealing that the common law played a much wider role beyond the legal world in shaping Enlightenment concepts.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rudolph, Julia, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Series:Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history.
Subjects:
1600-1799
Common law > England > History > 17th century.
Common law > England > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > England.
Common law > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Common law > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > Angleterre.
LAW > Common.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Common law
Enlightenment
England
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Against Decline; 2. Law Books, Legal Knowledge, and Enlightened Encyclopedism; 3. Expertise and Evidentiary Practices in Science and Law; 4. Common Law, Credit, and the Growth of Commerce; 5. Common Law Jurisprudence and the Philosophy of Natural Law; 6. Common Law and the Morality of Markets; 7. Legal Histories and Enlightened Historiography; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Backcover.

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