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A short history of Western legal theory

Author: J M Kelly
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This unique publication outlines the development of legal theory from pre-Roman times to the twentieth century. It aims to relate the evolution of legal theory to parallel development in political theory and political history and accordingly offers the reader an account of relevant contemporaneous political, religious, and economic events. Each chapter commences with a general historical background for the relevant  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: J M Kelly
ISBN: 0198762445 9780198762447 0198762437 9780198762430
OCLC Number: 24666768
Description: xvi, 466 p. ; 23 cm.
Responsibility: by J.M. Kelly.
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Abstract:

This unique publication outlines the development of legal theory from pre-Roman times to the twentieth century. It aims to relate the evolution of legal theory to parallel development in political theory and political history and accordingly offers the reader an account of relevant contemporaneous political, religious, and economic events. Each chapter commences with a general historical background for the relevant period, and discusses how political events and political and legal theory are both related to one another and occasionally influence one another. No other English publication aims to anchor legal theory to contemporary general history in this way, shunning the more conventional approach to legal theory via the study of "traditions" or "schools", and it is hoped that this study will provide a much-needed basic text for students of jurisprudence, legal theory, and politics.

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