Elucidations Respecting the Common and Statute Law of Scotland. by Henry Home, Lord Kames, ... a New Edition

Elucidations Respecting the Common and Statute Law of Scotland. by Henry Home, Lord Kames, ... a New Edition

Author: Henry Home Kames

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-25

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9781385727126

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Harvard University Law Library N000745 With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf. Edinburgh: printed for William Creech, by Adam Neill and Co., 1800. xvi,421, [3]p.; 8°


The Province of Legislation Determined

The Province of Legislation Determined

Author: David Lieberman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-07-18

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780521528542

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A comprehensive account of English legal thought in the age of Blackstone and Bentham for nearly a century, The Province of Legislation Determined advances an ambitious reinterpretation of eighteenth-century attitudes to social change and law reform. Professor Lieberman's bold synthesis rests on a wide survey of legal materials and on a detailed discussion of Blackstone's Commentaries, the jurisprudence of Lord Kames and the Scottish Enlightenment, the chief justiceship of Lord Mansfield, the penal theories of Eden and Romilly, and the legislative science of Jeremy Bentham. The study relates legal developments to the broader fabric of eighteenth-century social and political theory, and offers a novel assessment of the character of the common law tradition and of Bentham's contribution to the ideology of reform.