Common Law and Enlightenment in England, 1689-1750

by Julia Rudolph

A study of how English legal culture, with its strong emphasis on common law, engaged with the new ideas of the Enlightenment.

This book explores how English legal culture, deeply imbued with the ideas and practices of common law, engaged with the new intellectual, institutional and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. It argues that common law survivedas an important part of English legal culture because it was able to meet the various challenges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843838044
• ISBN13: 9781843838043
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"