Dismantling American Common Law: Liberty and Justice in Our Transformed Courts

By Kyle Scott

Book Overview

The American system of law has experienced a quiet revolution that has gone largely unnoticed by political scientists and legal scholars. The change that has occurred- the abandonment of the common law foundation on which the American judicial system was built-has important consequences for democratic politics in the United States and abroad. Dismantling American Common Law: Liberty and Justice in Our Transformed Courts tracks the development of the American common law through historical and quantitative analysis and a philosophical inquiry of the founding. Author Kyle Scott seeks to reclaim this lost tradition of common law, which was vital as a legitimizing force and consensus-building mechanism at the American founding and will grow in importance for newly democratizing nations around the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739123777
• ISBN13: 9780739123775
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"