Common Law, History, and Democracy in America, 1790–1900:

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Common Law, History, and Democracy in America, 1790–1900: Legal Thought before Modernism (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)

This book argues for a change in our understanding of the relationships among law, politics, and history. Since the turn of the nineteenth century, a certain anti-foundational conception of history has served to undermine law's foundations, such that we tend to think of law as nothing other than a species of politics. Thus viewed, the activity of unelected, common law judges appears to be an encroachment on the space of democracy. However, Kunal M. Parker shows that the world of the nineteenth century looked rather different. Democracy was itself constrained by a sense that history possessed a logic, meaning, and direction that democracy could not contravene. In such a world, far from law being seen in opposition to democracy, it was possible to argue that law - specifically, the common law - did a better job than democracy of guiding America along history's path.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer Cambridge University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2013-07-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781107614352

Country	USA
Brand	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2013-07-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781107614352

Common Law, History, and Democracy in America, 1790–1900: Legal Thought before Modernism (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)

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