THE COMMON LAW AND ENGLISH JURISPRUDENCE, 1760-1850 by Michael Lobban ( 9780198252931 )

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THE COMMON LAW AND ENGLISH JURISPRUDENCE, 1760-1850

By:

Michael Lobban

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0198252935

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

25 July, 1991

Pages:

332

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This treatise argues that a proper understanding of English law and jurisprudence in the period 1760 to 1850 is needed to clarify the nature of common-law practice and the way in which it was envisaged by its practitioners.

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In this book, Michael Lobban argues that a proper understanding of English law and jurisprudence in the period is needed to clarify the nature of common-law practice and the way in which it was envisaged by its practitioners. He questions some commonly-accepted views of the nature of the common law itself and argues that attempts - notably those by Blackstone and Bentham - to expound or to criticize common law in essentially theoretical terms were mistaken. His approach is not a philosophically-based one, but he is concerned with the evolution and spread of judicial ideas which were grounded upon the work of moral and political philosophers, and makes a valuable corrective contribution to our historical understanding of a critically important period in legal history.

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Clarendon Press

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Winner of Joint winner of the 1992 SPTL Prize for Outstanding Legal

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