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Probert, R. and Snape, J., eds. (2019) A cultural history of law in the Age of Enlightenment [Edited volume] In: A Cultural History of Law. The Cultural Histories Series, 4 . London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781474212854
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Abstract
The period of the Enlightenment was marked by innovation in political, cultural, religious, and educational ideas with the aim of improving the experience of human beings in society. Key to intellectual debates and day-to-day life were ideas about the law. Many looked to Britain, and to the British, as exemplars of a state governed by moderate laws under a moderate constitution. Britain's laws and constitution were portrayed and satirized in almost every artistic medium. A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Enlightenment presents essays spanning the "long 18th century" (1680 to 1820) which explore the place of law in a range of creative and artistic media, all of which flourished in a commercial society with law at its center and enlightenment as its aim. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Enlightenment presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession.
Item Type: | Book | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
Series Name: | The Cultural Histories Series | ||||||
Publisher: | Bloomsbury | ||||||
Place of Publication: | London | ||||||
ISBN: | 9781474212854 | ||||||
Editor: | Probert, R. and Snape, J. | ||||||
Official Date: | 21 February 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 4 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Description: | The Cultural History of Law Series is under the series editorship of Professor Gary Watt (Warwick). |
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