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- catalog abstract "From the Publisher: At a time when the role of the legal profession, the jury system, and other key aspects of American law are under much dispute, Imagining the Law provides a historical perspective on these critical public issues. Historian Norman Cantor explains how and why common law developed out of Roman law, in response to the needs and assumptions of English society and culture from 1000 to 1780, and how it became the basis of the American legal system. Professor Cantor shows that many of the current debates about the jury trial, the adversarial model, and other parts of our legal system stem from this history. He highlights the minds and personalities of prominent judicial leaders, from Cicero and Justinian in the ancient world, through Glanville and Bracton in the Middle Ages, to Coke, Blackstone, and Bentham in later centuries. A concluding chapter relates the social and cultural history of common law to the American system of Supreme Court Justices John Marshall and Oliver Wendell Holmes and to the legal profession in the United States today.".
- catalog contributor b10491411.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "From the Publisher: At a time when the role of the legal profession, the jury system, and other key aspects of American law are under much dispute, Imagining the Law provides a historical perspective on these critical public issues. Historian Norman Cantor explains how and why common law developed out of Roman law, in response to the needs and assumptions of English society and culture from 1000 to 1780, and how it became the basis of the American legal system. Professor Cantor shows that many of the current debates about the jury trial, the adversarial model, and other parts of our legal system stem from this history. He highlights the minds and personalities of prominent judicial leaders, from Cicero and Justinian in the ancient world, through Glanville and Bracton in the Middle Ages, to Coke, Blackstone, and Bentham in later centuries. A concluding chapter relates the social and cultural history of common law to the American system of Supreme Court Justices John Marshall and Oliver Wendell Holmes and to the legal profession in the United States today.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-399) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- 1: Law and legal history -- 2: Ancient advocacy: Cicero -- 3: Justinian heritage -- 4: Glanville's world -- 5: Englishmen and Frenchmen -- 6: Kings, Lords, and lawyers -- 7: Bracton's courtroom -- 8: Advent of liberalism -- 9: Gentrification -- 10: Deep structure -- 11: Judicial frontiers -- 12: Law and power -- 13: Law and revolution -- 14: Rise of liberalism -- 15: Age of Coke -- 16: From Oliver Cromwell to William Blackstone -- 17: American lawyers and the common law -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 416 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Imagining the law.".
- catalog identifier "0060171944".
- catalog isFormatOf "Imagining the law.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollins Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Imagining the law.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "349.73/09 21".
- catalog subject "Common law United States.".
- catalog subject "KF394 .C36 1997".
- catalog subject "Law United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- 1: Law and legal history -- 2: Ancient advocacy: Cicero -- 3: Justinian heritage -- 4: Glanville's world -- 5: Englishmen and Frenchmen -- 6: Kings, Lords, and lawyers -- 7: Bracton's courtroom -- 8: Advent of liberalism -- 9: Gentrification -- 10: Deep structure -- 11: Judicial frontiers -- 12: Law and power -- 13: Law and revolution -- 14: Rise of liberalism -- 15: Age of Coke -- 16: From Oliver Cromwell to William Blackstone -- 17: American lawyers and the common law -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Imagining the law : common law and the foundations of the American legal system / Norman F. Cantor.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".