A Cultural History of Law

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How have legal ideas and institutions affected Western culture And how has the law itself been shaped by its cultural context In a work spanning 4,500 years, these questions are addressed by 57 experts, each contributing an authoritative study of a theme applied to a period in history. Supported by detailed case material and over 230 illustrations, the volumes examine trends and nuances of the culture of law in Western societies from antiquity to the present. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six. The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (2500 BCE-500 CE); 2 - Middle Ages (500-1500); 3 - Early Modern Age (1500-1680); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1680-1820); 5 - Age of Reform (1820-1920); 6 - Modern Age (1920-present). Themes (and chapter titles) are: Justice; Constitution; Codes; Agreements; Arguments; Property and Possession; Wrongs; and the Legal Profession. The total page extent for the pack is approximately 1200 pages. Each volume opens with a Series Preface, an Introduction and Notes on Contributors and concludes with Notes, Bibliography and an Index. The Cultural Histories Series A Cultural History of Law is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available as hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a tangible reference for their shelves or as part of a fully-searchable digital library. The digital product is available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access via www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com. Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available in print or digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com.

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The series and its 230+ high-quality and well-placed illustrations represent an impressive feat of editing: indexes are accurate and generally comprehensive, and the thorough bibliographies will be useful to those seeking an introduction to the major themes ... These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods, both for the summaries they provide of the present state of each field, and for the range of strategies they collectively offer to those seeking to tackle research in these fields in the future., Law & Literature The entire work is inspiring reading ... Specialist readers will find stimulating and advanced aspects in many of the articles; an undertaking that, despite its roots in the English-speaking and cultural area, should definitely find German readers and recipients., Rechtsgeschichte (Bloomsbury Translation)

Author Bio

Gary Watt is Professor in the School of Law at the University of Warwick, UK