A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Enlightenment
Published on 26. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-350-36868-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
37 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-36868-2 (9781350368682)
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Rebecca Probert is Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, UK.
John Snape is Associate Professor of Law at Warwick Law School, University of Warwick, UK.
John Snape is Associate Professor of Law at Warwick Law School, University of Warwick, UK.
Content
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Gary Watt, University of Warwick, UK
Introduction, John Snape, University of Warwick, UK and Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK
1. Justice: Popular Ideas and Actions in the Long Eighteenth Century, Steve Banks, University of Reading, UK
2. Constitution: Handel's Solomon and the Constitution at Covent Garden, John Snape, University of Warwick, UK
3. Codes, Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK
4. Agreements, Timothy J. Dodsworth, University of Exeter, UK
5. Arguments: Reputation and Character in Eighteenth-Century Trials, Dana Rabin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
6. Property and Possession, Julia Rudolph, North Carolina State University, USA
7. Wrongs, Ruth Paley, UK
8. Legal Profession in the Popular Press, James Oldham, Georgetown Law School, USA
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Gary Watt, University of Warwick, UK
Introduction, John Snape, University of Warwick, UK and Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK
1. Justice: Popular Ideas and Actions in the Long Eighteenth Century, Steve Banks, University of Reading, UK
2. Constitution: Handel's Solomon and the Constitution at Covent Garden, John Snape, University of Warwick, UK
3. Codes, Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK
4. Agreements, Timothy J. Dodsworth, University of Exeter, UK
5. Arguments: Reputation and Character in Eighteenth-Century Trials, Dana Rabin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
6. Property and Possession, Julia Rudolph, North Carolina State University, USA
7. Wrongs, Ruth Paley, UK
8. Legal Profession in the Popular Press, James Oldham, Georgetown Law School, USA
Notes
Bibliography
Index