A cultural history of law in the age of enlightenment
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A cultural history of law in the age of enlightenment
(The cultural histories series, . A cultural history of law / general editor,
Bloomsbury Academic, 2019
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In the age of enlightenment
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ISBN for subseries set: 9781474212854
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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.
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Series Preface
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
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