Legal History Matters

Name: Legal History Matters
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780522877137
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From Magna Carta to the Clinton Impeachment

By Amanda Whiting

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Legal History Matters by Amanda Whiting delves into the significance of legal history and its impact on contemporary legal systems. The book explores pivotal historical legal events and figures, demonstrating how historical contexts shape legal principles and practices. It serves as an insightful resource for understanding the evolution of laws and their ongoing relevance today.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by the evolution of legal systems and their impact on contemporary society. It explores historical legal frameworks and their relevance today, making it an insightful read for those interested in understanding how past legal ideas shape current practices. Ideal for students, educators, and anyone curious about the historical context of law.

Legal History Matters

Seeks to reinvigorate the study of history within the law school curriculum by showcasing what students of the law can achieve when they seek to understand legal processes and institutions historically.

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A collection of essays that recognises the significance of legal history to our understanding of legal processes and institutions.

As a field of study, legal history has an unsteady place in Australian law schools, yet academic research and writing in the field of legal history, and at the intersections of the disciplines of 'law' and 'history', is undergoing something of a renaissance. Rich and vibrant new works are regularly appearing in specialist journals and scholarly monographs.

Legal History Matters seeks to reinvigorate the study of history within the law school curriculum by showcasing what students of the law can achieve. By addressing topics ranging from the use of Magna Carta as history and precedent in sixteenth-century England to the political manoeuvres behind the failed impeachment of President Bill Clinton in late twentieth-century America, students endeavour to understand legal processes and institutions historically.

The volume comprises outstanding legal history papers authored by graduate (final year JD) students in the Melbourne Law School. This collection is dedicated to two women who championed the teaching of legal history at the Melbourne Law School in the 1960s—Dr Ruth Campbell and Mrs Betty Hayes.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780522877137

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 November 2020

Country: Australia

Imprint: Melbourne University Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 277

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About the Author

Amanda Whiting is an Associate Professor at Melbourne Law School. Her scholarly research and teaching traverses the disciplines of History and Law, with particular focus on early-modern English history, and the legal profession and law reform in post-colonial Malaysia. Ann O'Connell is Professor at Melbourne Law School. Her scholarly research and teaching interests include taxation generally as well as taxation of not-for-profits; and not-for profits and the law.