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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 May 2016
    18 April 2016
    ISBN:
    9781316403594
    9781107123861
    9781107560888
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316403594
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 138 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.33kg, 178 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 138 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.22kg, 256 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Legal History, Law, Jurisprudence
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    'Great cases' are those judicial decisions around which the common law pivots. In a sequel to the instant classic Is Eating People Wrong?, this book presents eight new great cases from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. Written in a highly accessible yet rigorous style, it explores the social circumstances, institutions (lawyers, judges and courts) and ordinary people whose stories shaped the law. Across the courts' diverse and uncoordinated attempts to adapt to changing conditions and shifting demands, it shows the law as the living, breathing and down-the-street experience it really is. Including seminal cases in end of life, abortion and equal rights, this is an ideal introduction for students to legal history and jurisprudence.

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