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Dismantling American Common Law: Liberty and Justice in Our Transformed Courts
Contributor(s): Scott, Kyle (Author)

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 ISBN: 0739123769     ISBN-13: 9780739123768
Publisher: Lexington Books
OUR PRICE: $119.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Common
- Political Science | Law Enforcement
- Political Science | American Government - Judicial Branch
Dewey: 340.570
LCCN: 2007036693
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.04" W x 9.3" L (0.89 lbs) 186 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 232
 
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The American system of law has experienced a quiet revolution that has gone largely unnoticed by political scientists and legal scholars. The change that has occurred- the abandonment of the common law foundation on which the American judicial system was built-has important consequences for democratic politics in the United States and abroad. Dismantling American Common Law: Liberty and Justice in Our Transformed Courts tracks the development of the American common law through historical and quantitative analysis and a philosophical inquiry of the founding. Author Kyle Scott seeks to reclaim this lost tradition of common law, which was vital as a legitimizing force and consensus-building mechanism at the American founding and will grow in importance for newly democratizing nations around the world.
 
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