Cultural History of Law in the Age of Enlightenment
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
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.
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.
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
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly:
- Antiquity
- The Medieval Age
- The Early Modern Age
- The Age of Enlightenment
- The Age of Empire
- The Modern Age
The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated.
Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
PRAISE FOR THE SERIES
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion
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A Cultural History of Fairy Tales
“A comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.”
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A Cultural History of Hair
“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.”
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A Cultural History of Law
“These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.”
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A Cultural History of Peace
“The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.”
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A Cultural History of Theatre
“All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.”
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A Cultural History of Tragedy
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A Cultural History of Western Empires
“Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.”
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A Cultural History of Work
“[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.”
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Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
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.