Failures of the Legal Imagination

Failures of the Legal Imagination

by Alan Watson (Author)

Synopsis

In this masterful choreography of legal philosophy, legal history, and comparative law, Alan Watson draws from ancient Roman, English, and French law to assess how lawmakers fail to envision ways to provide society with laws geared toward precise political or social goals.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 178
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 01 Apr 1988

ISBN 10: 081228089X
ISBN 13: 9780812280890

Author Bio
Alan Watson is Earnest P. Rogers Professor of Law, University of Georgia. He is the author of many books of legal history, including Rome of the Twelve Tables; Roman Slave Law; and Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.