The Human Measure
Social Thought in the Western Legal Tradition
Description:... A grand-scale inquiry into the idea of law as the vehicle of culture and social and moral thought. Kelley's (history, U. of Rochester) inquiry into the Western legal tradition, its formation, reformation, and transformation over 2,000 years, traces the social and cultural thought of jurists and legal philosophers from Greek roots and Roman foundations to the 19th and 20th centuries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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