The moral world of the law / edited by Peter Coss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coss, Peter R.

Series:

Past and present publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and ethics--History.

Law and ethics.

Justice, Administration of--Europe--History.

Justice, Administration of.

Justice, Administration of--Africa--History.

History.

Africa.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Summary:

The dominant and deceptively simple theme of this book is the relationship between the moral environment of the courtroom and that of the society in which the court is situated. The volume ranges widely across time and space, from ancient Greece to twentieth-century Africa. As a consequence, it encompasses not only the highly professional legal systems of the Roman, later medieval and modern worlds, but also the relatively unprofessionalized courts of classical Athens and of the early Middle Ages and the alien, imposed legal systems of colonial Rhodesia and Kenya.

Notes:

Essays based on papers delivered to a Past and Present conference held July 12-13, 1996 at the University of Birmingham.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521640598

OCLC:

41387533