Interpretations of Legal History / Roscoe Pound.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pound, Roscoe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jurisprudence.

Law--History.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nathan Roscoe Pound (1870 1964) was an American legal scholar and jurist who held the position of Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. Originally published in 1923, this book presents a critical history of various aspects of juristic thought as it developed in England and other countries. The text was based upon a series of lectures delivered by Pound at Trinity College, Cambridge during the Lent Term of 1922. Detailed notes are included in the main body of the text. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Pound and perspectives on legal history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

GENERAL PREFACE / Hazeltine, Η.D.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. LAW AND HISTORY

II. ETHICAL AND RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATIONS

III. THE POLITICAL INTERPRETATION

IV. ETHNOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS

V. THE ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION

VI. THE GREAT-LAWYER INTERPRETATION

VII. AN ENGINEERING INTERPRETATION

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-28910-2

OCLC:

1013950615