Allan C. Hutchinson (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toro

Broschiertes Buch

Is Eating People Wrong?

Great Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World

Beschreibung

Great cases are those judicial decisions around which the common law develops. This book explores the consequences and fallouts of eight exemplary cases from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia that depict the common law as a dynamic process.

Autor

Allan C. Hutchinson is a Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Toronto and a widely recognized leading law scholar. In 2004, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2006 he was named as a Distinguished Research Professor of York University. Hutchinson has authored and/or edited sixteen books, most recently The Province of Jurisprudence Democratized and Evolution and the Common Law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 257
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780521188517
• ISBN-10: 0521188512
• Artikelnr.: 32735093

Rezensionen

'Hutchinson here, as with all the cases, proves an adept storyteller. One may wonder whether this case is as important as he believes, but it is hard not to be interested in its outcome.' John M. Sands, The Federal Lawyer