Lord Kames: Legal and Social Theorist

ISBN-13: 9780748676736 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 384 str.

Andreas Rahmatian

Opis

Re-establishes the importance of the ideas and legal philosophy of Scottish jurist and philosopher Lord Kames
The Scottish jurist, judge, legal historian and philosopher Henry Home (1696-1782) took the title Lord Kames when he was elevated to the bench of the Scottish Court of Session in 1752. In the 18th century, his books were influential and widely read; the educated classes and representatives of the Enlightenment in England, France and in the German states were all familiar with his aesthetic and philosophical writings.
Andreas Rahmatian explains Kames' conceptions of legal philosophy, including black-letter law, legal science, legal theory, legal sociology and anthropology in its early stages, setting them in the context of the Scottish Enlightenment. He looks at how Kames came to be one of the forefathers of comparative law, sociology of law, legal psychology and 'legal science' in its proper meaning, as opposed to 'law'.

Spis treści

Preface; Abbreviated Bibliography; I. Introduction; II. Aesthetics; III. Moral Philosophy I: Principles; IV. Moral Philosophy II: Development; V. Political Philosophy, Anthropology and Commerce; VI. Legal History, Legal Science and Comparative Law; VII. Property; VIII. Equity; IX. Obligations and Enforcement; X. Criminal Law; XI. Lord Kames’s influence on some of the founders of the United States; Bibliography.