Making Legal History

Approaches and Methodologies

Anthony Musson editor Chantal Stebbings editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:26th Jan '12

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The first book to address the way that the broad and inclusive subject of legal history is researched and written.

Leading legal historians reveal the methods, priorities and concerns that inspire, guide and constrain researchers in legal history. Essays range across various jurisdictions, cultures and subjects and provide a rich insight into the complexities and dynamism of researching into the history of law.Drawing together leading legal historians from a range of jurisdictions and cultures, this collection of essays addresses the fundamental methodological underpinning of legal history research. Via a broad chronological span and a wide range of topics, the contributors explore the approaches, methods and sources that together form the basis of their research and shed light on the complexities of researching into the history of the law. By exploring the challenges posed by visual, unwritten and quasi-legal sources, the difficulties posed by traditional archival material and the novelty of exploring the development of legal culture and comparative perspectives, the book reveals the richness and dynamism of legal history research.

'This volume is highly recommended to all those involved in legal historical research. It contains a great deal of very practical advice, and it lucidly articulates the methods of many leading scholars in the field. Professor Musson and Professor Stebbings are to be congratulated on the compilation of a very useful and well-presented book. No university law library should be without a copy.' Andrew R. C. Simpson, The Edinburgh Law Review
'This book is highly important.' Adelyn L. M. Wilson, Comparative Legal History

ISBN: 9781107014497

Dimensions: 231mm x 160mm x 20mm

Weight: 610g

330 pages