Faith, Force, and Reason
An Armchair History of the Rule of Law
Seiten
2022
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4082-1 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4082-1 (ISBN)
Faith, Force, and Reason follows the way legal thinking has evolved over time and explains how the rule of law has come to replace faith and force as the accepted method of conflict resolution.
Faith, Force, and Reason follows the evolution of the rule of law from its birth in the marshes of Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago to its battle against apartheid in South Africa in the last twenty-five years. It is recounted through the voices of emperors and kings, judges and jurists, and popes and philosophers who have thought about what the rule of law is all about and how it works.
All of law’s most momentous achievements – Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, the Magna Carta, and the American Bill of Rights – and most celebrated advocates – Plato and Aristotle, Cicero, Aquinas, Edward Coke, Hugo Grotius, and John Marshall – are featured. So are law’s darkest moments: the trial of Socrates, the burning and beheading of witches and heretics, the persecution of Jews, and the proclamation of Lex Regia which legalized the dictatorial powers of Roman emperors and medieval kings.
Faith, Force, and Reason challenges readers to think about the lessons of the history they have read. What does the rule of law mean in our own time? What does it demand of us as well as our political leaders?
Faith, Force, and Reason follows the evolution of the rule of law from its birth in the marshes of Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago to its battle against apartheid in South Africa in the last twenty-five years. It is recounted through the voices of emperors and kings, judges and jurists, and popes and philosophers who have thought about what the rule of law is all about and how it works.
All of law’s most momentous achievements – Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, the Magna Carta, and the American Bill of Rights – and most celebrated advocates – Plato and Aristotle, Cicero, Aquinas, Edward Coke, Hugo Grotius, and John Marshall – are featured. So are law’s darkest moments: the trial of Socrates, the burning and beheading of witches and heretics, the persecution of Jews, and the proclamation of Lex Regia which legalized the dictatorial powers of Roman emperors and medieval kings.
Faith, Force, and Reason challenges readers to think about the lessons of the history they have read. What does the rule of law mean in our own time? What does it demand of us as well as our political leaders?
David M. Beatty is a Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.
Preface
Introduction
Ancient History: Warlords, Priests and Philosophers
1. Babylon and Jerusalem
2. Athens and Sparta
3. Rome
Medieval History: Jurists and Lawyers
4. Damascus and Baghdad
5. Bologna and Rome (again)
6. London
Modern History: Judges
7. Washington
8. The Hague
9. Johannesburg
Future History: The People
10. New France
11. New World
12. New Person
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.12.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-4082-5 / 1487540825 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-4082-1 / 9781487540821 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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