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5 days ago · English law has its origins in Anglo-Saxon times, and two of its hallmarks are its preference for customary law (the common law) rather than statute law and its system of application by locally appointed part-time magistrates, by locally chosen juries, and by the traveling judges going from one county town (seat) to another on circuit.
1 day ago · Zoe Adams’s book The Legal Concept of Work seeks to capture these diverse perspectives of law in relation to notions of work in a single analysis and does so, I suggest, in a form of productive tension that both deepens current understandings, while simultaneously extending critical analysis by questioning the extent to which legal change can ever remedy the limitations in law’s account ...
2 days ago · Legal interpretivism originated with Ronald Dworkin in the late 20th century in his book Law's Empire. In recent years, debates about the nature of law have become increasingly fine-grained. One important debate exists within legal positivism about the separability of law and morality.
6 days ago · Prior to the 20th Century, there were few women in law in the United Kingdom. Prior to the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, women were not permitted to practice law in the United Kingdom. [1] By 1931 there were around 100 female solicitors. [1] The first female-only law partnership was founded in 1933. [2]
4 days ago · Law, History and Culture is designed for students drawn to interdisciplinary, humanistic study of law and culture, as well as those who intend to pursue a law degree.
4 days ago · It combines approaches from history, literature, philosophy, political theory, religion and classical studies to explore the law’s position at the nexus of society. The major will help students develop the critical skills of reading, writing and analysis crucial to both a liberal education and the study of law.
1 day ago · This Article draws on primary documents produced by private actors, congressional decisionmakers, and federal executive agents to present a political legal history of legislative proposals between 1929 and 1949 to understand whether, how, and why different actors sought to insulate administrative adjudicators from their agencies or the President.
