Allan C. Hutchinson

Laughing at the Gods

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book showcases eight judges that exemplify judicial greatness and looks at what role they play in law and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781107662766
• ISBN-10: 1107662761
• Artikelnr.: 34228702

Autorenporträt

Allan C. Hutchinson is a Distinguished Research Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Toronto, and a widely recognized leading law scholar. He is presently Associate Vice-President and Dean of Graduate Studies at York. In 2004, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. Hutchinson has authored or edited sixteen books, including Is Eating People Wrong?: Great Legal Cases and How They Shaped the World (2010), The Province of Jurisprudence Democratized (2008) and Evolution and the Common Law (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Lord Mansfield
3. John Marshall
4. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
5. James Atkin
6. Tom Denning
7. Thurgood Marshall
8. Bertha Wilson
9. Albie Sachs
10. Conclusion.