Angela Fernandez

Pierson v. Post, The Hunt for the Fox

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9781108790703
• ISBN-10: 1108790704
• Artikelnr.: 58306265

Autorenporträt

Angela Fernandez is a legal historian at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where she is also a member of the Department of History. She has published numerous articles and is co-editor of Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Literary History of Pierson: 1. Solemn foolery
2. Rabelaisian play
Part II. The Social History of Pierson: 3. Local justice
4. Lawyerization
5. The legal fictions needed for a state of nature debate
Part III. The Intellectual History of Pierson: 6. The reporter
7. Mandarization
Conclusion.