National Book Award Finalist: "A learned, thoughtful, witty legal history for the layman" ( The New Yorker ). What do the thoughts of a ravenous tiger have to do with the evolution of America's legal system? How do the works of Jane Austen and Ludwig van Beethoven relate to corporal punishment? In The Law of the Land , Charles Rembar examines these and many other topics, illustrating the surprisingly entertaining history of US law. Best known for his passionate efforts to protect literature, including Lady Chatterley's ...
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National Book Award Finalist: "A learned, thoughtful, witty legal history for the layman" ( The New Yorker ). What do the thoughts of a ravenous tiger have to do with the evolution of America's legal system? How do the works of Jane Austen and Ludwig van Beethoven relate to corporal punishment? In The Law of the Land , Charles Rembar examines these and many other topics, illustrating the surprisingly entertaining history of US law. Best known for his passionate efforts to protect literature, including Lady Chatterley's Lover , from censorship laws, Rembar offers an exciting look at the democratic judicial system that will appeal to lawyers and laymen alike. From the dark days of medieval England, when legal disputes were settled by duel, through recent paradigm shifts in the interpretation and application of the legal code, The Law of the Land is a compelling and informative history of the rules and regulations we so often take for granted.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book Navy-blue cloth with gold-color lettering on spine, 447 pp., unclipped illustrated jacket. Light wear, minor soiling on top and bottom edges of text block, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding, jacket's white background is age-toned and spine is slightly sunned. Traces the evolution of our legal system from its origins in medieval Britain when trial by battle and ordeal (and even more primitive methods of settling disputes) were common, to our present judicial system in America.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. 447 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Very minor foxing to the top exterior edge of textblock. Light fading to spine and to back cover's top edge. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. Light rubbing to the covers.; -We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. 0671243225. Navy cloth cover is sunned but clean and free from wear. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open.; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.4 inches; 447 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. 447pp. Top corner of some pages dogeared, small amount of pencil marks in margins, else very good in a very good lightly browned dustwrapper.
This is the best book EVER written on the development of 1000 years of The Common LAw. Actually, it is one of the best books ever written about ANYTHING. An astounding book by a genius. Everybody I have EVER recommended or given this book to has said, 'Astounding!'