It Makes Nothing Happen: Reasons for Studying the History of Law

被引:3
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作者
Dale, Elizabeth [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Florida, POB 117320, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
关键词
law and history; constitutional history; civil rights; originalism; microhistory; Reagan Revolution;
D O I
10.1177/1743872108096860
中图分类号
D9 [法律]; DF [法律];
学科分类号
0301 ;
摘要
In place of the idea that legal history should search for a new grand narrative of law, written to persuade lawyers and judges and change the world, this article suggests that legal historians focus their attention on writing and teaching more particularized histories targeting a popular audience.
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