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The Impact of Institutions and Professions on Legal Development - Softcover

Mitchell, Paul

 
9781107475618: The Impact of Institutions and Professions on Legal Development
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107475619 ISBN 13: 9781107475618
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Legal professions and legal institutions have a profound influence on the direction and form of legal change, but it is often difficult to identify exactly how and why such influence has been exerted. Even those individuals directly involved in bringing about changes may not realise the full impact of professional and institutional factors, since these factors often form part of the participants' own assumed roles. This collection of essays casts light on how one particularly important legal category, fault liability, has been shaped by legal professions and institutions between 1850 and 2000. Its unique comparative approach highlights how different legal systems generate very different pressures for change, and how actors' perceptions of their own roles can have a profound effect on how changes take effect.

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About the Author

Paul Mitchell is Professor of Law at University College London. He has published widely on the historical development of the common law of obligations.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107475619
ISBN 13 
9781107475618
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
254