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Lord Kames: Legal and Social Theorist

Lord Kames: Legal and Social Theorist

Name: Lord Kames: Legal and Social Theorist
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9780748676736
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Author: Andreas Rahmatian
ISBN: 9780748676736

By Andreas Rahmatian

Edinburgh University Press May 2015

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ISBN-13: 9780748676736
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication: May 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Scotland ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The Scottish jurist, judge, legal historian and philosopher Henry Home (1696–1782) took the title Lord Kames when he was elevated to the bench of the Scottish Court of Session in 1752.

In the 18th century, his books were influential and widely read; the educated classes and representatives of the Enlightenment in England, France and in the German states were all familiar with his aesthetic and philosophical writings.

Andreas Rahmatian explains Kames’ conceptions of legal philosophy, including black-letter law, legal science, legal theory, legal sociology and anthropology in its early stages, setting them in the context of the Scottish Enlightenment. He looks at how Kames came to be one of the forefathers of comparative law, sociology of law, legal psychology and ‘legal science’ in its proper meaning, as opposed to ‘law’.

Preface

Abbreviated Bibliography

I. Introduction

II. Aesthetics

III. Moral Philosophy I: Principles

IV. Moral Philosophy II: Development

V. Political Philosophy, Anthropology and Commerce

VI. Legal History, Legal Science and Comparative Law

VII. Property

VIII. Equity

IX. Obligations and Enforcement

X. Criminal Law