The Gift of Science Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition
Moving from the scientific revolution to the nineteenth-century rise of legal codes, Berkowitz tells the story of how lawyers and philosophers invented legal science to preserve law's claim to moral authority. The "gift" of science, however, proved bittersweet. Instead of strengthenin...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] :
Harvard University Press
[2005].
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| Colección: | Plataforma De Gruyter ebook.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34089093*spi |
| Sumario: | Moving from the scientific revolution to the nineteenth-century rise of legal codes, Berkowitz tells the story of how lawyers and philosophers invented legal science to preserve law's claim to moral authority. The "gift" of science, however, proved bittersweet. Instead of strengthening the bond between law and justice, the subordination of law to science transformed law from an ethical order into a tool for social and economic ends. |
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| Notas: | Descripción basada en el recurso electrónico; tít. tomado del PDF (visitado en Octubre 27 2015) |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674020795 |
