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020			_a9780511782152 (ebook)
020			_z9781107000377 (hardback)
020			_z9780521188517 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aK370 _b.H88 2011
082	0	0	_a340/.115 _222
100	1		_aHutchinson, Allan C., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIs Eating People Wrong? : _bGreat Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World / _cAllan C. Hutchinson.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (260 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aGreat cases are those judicial decisions around which the common law develops. This book explores eight exemplary cases from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia that show the law as a living, breathing and down-the-street experience. It explores the social circumstances in which the cases arose and the ordinary people whose stories influenced and shaped the law as well as the characters and institutions (lawyers, judges and courts) that did much of the heavy lifting. By examining the consequences and fallout of these decisions, the book depicts the common law as an experimental, dynamic, messy, productive, tantalizing and bottom-up process, thereby revealing the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions and shifting demands. Great cases are one way to glimpse the workings of the common law as an untidy but stimulating exercise in human judgment and social accomplishment.
650		0	_aSociological jurisprudence
650		0	_aRule of law
650		0	_aCommon law
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107000377
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511782152
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38078 _d38078