Dismantling American common law; liberty and justice in our transformed courts.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9780739123768

Dismantling American common law; liberty and justice in our transformed courts.

Scott, Kyle.

Lexington Books

2007

169 pages

$65.00

Hardcover

KF394

America's reliance on the British common law system set within the context of certain abstract, inalienable and constitutional rights appears to be undergoing a quiet revolution. Scott (political science, U. of North Florida) maintains that common law has in fact been abandoned, with definite consequences for democratic politics in the US ...

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