The decline of natural law how American lawyers once used natural law and why they stopped

Before the late 19th century, natural law played an important role in the American legal system. Lawyers routinely used it in their arguments and judges often relied upon it in their opinions. Today, by contrast, natural law plays virtually no role in the legal system. When natural law was part of a...

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Main Author: Banner, Stuart 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2021]
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