Imagining the Law

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In this book, the author persuasively argues that common law’s roots are so deeply embedded in culture that even a new Ice Age might not kill them.

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Norman F Cantor - Professor of History and Sociology at New York University and Adjunct Professor of Legal History at the NYU School of Law. Table of Contents Law and Legal History • Ancient Advocacy: Cicero • The Justinian Heritage • Glanville’s World • Englishmen and Frenchmen • Kings, Lords, and Lawyers • Bracton’s Courtroom • The Advent of Liberalism • Gentrification • Deep Structure • Judicial Frontiers •Law and Power • Law and Revolution • The Rise of Liberalism • The age of Coke • From Oliver Cromwell to William Blackstone • American Lawyers and the Common Law • Bibliography • Index