The Nature and Sources of the Law by John Chipman Gray (Routledge Revivals)
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- Synopsis
- First published in 1909 and then again in 1997. John Chipman Gray (1839-1915) spent the greater part of his professional life as a professor at Harvard Law School where he taught property, trusts and future interests. The Nature and Sources of the Law was first published in 1909. The book is divided into two parts which respectively look at 'Nature' and 'Sources'. In Part I, Gray warns that the study of jurisprudence, in isolation, could lead to dogmatism. Rather he advocates the structure offered by common law with its reliance on flexible interpretations of statutes, the use of all relevant cultural inputs and a highly adaptable approach to the resolution of disputes. Gray, in Part II, turns his attention to sources of the law and begins with statutes. Here he asserts that judges are the ones who actually turn into law, going against the conventional scholarship that judges merely interprets statutes. He also extensively examines the influence of tradition and the common law.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780429516566
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780429243417, 9780367198091, 9780367198091, 9780367198138, 9780367198138
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 06/14/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Preface to the new edition by David Campbell and Philip Thomas and Introduction by Herbert Hovenkamp
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- David Campbell
- Edited by:
- Philip A. Thomas