Reviews for Common law and liberal theory

The average rating for Common law and liberal theory based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-04-26 00:00:00 Luke Collins Outstanding read, the treatment of Coke was especially strong. For those interested in understanding the links between the English common law and the U.S. Constitution this is a great starting point. That said I wonder if the approach suggested really offers the substantive advantages over natural law jurisprudence that the author seems to suggest. Looking forward to completing (I just started) his follow up book to see if that issue is further developed.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-07-27 00:00:00 Tiffany Degroat Once upon a time, I taught a course on American political thought. And this is a text that I used. While there is nothing especially unique in this book, it is a nice and literate chronological examination of the evolution fo American thinking about politics. The first two parts provide a general background--including the English context. Part three looks at the development of revolutionary thought, culminating with the Declaration of Independence. Part 4 focuses on the movement toweard an American Constitution. And on it goes. . . . The book ends with a discussion of "Postwar Conservatism and the New Left." Published in 1972, this does a decent job of covering the subject up to that point in time.