| Description |
xi, 443 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Legal Canons: An Introduction / J. M. Balkin and Sanford Levinson -- Empire or Residue: Competing Visions of the Contractual Canon / Ian Ayres -- Canons of Property Talk, or, Blackstone's Anxiety / Carol M. Rose -- Vanished from the First Year: Lost Torts and Deep Structures in Tort Law / Martha Chamallas -- Criminal Law / Robert Weisberg -- Teaching American Civil Procedure since 1779 / Paul D. Carrington -- Of Coase and the Canon: Reflections on Law and Economics / Daniel A. Farber -- Race Relations Law in the Canon of Legal Academia / Randall Kennedy -- Recognizing Race in the American Legal Canon / Fran Ansley -- Feminist Canon / Katharine T. Bartlett -- Homosexuals, Torts, and Dangerous Things / Katherine M. Franke -- The Constitutional Canon / Philip Bobbitt -- The Canon in Constitutional Law / Suzanna Sherry -- Constitutional Canons and Constitutional Thought / J. M. Balkin and Sanford Levinson |
| Summary |
"Legal Canons brings together 14 essays which map out the legal canon and the way in which law is taught today. Each essay focuses on a particular aspect of canonicity, from contracts and constitutional law to the study of race and gender. Leading scholars offer their views about the canonical texts, arguments and approaches in their fields - both those generally recognized and those under-appreciated or ignored. The discussions range from the history of legal education to the recent ascendance of law and economics, feminism, critical race theory, and gay legal studies."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Law -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Law -- United States -- Sources.
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| Author |
Levinson, Sanford, 1941-
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Balkin, J. M.
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ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
00009019 |
| ISBN |
0814798578 : |
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