02182nam a22003498a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002100224082001700245100003500262245012500297264005200422300005900474336002600533337002600559338003600585500007300621520095100694650003101645650001601676650001501692776003501707856007101742999001901813CR9780511782152UkCbUP20180107143413.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100519s2010||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511782152 (ebook)  z9781107000377 (hardback)  z9780521188517 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aK370 b.H88 201100a340/.1152221 aHutchinson, Allan C.,eauthor.10aIs Eating People Wrong? :bGreat Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World / [electronic resource]cAllan C. Hutchinson. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2010.  a1 online resource (260 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aGreat cases are those judicial decisions around which the common law develops. This book explores eight exemplary cases from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia that show the law as a living, breathing and down-the-street experience. It explores the social circumstances in which the cases arose and the ordinary people whose stories influenced and shaped the law as well as the characters and institutions (lawyers, judges and courts) that did much of the heavy lifting. By examining the consequences and fallout of these decisions, the book depicts the common law as an experimental, dynamic, messy, productive, tantalizing and bottom-up process, thereby revealing the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions and shifting demands. Great cases are one way to glimpse the workings of the common law as an untidy but stimulating exercise in human judgment and social accomplishment. 0aSociological jurisprudence 0aRule of law 0aCommon law08iPrint version: z978110700037740uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511782152zCambridge Books Online  c236537d236537