{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-law-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-9781350368682","title":"A Cultural History of Law in the Age of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe period of the Enlightenment was marked by innovation in political, cultural, religious, and educational ideas with the aim of improving the experience of human beings in society. Key to intellectual debates and day-to-day life were ideas about the law. Many looked to Britain, and to the British, as exemplars of a state governed by moderate laws under a moderate constitution. Britain''s laws and constitution were portrayed and satirized in almost every artistic medium.\u003ci\u003e A Cultural History of Law in the Age of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e presents essays spanning the long 18th century (1680 to 1820) which explore the place of law in a range of creative and artistic media, all of which flourished in a commercial society with law at its center and enlightenment as its aim.  Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Law in the Age of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Notes on Contributors  Series Preface, \u003ci\u003eGary Watt, University of Warwick, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  Introduction, \u003ci\u003eJohn Snape, University of Warwick, UK\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  1. Justice: Popular Ideas and Actions in the Long Eighteenth Century, \u003ci\u003eSteve Banks, University of Reading, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  2. Constitution: Handel’s Solomon and the Constitution at Covent Garden, \u003ci\u003eJohn Snape, University of Warwick, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Codes, \u003ci\u003eRebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  4. Agreements, \u003ci\u003eTimothy J. Dodsworth, University of Exeter, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  5. Arguments: Reputation and Character in Eighteenth-Century Trials, \u003ci\u003eDana Rabin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  6. Property and Possession, \u003ci\u003eJulia Rudolph, North Carolina State University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e  7. Wrongs, \u003ci\u003eRuth Paley, UK\u003c\/i\u003e  8. Legal Profession in the Popular Press, \u003ci\u003eJames Oldham, Georgetown Law School, USA  \u003c\/i\u003eNotes  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407543378263,"sku":"9781350368682","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350368682.jpg?v=1730499728","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-law-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-9781350368682","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}