Is Eating People Wrong? : Great Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World

Name: Is Eating People Wrong? : Great Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Is Eating People Wrong?\n\nGreat Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World\n\nThis book explores the consequences of eight exemplary cases around which the common law developed to reveal the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions.\n\nAllan C. Hutchinson (Author)\n\n9780521188517, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 30 November 2010\n\n257 pages\n22.9 x 15.3 x 1.5 cm, 0.41 kg\n\n'Hutchinson here, as with all the cases, proves an adept storyteller. One may wonder whether this case is as important as he believes, but it is hard not to be interested in its outcome.' John M. Sands, The Federal Lawyer\n\nGreat 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 ]