Common precedents : the presentness of the past in Victorian law and fiction /

Examining legislative reform in the mid-Victorian period Ben-Yishai argues that precedential reasoning as a strategy for managing change produced innovations in legal and fictional writing simultaneously and in a mutually constitutive manner.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ben-Yishai, Ayelet
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:	English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Stare decisis > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Judicial process > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Social change in literature. England > Social conditions > 19th century. Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Stare decisis > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle. Processus judiciaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle. Changement social dans la littérature. Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle. Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle. English fiction Judicial process Literature and society Social change in literature Social conditions Stare decisis England Great Britain English. Languages & Literatures. English Literature. 1800-1899 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Summary:	Examining legislative reform in the mid-Victorian period Ben-Yishai argues that precedential reasoning as a strategy for managing change produced innovations in legal and fictional writing simultaneously and in a mutually constitutive manner.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 191 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0199333114 9780199333110