Historical Law-Tracts: The Fourth Edition with Additions and Corrections

by Henry Home and Henry Home Kames

Book Overview

Historical Law-Tracts is one of the earliest contributions to the Scottish Enlightenment project of a historical science of society. Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782), was an influential Scottish judge, a prolific man of letters, and one of the leading figures of the Enlightenment in Scotland, and his goal in this work is to show the study of law as a genuinely scientific inquiry and not a mere collection of facts for the lawyer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086597618X
• ISBN13: 9780865976184
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5