{"product_id":"historical-law-tracts-the-fourth-edition-with-additions-and-corrections-9780865976177","title":"Historical Law-Tracts: The Fourth Edition with Additions and Corrections","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistorical Law-Tracts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 to memorize. He deployed a large range of ancient, medieval, and early-modern sources to trace the development of law and to explain that development in terms of interactions between principles of human nature and political, economic, and social circumstance. He applied this method in substantial and influential treatments of criminal law and the law of property and also to a diverse range of issues, specifically in Scots law. One of Kames's principal objectives was to expose and discredit the continuing influence of feudal principles in eighteenth-century Scots law and, as such, \u003cem\u003eHistorical Law-Tracts\u003c\/em\u003e can be read as a manifesto for a modern, commercial, Scotland. The work found an international readership as well, especially in America, where it was read as an object lesson in understanding the role of law in a free society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHistorical Law-Tracts, \u003c\/em\u003e Kames combined the natural law framework that underlies his \u003cem\u003eEssays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion\u003c\/em\u003e with the \"conjectural,\" or philosophical, approach to history that would receive its fullest treatment in his \u003cem\u003eSketches of the History of Man\u003c\/em\u003e to offer a history of law as a history of the progress of mankind from savage to civil society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Liberty Fund edition supplements Kames's original text with a new introduction providing historical context and biographical information, expansion of Kames's footnotes to explain the often rather obscure system of reference used in the book, translation of the Latin passages, and explanatory annotations relating to important changes that Kames made to the text, including variant readings from earlier editions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames A. Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of the History of Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eHume: An Intellectual Biography\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOf Liberty and Necessity: The Free Will Debate in Eighteenth-Century British Philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e He is the editor of the Liberty Fund edition of Kames's \u003cem\u003eSketches of the History of Man.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Home Lord Kames\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865976177","brand":"Liberty Fund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44365832093833,"sku":"9780865976177","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_73ca8e73-ae84-44ed-96e8-6f4e7a17dba3.jpg?v=1751347030","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/historical-law-tracts-the-fourth-edition-with-additions-and-corrections-9780865976177","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}