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_aLea, Henry Charles, _d1825-1909 |
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_aSuperstition and Force : _bEssays on the Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal, Torture |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2019 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2019-01-22 | ||
| 508 | _aE-text prepared by deaurider, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) | ||
| 520 | _a"Superstition and Force" by Henry Charles Lea is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the intersection of law, superstition, and societal norms from primitive to contemporary times, examining the historical customs and laws regarding legal practices such as the wager of law, the ordeal, and torture. It taps into the cultural backdrop against which these legal processes evolved, providing insight into the complexities of justice and social order across different civilizations. The opening of the work presents a preface that outlines the author’s intentions for the book, emphasizing the historical relationship between jurisprudence and civilization. Lea introduces the concept of crime as originally a personal offense rather than a societal one, delving into the structures of early legal systems, which relied heavily on family solidarity and compensation rather than state-imposed justice. He discusses various historical practices such as the "wer-gild" or blood-money and hints at the evolution of these customs through the lens of cultural superstitions and societal beliefs that persist into modern times, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of how these ancient practices influence contemporary legal principles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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| 653 | _aWager of law | ||
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