Book contents
- History and the Law
- History and the Law
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- A Beginning: ‘History’, by Stephen Dunn
- 1 Its Ziggy Shape
- 2 Law Troubles
- 3 Letters of the Law
- 4 The Worst of It
- 5 Who Owns Maria
- 6 Sisters in Law
- 7 Hating the Law
- 8 The Kind of Law a Historian Loved
- An Ending: Not a Story
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - The Kind of Law a Historian Loved
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
- History and the Law
- History and the Law
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- A Beginning: ‘History’, by Stephen Dunn
- 1 Its Ziggy Shape
- 2 Law Troubles
- 3 Letters of the Law
- 4 The Worst of It
- 5 Who Owns Maria
- 6 Sisters in Law
- 7 Hating the Law
- 8 The Kind of Law a Historian Loved
- An Ending: Not a Story
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the 1790s Godwin was implacable in his dislike of the law; thirty years on, as a historian rather than a political philosopher, he fell a little bit in love with it as he described the law projects and reforms of the Commonwealth period. His approbation grew thought the four volumes of his History of the Commonwealth of England. The chapter traces his journey from hatred to love. It also consider Godwin’s theoretical piece on ‘History and Romance’ (1797) in order to draw together the discussion of history-writing that runs through the book.
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- History and the LawA Love Story, pp. 191 - 217Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020