Is higher law common law? readings on the influence of Christian thought in Anglo-American law
by Jeffrey A. Brauch.
- Littleton, Colo. F.B. Rothman 1999.
- xvi, 429 p. 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xi-xiv)
Higher law thinking: man's law is based on and evaluated by the law of God - - The shift from higher law thinking to legal relativism - - Introduction to the common law - - Civil and criminal procedure - - Property - - Criminal law - - Torts - - Contracts - - Christian reconstruction - - Dispensationalism - - Some middle ground - - Christian Libertarianism: a minimal legal code - - God's law as a moral influence on man's law.
0837703670 (cloth : alk. paper)
Common Law--Philosophy.--United States Religion and law--Great Britain. Common Law--Philosophy.--Great Britain Religion and law--United States.