Is Eating People Wrong? Great Legal Cases and How They Shaped the World PDF
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This page intentionally left blank Is Eating People Wrong? Greatcasesarethosejudicialdecisionsaroundwhichthe common law develops. This book explores eight exem- plarycasesfromtheUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStates, Canada, and Australia that show the law as a living, breathing,anddown-the-streetexperience.Itexploresthe socialcircumstancesinwhichthecasesaroseandtheor- dinary people whose stories influenced and shaped the law, as well as the characters and institutions (lawyers, judges,andcourts)thatdidmuchoftheheavylifting.By examiningtheconsequencesandfalloutofthesedecisions, the book depicts the common law as an experimental, dynamic, messy, productive, tantalizing, and bottom-up process,therebyrevealingthediverseanduncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing con- ditions and shifting demands. Great cases are one way to glimpse the workings of the common law as an untidy but stimulating exercise in human judgment and social accomplishment. Allan C. Hutchinson is a Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Toronto, and a widely recog- nized leading law scholar. In 2004, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2006, he was named a Distinguished Research Professor of York University. Hutchinson has authored and/or edited sixteen books, most recently, The Province of Jurisprudence Democra- tizedandEvolutionandtheCommonLaw. Is Eating People Wrong? Great Legal Cases and How They Shaped the World ALLAN C. HUTCHINSON OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESS Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore, Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,Dubai,Tokyo,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress 32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,NY10013-2473,USA www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521188517 (cid:2)C AllanC.Hutchinson2011 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2011 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata Hutchinson,AllanC.,1951– Iseatingpeoplewrong?:greatlegalcasesand howtheyshapedtheworld/AllanC.Hutchinson. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-107-00037-7(hardback)–ISBN978-0-521-18851-7(pbk) 1.Sociologicaljurisprudence. 2.Ruleoflaw. 3.Law–Socialaspects. 4.Commonlaw. I.Title. K370.H88 2011 340(cid:3).115–dc22 2010030831 ISBN978-1-107-00037-7Hardback ISBN978-0-521-18851-7Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredto inthispublicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchWebsites is,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. ThisBookIsDedicatedto Foxes,Snails,andLitigantsEverywhere. “Noveltyisbetterthanrepetition.” –T.S.Eliot Contents Preface page ix 1. InPraiseofGreatCases:TheBig, theBad,andtheGoodly 1 2. IsEatingPeopleWrong?TheLaw andLoreoftheSea 13 3. BearingWitness:InSupportofthe RuleofLaw 41 4. IntheHunt:Power,Property,and Possession 67 5. ShadesofBrown:AConstitutional Catharsis 89 vii Contents 6. ASnailinaBottle:Nature,Neighbors, andNegligence 115 7. AnAboriginalTitle:TheLieandLawof theLand 141 8. GrindingattheMill:PuttingLimitson Agreements 165 9. OfCrimesandCautions:TheRights andRitesofInvestigation 191 10. ComingUpforAir:TheCommon Lawat2010 215 Bibliography 223 Index 231 viii
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