Legal History Matters

Legal and ethical matters

As David and Brierley (1968) pointed out, each political society in the world has its own law. In fact, it frequently happens that several laws coexist within the same state. Moreover, law is not static; it is in a state of flux, of evolution. The development of the law is shaped by logic, history, custom and utility, as well as the accepted standards of right conduct (Cardozo, 1921). It is the...

History matters

Many years ago, two British humorists wrote (facetiously, but not altogether inaccurately) that " History is not what you thought. It is what you can remember. All other history defeats itself " [1]. It is a dilemma that all of us—librarians, archivists, informationists, whatever—have all faced: what do we need to remember, and for how long. When does today become " History, " with a capital H?...

Examination of Legal Matters Covered in Elementary School Textbooks

Theoretically speaking, among topics that need to be covered throughout the elementary school years, legal ones loom large. In order to determine the extent to which this coverage is actually present in elementary school textbooks, a set of 17 such books from among 51 in total, deemed appropriate for such matters to be covered in, was selected and content analyzed utilizing concepts related to ...

Legal medicine in history

enthusiast's reading of the literature. It might be more accurate to suggest that Wellcome had an inordinate respect for scholarship (which for him always meant "scientific" study) rather than thwarted talents in this regard. Interestingly he appears to have been less directive of the scientific work closer to his own field which was carried out for the business or at the innovative research in...

History Matters: Setting the Scene