The law must be stable, and yet it cannot stand still.

Roscoe Pound

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Topic

Legal theory Law

Speaker

Roscoe Pound

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Lawyer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Pound, Roscoe. Lecture delivered before Trinity College. Lent Term, 1922, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, UK.

Current Citation

Pound, Roscoe. Interpretations of Legal History. Cambridge University Press, 2013, ch. 1.

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Time
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Legal theory Political theory Embracing change

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Samuel Kercheval. 12 July 1816.

Current Citation

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