Law's Artifice: A Poetics of Legal Fictions

by Simon Stern

This book is the first comprehensive history and analysis of legal fictions in the common law. It examines their origins and development over the last 400 years and covers numerous legal domains from civil and criminal law to administrative and international law. It covers a wide range of British and American examples from corporate personhood and civil death to constructive eviction and the scintilla juris.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509957588
• ISBN13: 9781509957583
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"