{"product_id":"the-gift-of-science-roger-berkowitz-9780674018730","title":"The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe front pages of our newspapers and the lead stories on the evening news bear witness to the divorce of law from justice. The rich and famous get away with murder; Fortune 500 corporations operate sweatshops with impunity; blue-chip energy companies that spoil the environment and sicken communities face mere fines that don't dent profits. In \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Science\u003c\/i\u003e, a bold, revisionist account of 300 years of jurisprudence, Roger Berkowitz looks beyond these headlines to explore the historical and philosophical roots of our current legal and ethical crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from the scientific revolution to the nineteenth-century rise of legal codes, Berkowitz tells the story of how lawyers and philosophers invented legal science to preserve law's claim to moral authority. The \"gift\" of science, however, proved bittersweet. Instead of strengthening the bond between law and justice, the subordination of law to science transformed law from an ethical order into a tool for social and economic ends. Drawing on major figures from the traditions of law, philosophy, and history, \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Science\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a mesmerizing and original intellectual history of law; it shows how modern law remains imprisoned by a failed scientific metaphysics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Berkowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674018737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674018730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.72w x 0.72d","brand":"Roger Berkowitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465467384063,"sku":"9780674018730","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a717834-d903-4811-9530-b9ed753c40f7.jpg?v=1736346330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gift-of-science-roger-berkowitz-9780674018730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}