Legal history is inseparable from the full history of society

Evidence

Law, in short, is a mirror held up against life. It is whatever results from the scheming, plotting, striving, hoping, and dreaming, of people and groups, with and for and against and athwart each other. A full history of American law would be nothing more or less than a full history of American life. The future of one is the future of the other. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 4409

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Statutes must be interpreted in light of their whole historical and systemic context. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 1318; Law shapes society while remaining society’s creation — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 1333; A party’s history is inseparable from the whole society and state around it — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 671 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A party’s history is inseparable from the whole society and state around it #expands (0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 671
• Law is coextensive with society and mirrors its aims and contradictions #expands (0.80) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 4405
• Citation practice ultimately defines the boundaries of law itself #expands (0.70) — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 153