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<p>Henry Charles Lea's 'Superstition and Force' surveys the shadowy terrain of medieval jurisprudence, where the vestiges of ancient customs coalesced into law through the mechanisms of the wager of law, the wager of battle, the ordeal, and torture. Lea's work is the epitome of meticulous scholarship, with a narrative that interweaves complex socio-legal histories and critiques the psychological underpinnings of jurisprudential practices. His sty...Seguir leyendo