Concept information
Preferred term
mirror theory
Definition
- The metaphor of the mirror has proven irresistible to scholars searching for ways of connecting legal and social change. Its use dates back to Andrew Horne's fourteenth-century book on Anglo-Norman customs, The Mirror of Justices. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Mirror Theory]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/mirror_theory
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