How Long to Read Taming the Past

How Long Does it Take to Read Taming the Past?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 31 minutes to read Taming the Past by Robert W. Gordon

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Lawyers and judges often make arguments based on history - on the authority of precedent and original constitutional understandings. They argue both to preserve the inspirational, heroic past and to discard its darker pieces - such as feudalism and slavery, the tyranny of princes and priests, and the subordination of women. In doing so, lawyers tame the unruly, ugly, embarrassing elements of the past, smoothing them into reassuring tales of progress. In a series of essays and lectures written over forty years, Robert W. Gordon describes and analyses how lawyers approach the past and the...

How long is Taming the Past?

Taming the Past by Robert W. Gordon is 444 pages long, and a total of 112,776 words.

This makes it 150% the length of the average book. It also has 138% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Taming the Past Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 16 minutes to read Taming the Past aloud.

What Reading Level is Taming the Past?

Taming the Past is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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