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Raymond Wacks
£7.99
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Law: A Very Short Introduction
Raymond Wacks
192 pages
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20 halftones
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174x111mm
978-0-19-921496-9
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Paperback
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27 March 2008
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- Introduces the essentials of law and legal systems in a lively, accessible, and stimulating manner
- Includes jargon-free explanations of legal terms and concepts, and court procedures and judgements
- Explains the workings of the legal system, and how it unifies a vast framework as widespread as the punishment of crime, the enforcement of contracts, and the protection of personal freedoms
- Explores not only the state of law today, but looks at its history, and also its future, as globalization and rapid advances in technology place increasing strain on our current legal system
- Looks beyond domestic law to examine how international law is used to settle disputes between states, punish malevolent dictators, and create a better world
Law underlies our society - it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some of the tasks of a modern legal system. It also strives to achieve justice, promote freedom, and protect our security.
The result is a system that, while it touches all of our daily lives, is properly understood by only a few, with its impenetrable jargon, obsolete procedures, and interminable stream of Byzantine statutes and judgments of the courts.
This clear, jargon-free Very Short Introduction aims to redress that balance,
as it introduces the essentials of law and legal systems in a lively, accessible, and stimulating manner. Explaining the main concepts, terms, and processes of the legal system, it focuses on the Western tradition (the common law and the civil law), but also includes discussions of other legal systems, such as customary law and Islamic law. And it looks to the future too, as globalization and rapid advances in technology place increasing strain on our current legal system. Readership: General readers interested in law, the processes of law, and the various legal systems around the world. Also a valuable introduction for students of law, philosophy, politics, and the social sciences at undergraduate level and
beyond.
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Raymond Wacks, Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory, University of Hong Kong
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Preface
1: Law's roots
2: Law's branches
3: Law and morality
4: Courts
5: Lawyers
6: The future of the law
Legal sources: A very short explanation
References, Cases Discussed, and Further Reading
Index
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