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Author
Title
Law : a very short introduction / Raymond Wacks.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Call Number
K231 .W333 2015
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9780198745624 (pbk.)
0198745621 (pbk.)
0198745621 (pbk.)
Description
xvi, 166 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)925361514
Summary
"The law touches all our lives. It is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, imposing duties, and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social, political, and economic activity. This very short introduction outlines the major branches of the law, describing the role of lawyers and how courts operate, and considers the laws, pursuit of justice, freedom, and equality."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148, 153-160) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
xiii
List of illustrations
xvii
1.
Law's roots
1
2.
Law's branches
34
3.
Law and morality
65
4.
Courts
86
5.
Lawyers
107
6.
future of the law
118
References
145
Legal sources
149
Cases discussed
151
Further reading
153
Index
161