02336nam 2200577Ia 450 991051151010332120230721032954.01-134-02811-31-281-78711-697866117871100-203-88981-9(CKB)1000000000541994(EBL)357836(OCoLC)437222299(SSID)ssj0000518071(PQKBManifestationID)11338221(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000518071(PQKBWorkID)10491552(PQKB)10811063(MiAaPQ)EBC357836(EXLCZ)99100000000054199420080414d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe eye of the law two essays on legal history /Michael StolleisAbingdon Birbeck Law Press20091 online resource (94 p.)Birkbeck Law PressDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-47274-1 0-415-47273-3 Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: The blindness of law and the insight of justice; Chapter 1 The eye of the law: Reflections on a modern metaphor; Chapter 2 In the name of the lawWritten by the eminent German legal historian, Michael Stolleis, these two 'Essays on Legal History' offer an original and compelling history of the symbolism through which law is characterised as being 'above' us. In 'The Eye of the Law', the history of this metaphor is followed from antiquity through to the present day: from the Greek Eye of Justice, the eye of the impartial judge of the Underworld, the Eye of God watching past, present and future, the Eye of the Prince, guiding his subjects, to the almighty Eye of the Law. While our belief in the law may have become brittle, nothing escaBirkbeck Law PressLawHistoryLawPhilosophyLawHistory.LawPhilosophy.340.09340.1Stolleis Michael1941-223007MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910511510103321The eye of the law2549228UNINA