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Wacks Raymond
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Titolo: |
Law : a very short introduction / / Raymond Wacks
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Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 pages.) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 340/.2 |
Soggetto topico: | Law - Philosophy |
Jurisprudence | |
Comparative law | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-168) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; List of illustrations; 1 Law's roots; 2 Law's branches; 3 Law and morality; 4 Courts; 5 Lawyers; 6 The future of the law; References; Cases discussed; Legal sources: a very short explanation; Further reading; Index; |
Sommario/riassunto: | Law touches every aspect of our daily lives, and yet the main concepts, terms, and processes of the legal system remain obscure to many. This Very Short Introduction provides a clear, jargon-free account of modern legal systems, explaining how the law works both in the Western tradition and around the 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Law ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-281-34150-9 |
9786611341503 | |
0-19-152686-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910826735103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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