Law : a very short introduction / / Raymond Wacks
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| Autore: |
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 |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Very short introductions.