Law's Evolution and Human Understanding

Oxford University Press (2012)
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What makes words law? -- How law grows up in a group -- The invention of "because I said so" -- The empty idea of authority -- Ideas that endure -- When should we do what law signals? -- How law works -- Evolution and revolution -- Reading to understand each other -- The life of the law.

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K237.C53 2012

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9780199735099   0199735093
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