About Law

Author: Tony Honore
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198763883
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
Here is an introduction to the intellectual challenges presented by law in the western secular tradition. Treating not just British law, but the whole western tradition of law, Professor Honore guides the reader through eleven topics which straddle various branches of the law, including constitutional and criminal law, property, and contracts. He also explores moral and historical aspects of the law, including a discussion of justice and the difference between civil and common law systems. The law, Honore argues, is mainly concerned with the question of obedience to authority, and establishing the situations in which obedience is required and those in which it may be waived ought to be the central concern of all legal theorists.

Arguing about Law

Author: Andrew Altman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
Using the rule of law as its main theme, this text shows how abstract questions and concepts of legal philosophy are connected to concrete legal, political, and social issues. The text addresses several modern controversies and challenges students to consider both sides of an argument, using sound, reasoned thinking.

Philosophy of Law

Author: Mark Tebbit
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415334411
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

What Makes Law

Author: Liam Murphy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521834279
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
This advanced introduction to central questions in legal philosophy attempts to breathe new life into stalled research.

American Law

Author: Lawrence M. Friedman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description

Law: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Raymond Wacks
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199214969
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
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.

Jewish and Israeli Law - An Introduction

Author: Shimon Shetreet
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110671867
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 609

Book Description
This book instructively introduces the reader to the basics of Jewish law. It gives a detailed, cutting-edge analysis of contemporary public and private law in the State of Israel, as well as Israel’s legal culture, its system of government, and the roles of its democratic institutions: the executive, parliament, and judiciary. The book examines issues of Holocaust, law and religion, constitutionalization, and equality.

Introduction to the law and legal system of the United States

Author: William Burnham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780314345875
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Introduction to American Law

Author: St. Clements University - Türkiye
Publisher: Prof. Dr. Bilal Semih Bozdemir
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 535

Book Description
Introduction to American Law Overview of the U.S. Legal System Branches of Government and Separation of Powers The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights Administrative Law and Federal Agencies Civil Procedure and the Court System Criminal Law and the Criminal Justice Process Contract Law and Business Transactions Tort Law and Personal Injury Property Law and Real Estate Intellectual Property Law Family Law and Domestic Relations Immigration and Citizenship Law Conclusion and Key Takeaways

American Law

Author: Lawrence Meir Friedman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190460598
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 377

Book Description
This book provides an introduction to the American legal system for a broad readership. Its focus is on law in practice, on the role of the law in American society; and how the social context affects the living law of the United States. It covers the institutions of law creation and application, law in American government, American legal culture and the legal profession, American criminal and civil justice, and civil rights. Clearly written, the book has been widely used in both undergraduate and graduate courses as an introduction to the legal system; it will be useful, too, to a general audience interested in understanding how this vital social system works. This new edition follows the same basic structure as applied in the previous editions providing a thorough revision and reworking of the text. This edition reflects upon what has happened in the years since the second edition was published in 1998, and how these events and evolutions have shaped our fundamental comprehension of the workings of the American legal system today.