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    Law: A Very Short Introduction by Wacks, Raymond;

    Series: Very Short Introductions;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 2
    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 24 September 2015

    • ISBN 9780198745624
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages192 pages
    • Size 174x114x9 mm
    • Weight 148 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 15 black and white halftones
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    Long description:

    Law is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, imposing duties, and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social, political, and economic activity. Despite this, the law often seems a highly technical, perplexing mystery, with its antiquated and often impenetrable jargon, obsolete procedures, and endless stream of complex statutes and legislation.

    In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks introduces the major branches of the law, describing what lawyers do, and how courts operate, and considers the philosophy of law and its pursuit of justice, freedom, and equality. In this second edition, Wacks locates the discipline in our contemporary world, considering the pressures of globalization and digitalisation and the nature of the law in our culture of threatened security and surveillance.

    ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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    Table of Contents:

    Law's roots
    Law's branches
    Law and morality
    Courts
    Lawyers
    The future of law
    Further reading
    Index

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