The Rule of Laws - A 4000-year Quest to Order the World

About the author

Fernanda Pirie is professor of the anthropology of law at the University of Oxford. She is the author of The Anthropology of Law and has conducted fieldwork in the mountains of Ladakh and the grasslands of eastern Tibet. She previously spent almost a decade practicing as a barrister.

Summary

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations.

Foreword

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations

Product details

• Authors: Fernanda Pirie
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2021
• EAN: 9781788163026
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-302-6
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 56 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; History of Ideas, HISTORY / World, Legal History