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

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

About the author

Fernanda Pirie is Professor of the Anthropology of Law at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, where she spent the past 10 years working with colleagues in history and anthropology looking at legal systems from throughout human history, comparing and contrasting, and charting their influence on the modern world. Prior to academia she was a practising 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, Fernanda Pirie
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781788163033
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-303-3
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, HISTORY / World, Legal History