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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Prefazione

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: FERNANDA PIRIE, Fernanda Pirie
• Editore: Profile Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.08.2022
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781788163033
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-303-3
• Numero di pagine: 576
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.8 x 19.8 x 3.8 cm
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