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

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

Name: The Rule of Laws: A 4000-year Quest to Order the World
Brand: Profile Books
SKU: 9781788163026
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Author: Pirie Fernanda
ISBN: 9781788163026

By Pirie Fernanda

Profile Books November 2021

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ISBN-13: 9781788163026
Publisher: Profile Books
Publication: November 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Fascinating, insightful and gripping, 'The Rule of Laws' provides a comprehensive exploration of the history underpinning our modern legal systems. A triumph. -- The Secret Barrister

The laws now enforced throughout the world are almost all modelled on systems developed in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. During two hundred years of colonial rule, Europeans exported their laws everywhere they could. But they weren't filling a void: in many places, they displaced traditions that were already ancient when Vasco Da Gama first arrived in India. Even the Romans were inspired by earlier precedents. Where, then, did it all begin? And what has law been and done over the course of human history?

In The Rule of Laws, pioneering anthropologist Fernanda Pirie traces the development of the world's great legal systems - Chinese, Indian, Roman, and Islamic - and the innumerable smaller traditions they inspired. At the heart of the story is a paradox: how did the pronouncements of the powerful became a vital weapon in ordinary people's fight for justice?

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