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Sources of Law, Legal Change and Ambiguity
Alan Watson
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Description for Sources of Law, Legal Change and Ambiguity
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Why is the law notoriously unclear, arcane, slow to change in the face of changing circumstances? In this sweeping comparative analysis of the lawmaking process from ancient Rome to the present day, Alan Watson argues that the answer has largely to do with the mixed ancestry of modern law, the confusion of sources—custom, legislation, scholarly writing, and judicial precedent—from which it derives.
Why is the law notoriously unclear, arcane, slow to change in the face of changing circumstances? In this sweeping comparative analysis of the lawmaking process from ancient Rome to the present day, Alan Watson argues that the answer has largely to do with the mixed ancestry of modern law, the confusion of sources—custom, legislation, scholarly writing, and judicial precedent—from which it derives.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812216394
SKU
V9780812216394
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99-15
About Alan Watson
Alan Watson is Earnest P. Rogers Professor of Law, University of Georgia. He is the author of many books of legal history, including Rome of the Twelve Tables; Roman Slave Law; and Failures of the Legal Imagination, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Reviews for Sources of Law, Legal Change and Ambiguity
"The scope and profundity of learning displayed in the text is awesome. . . . A first-rate book."
Michael H. Hoefflich, University of Illinois School of Law
"The author has done an astounding job in illustrating, in so few pages, what a hash judges and lawyers have made of their sources over the centuries and across the breadth ... Read more
Michael H. Hoefflich, University of Illinois School of Law
"The author has done an astounding job in illustrating, in so few pages, what a hash judges and lawyers have made of their sources over the centuries and across the breadth ... Read more