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In this masterful choreography of legal philosophy, legal history, and comparative law, Alan Watson draws from ancient Roman, English, and French law to assess how lawmakers fail to envision ways to provide society with laws geared toward precise political or social goals.
Price: $44.95
Pages: 174
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Date:
29 April 1988
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780812280890
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
LAW / Comparative, Comparative law, LAW / Legal History
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 Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.