{"product_id":"ancient-law-and-modern-understanding-at-the-edges-9780820341156","title":"Ancient Law and Modern Understanding  At the Edges","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatson proposes that ancient law is relevant and important for understanding history, theology, sociology, and literature. From the days of Homeric Greece to present-day Armenia, Watson examines law's multilateral influence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe insights that Watson has into the workings of law and the legal mind are often brilliant, occasionally controversial, but never boring. It's a splendid book.\u003c\/p\u003e|\u003cp\u003eIt is sometimes said that 'law is too important to be left to the lawyers.' That should not become an excuse for not mastering the law, although this book shows it has sometimes been used that way. Moreover, it shows how often legal rules have simply been borrowed, without giving any thought to their economic or social consequences. This fact makes it doubly necessary for scholars in other fields to know something about law and comparative legal history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LUP - University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768186732887,"sku":"9780820341156","price":26.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780820341156.jpg?v=1758716762","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ancient-law-and-modern-understanding-at-the-edges-9780820341156","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}