Description
Book SynopsisFaith, Force, and Reason follows the evolution of the rule of law from its birth in the marshes of Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago to its battle against apartheid in South Africa in the last twenty-five years. It is recounted through the voices of emperors and kings, judges and jurists, and popes and philosophers who have thought about what the rule of law is all about and how it works.
All of law’s most momentous achievements Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, the Magna Carta, and the American Bill of Rights and most celebrated advocates Plato and Aristotle, Cicero, Aquinas, Edward Coke, Hugo Grotius, and John Marshall are featured. So are law’s darkest moments: the trial of Socrates, the burning and beheading of witches and heretics, the persecution of Jews, and the proclamation of Lex Regia which legalized the dictatorial powers of Roman emperors and medieval kings.
Faith, Force, and Reason challenges readers to think
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Ancient History: Warlords, Priests and Philosophers 1. Babylon and Jerusalem 2. Athens and Sparta 3. Rome Medieval History: Jurists and Lawyers 4. Damascus and Baghdad 5. Bologna and Rome (again) 6. London Modern History: Judges 7. Washington 8. The Hague 9. Johannesburg Future History: The People 10. New France 11. New World 12. New Person Index
