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Book Synopsis
This is a guide to the pervasiveness and intricacies of law and an invitation for those interested in its mechanics, purposes and functions. It is a thorough guide to a mysterious and complex institution and profession.

Trade Review
"A delightful book - one can open it at almost any page and be drawn in. It is no small compliment to say that it would be an excellent appealing appetiser for uncommited 6th formers and pre-law students.... all three years of undergraduates would get benefit from reading it." V Tunkel, Queen Mary College, London

Table of Contents
1. The Pervasiveness of Law.

2. Legal Ideals and Sordid Realities.

3. Legal Systems and Legal Traditions.

4. The Divisions of the Law.

5. The Sources of Law.

6. Lawyers.

7. The Academic Study of Law.

8. The Future of the Law.

9. Where Next?

Invitation to Law

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    A Paperback / softback by A. W. B. Simpson

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 12/05/1988
      ISBN13: 9780631145387, 978-0631145387
      ISBN10: 0631145389
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a guide to the pervasiveness and intricacies of law and an invitation for those interested in its mechanics, purposes and functions. It is a thorough guide to a mysterious and complex institution and profession.

      Trade Review
      "A delightful book - one can open it at almost any page and be drawn in. It is no small compliment to say that it would be an excellent appealing appetiser for uncommited 6th formers and pre-law students.... all three years of undergraduates would get benefit from reading it." V Tunkel, Queen Mary College, London

      Table of Contents
      1. The Pervasiveness of Law.

      2. Legal Ideals and Sordid Realities.

      3. Legal Systems and Legal Traditions.

      4. The Divisions of the Law.

      5. The Sources of Law.

      6. Lawyers.

      7. The Academic Study of Law.

      8. The Future of the Law.

      9. Where Next?

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