Wacks Raymond. Law: A Very Short Introduction

2nd Edition. — Oxford University Press, 2015. — 192 p. — (Very Short Introduction). — ISBN 978–0–19–874562–4.Закон: очень краткое введениеLaw is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, imposing duties, and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social, political, and economic activity. Despite this, the law often seems a highly technical, perplexing mystery, with its antiquated and often impenetrable
jargon, obsolete procedures, and endless stream of complex statutes and legislation.In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks introduces the major branches of the law, describing what lawyers do, and how courts operate, and considers the philosophy of law and its pursuit of justice, freedom, and equality. In this second edition, Wacks locates the discipline in our contemporary
world, considering the pressures of globalization and digitalisation and the nature of the law in our culture of threatened security and surveillance.Law’s roots
Law’s branches
Law and morality
Courts
Lawyers
The future of the law