Invitation to Law / Edition 1

by A. W. B. Simpson

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780631145387
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/08/1991
Series:	Invitation Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Alfred William Brian Simpson, referred to as Brian Simpson, was a British legal historian and the emeritus Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He was born in Kendal, Cumbria, England. Simpson was educated at Oakham School and The Queen's College, Oxford, where he took a First in Law. He was a fellow and tutor of Lincoln College, Oxford from 1955-1973, before various professorships at the Universities of Kent (1975-1983), Chicago, Michigan, Cambridge and Toronto.

Table of Contents

1. The Pervasiveness of Law 1

2. Legal Ideals and Sordid Realities 28

3. Legal Systems and Legal Traditions 53

4. The Divisions of the Law 83

5. The Sources of Law 111

6. Lawyers 142

7. The Academic Study of the Law 173

8. The Future of the Law 204

9. Where Next? 212

Index 224

Editorial Reviews

"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

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