The Fall of the Priests and the Rise of the Lawyers
This fast-paced, inspiring and original work proposes that, if religions fade, then secular law provides a much more comprehensive moral regime to govern our lives. Backed by potent and haunting images, it argues that the rule of law is the one universal framework that everyone believes in and that the law is now the most important ideology we have for our survival.The author explores the decline of religions and the huge growth of law and makes predictions for the future of law and lawyers. The book maintains that even though societies may decide they can do without religions, they cannot do without law.The book helpfully summarises both the…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5099-0556-0
- EAN: 9781509905560
- Produktnummer: 20162857
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'859 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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Philip Wood CBE, QC (Hon) is head of the global law intelligence unit, a think-tank, at the major international law firm, Allen & Overy, a distinguished practitioner, a visiting professor or fellow at Oxford, Cambridge and London Universities and the author of 19 books. He is one of the leading international and comparative lawyers in the world. He has practised the law for fifty years.
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