Law's evolution and human understanding /
Why do people consult the law? Why do we consult lawyers? This book articulates a fresh conception of law that builds on Oliver Wendell Holmes' celebrated insights concerning law's predictive potential. It considers important implications of this new understanding for how we individually m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Why do people consult the law? Why do we consult lawyers? This book articulates a fresh conception of law that builds on Oliver Wendell Holmes' celebrated insights concerning law's predictive potential. It considers important implications of this new understanding for how we individually make moral choices, how we read law, and some of the many other ways that law affects our lives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199950478 0199950474 |