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Under what conditions are laws and rules effective? Lawrence M. Friedman gathers findings from many disciplines into one overarching analysis and lays the groun
Hamburger traces the early history of what is today called “judicial review.” The book sheds new light on a host of misunderstood problems, including intent
This classic work in the anthropology of law offers ambitiously conceived analyses of the fundamental rights and duties treated as law among nonliterate peoples