Why is the law notoriously unclear, arcane, slow to change in the face of changing circumstances? In this sweeping comparative analysis of the lawmaking process from ancient Rome to the present day, Alan Watson argues that the answer has largely to do with the mixed ancestry of modern law, the confusion of sourcescustom, legislation, scholarly writing, and judicial precedentfrom which it derives.
| ISBN: | 9781512821567 |
| Publication date: | 9th December 2016 |
| Author: | Watson, Alan |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. |
| Format: | Ebook (PDF) |