Title Statements
- Full title :The common law constitution / Sir John Laws.
Summary
"The law is not a science, for its purpose is not to find out natural facts. It is an art as architecture is an art: its function is practical, but it is enhanced by such qualities as elegance, economy and clarity. The law has two practical purposes: first, to require, forbid or penalise forms of conduct between citizen and citizen, and citizen and State; secondly, to provide formal rules for classes of human activity whose fulfillment would otherwise be confused, uncertain or ineffective. Laws in the former category include every provision for a remedy"--
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- Publication Date:©2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 90 pages ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781107077720, 1107077729, 9781107434653, 1107434653
- oclc:ocn875884502
- LC Classification:KD671
- Dewey Decimal:342.42
Table of Contents
Lecture I. The common law and state power -- Lecture II. The common law and extremism -- Lecture III. The common law and Europe.
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