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Critical Introduction To Law

The third edition provides contemporary examples to sustain the arguments in their relevance to the twenty-first century. This book challenges the usual introductions to the study of law. It argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral.

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  • "The third edition provides contemporary examples to sustain the arguments in their relevance to the twenty-first century. This book challenges the usual introductions to the study of law. It argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral."@en
  • "The aim of this text is to attempt to understand the role of law in the wider world rather than simply in its own terms. Law is considered as ideology and as politics, and a political critique of law's role in facilitating a capitalist world is presented."@en
  • "Challenging the usual introductions to the study of law, A Critical Introduction to Law argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral. This fully revised and updated fourth edition provides contemporary examples to demonstrate the relevance of these arguments in the twenty-first century. The book includes an analysis of the common sense of law; the use of anthropological examples to gain external perspectives of our use and understanding of law; a consideration of central legal concepts, such as order, rules, property, dis."@en
  • "This book challenges the usual introductions to the study of law. It argues that law is inherently political and reflects the interests of the few even while presenting itself as neutral. It considers law as ideology and as politics, and critically assesses its contribution to the creation and maintenance of a globalised and capitalist world. The clarity of the arguments is admirably suited to provoking discussions of the role of law in our contemporary world. The third edition provides contemporary examples to sustain the arguments in their relevance to the 21st century. The book includes an a."@en
  • "Looks at the role of law in the wider world rather than simply in its own terms."@en

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  • "Electronic resource"@en
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  • "Einführung"
  • "Ressources Internet"

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  • "Critical Introduction To Law"@en
  • "A critical introduction tolLaw"@en
  • "Critical introduction to law"
  • "Critical introduction to law"@en
  • "A Critical Introduction to Law"
  • "A critical introduction to law"
  • "A critical introduction to law"@en
  • "A critical introduction to law : Wade Mansell, Belinda Meteyard, Alan Thomson"
  • "A Critical Introduction To Law"@en
  • "A Critical introduction to law : Wade Mansell, Belinda Meteyard, Alan Thomson"

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