The Common Law Constitution (The Hamlyn Lectures)

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 fulfilment would otherwise be confused, uncertain or ineffective. Laws in the former category include every provision for a remedy--

• • Author: John Laws
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Jul 17, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 108 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1107077729
• • ISBN-13: 9781107077720