The fall of the priests and the rise of the lawyers / Philip Wood.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2017Description: 288 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781509920037 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Law -- Philosophy | Religion and law | Rule of law | Law -- History | Law | LawDDC classification: 340.1 Summary: This fast-paced, inspiring and original work proposes that, if religions fade, then secular law provides a much more comprehensive moral regime to govern our lives. Backed by potent and haunting images, it argues that the rule of law is the one universal framework that everyone believes in and that the law is now the most important ideology we have for our survival. The author explores the decline of religions and the huge growth of law and makes predictions for the future of law and lawyers.
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Originally published: 2016.
This fast-paced, inspiring and original work proposes that, if religions fade, then secular law provides a much more comprehensive moral regime to govern our lives. Backed by potent and haunting images, it argues that the rule of law is the one universal framework that everyone believes in and that the law is now the most important ideology we have for our survival. The author explores the decline of religions and the huge growth of law and makes predictions for the future of law and lawyers.
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