TY - BOOK ID - 77872001 TI - Law PY - 2008 SN - 1281341509 9786611341503 019152686X 9780191526862 9781281341501 9780191776977 0191776971 0199214964 9780199214969 6611341501 PB - Oxford New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Comparative law. KW - Jurisprudence. KW - Law. KW - Law KW - Philosophy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77872001 AB - Law touches every aspect of our daily lives, and yet the main concepts, terms, and processes of the legal system remain obscure to many. This Very Short Introduction provides a clear, jargon-free account of modern legal systems, explaining how the law works both in the Western tradition and around the world. - ;Law underlies our society - it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some ER -