Law and Society: An Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0135266165
- ISBN-13
- 9780135266168
- Series
- Law and Society
- Category
- Law / General
- Pages
- 177
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Author
- Lawrence Meir Friedman
Description
Surveys the functions and practice of law, its origins, history, and twentieth-century developments and characteristics, and theories and research bearing on legal systems
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