Law

Law is the set of enforced rules under which a society is governed. Law is one of the most basic social institutions-and one of the most necessary. No society could exist if all people did just as they pleased without regard for the rights of others. Nor could a society exist if its members did not recognize that they also have certain obligations toward one another. The law thus establishes the rules that define a person's rights and obligations. The law also sets penalties for people who violate these rules, and it states how government shall enforce the rules and penalties. However, the law ...more

New Releases Tagged "Law"

Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
The Proving Ground (The Lincoln Lawyer, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #40)
Her Cold Justice (Keera Duggan, #3)
The Exchange (The Firm, #2)
The Judge's List (The Whistler, #2)
The Devil's Advocate (Eddie Flynn, #6)
Prima Facie
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Keera Duggan, #2)
The Boys from Biloxi
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
The Suspect (Adam Green #2)
The Trial (Adam Green #1)
V13
Presumed Guilty (Kindle County #13; Presumed Innocent #3)
Sparring Partners (Jake Brigance, #4)
Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
Just Mercy
The Rule of Law
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law Series)
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying Law at University
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges
A Civil Action
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
The Law
The Federalist Papers

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J.K. Rowling
Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

John  Adams
It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever. ...more
John Adams, The Portable John Adams

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