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

Counsel, the Courtroom Is Open: Lessons from More Than a Half-Century in Law and Life
The Proving Ground (The Lincoln Lawyer, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #41)
The Exchange (The Firm, #2)
The Judge's List (The Whistler, #2)
The Devil's Advocate (Eddie Flynn, #6)
American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
The Boys from Biloxi
Prima Facie
Her Cold Justice (Keera Duggan, #3)
The Trial (Adam Green #1)
V13
The Suspect (Adam Green #2)
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Keera Duggan, #2)
Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America
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
The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law Series)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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
A Civil Action
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
The Law
The Federalist Papers

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William Gaddis
Justice? -You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.
William Gaddis, A Frolic of His Own

Marcus Tullius Cicero
In times of war, the law falls silent. Silent enim leges inter arma
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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