If Fernanda Pirie's far-ranging global history of the development of law, "The Rule of Laws: A 4,000 Year Quest to Order the World," teaches one overarching lesson, it is society's rulers (if not its ...
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith talks with author and small-firm guru RJon Robbins about the history of law as a business, whether that has become more of a focus lately and whether, ...
The rule of law, democracy and human rights: these are the achievements of the modern nation state, or so we generally believe. Previous generations laid the ground with the Magna Carta, the U.S.