Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity

Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity

Author: Alan Watson
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Published date: 2016
ISBN: 9780812216394

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Why is the law notoriously unclear, arcane, slow to change in the face of changing circumstances? In this sweeping comparative analysis of the lawmaking process from ancient Rome to the present day, Alan Watson argues that the answer has largely to do with the mixed ancestry of modern law, the confusion of sources—custom, legislation, scholarly writing, and judicial precedent—from which it derives.

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