The fall of the priests and the rise of the lawyers / Philip R Wood.
2016
K240 .W66 2016 (Mapit)
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The fall of the priests and the rise of the lawyers / Philip R Wood.
Imprint
Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016.
Description
272 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
The questions
The purpose of morality and law
The past and the future
What is religion?
What is the rule of law?
The families of religion : western religions
The families of religion : eastern religions
The families of law
A brief tour of secular law
Money, banks and corporations
Secularisation and religious decline
Reasons for the decline of religiosity
Secularisation of government
The rise of the lawyers
Who rules the world : lawyers or economists?
What is wrong with the law?
Scientific progress and the law
A way of living
A billion years from now.
The purpose of morality and law
The past and the future
What is religion?
What is the rule of law?
The families of religion : western religions
The families of religion : eastern religions
The families of law
A brief tour of secular law
Money, banks and corporations
Secularisation and religious decline
Reasons for the decline of religiosity
Secularisation of government
The rise of the lawyers
Who rules the world : lawyers or economists?
What is wrong with the law?
Scientific progress and the law
A way of living
A billion years from now.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Online version: Wood, Philip (Philip R.), 1942- author. Fall of the priests and the rise of the lawyers. Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing Ltd, 2016
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K240 .W66 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781509905546 (hardback)
1509905545 (hardback)
9781509905560 (e-book)
1509905545 (hardback)
9781509905560 (e-book)
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