The Rule of Laws: A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World by Fernanda Pirie

The Rule of Laws: A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World

Fernanda Pirie

576 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In The Rule of Laws, Oxford scholar Fernanda Pirie traces the rise and fall of the sophisticated legal systems underpinning ancient empires and religious traditions, while also showing how common people--tribal assemblies, merchants, farmers--call...

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