Law's Meaning of Life: Philosophy, Religion, Darwin and the Legal Person

by Ngaire Naffine

The perennial question posed by the philosophically-inclined lawyer is 'What is law?' or perhaps 'What is the nature of law?' This book poses an associated, but no less fundamental, question about law which has received much less attention in the legal literature. It is: 'Who is law for?'

Whenever people go to law, they are judged for their suitability as legal persons. They are given or refused rights and duties on the basis of ideas about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841138665
• ISBN13: 9781841138664
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"