Legal Systems Very Different from Ours

by Peter T. Leeson, David Skarbek, David D. Friedman

Book Overview

This book looks at thirteen different legal systems, ranging from Imperial China to modern Amish: how they worked, what problems they faced, how they dealt with them. Some chapters deal with a single legal system, others with topics relevant to several, such as problems with law based on divine revelation or how systems work in which law enforcement is private and decentralized. The book's underlying assumption is that all human societies face the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793386722
• ISBN13: 9781793386724
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"