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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankAnIntroductiontoLawSincethepublicationofitsfirstedition,thistextbookhasbecomethedefinitivestudentintroductiontothesubject.Aswithearliereditions,theseventheditiongivesaclearunderstandingoffundamentallegalconceptsandtheirimportancewithinsociety.Inaddition,th

2、isbookaddressesthewaysinwhichrulesandthestructuresoflawrespondtoandimpactuponchangesineconomicandpoliticallife.ThetitlehasbeenextensivelyupdatedandexploresrecenthighprofiledevelopmentssuchastheCivilPartnershipAct2005andtheRacialandReligiousHatredBill.Thisintroductorytextcoversawideran

3、geoftopicsinaclear,sensiblefashiongivingfullcontexttoeach.Forthisreason,AnIntroductiontoLawisidealforallstudentsoflaw,betheyundergraduatelawstudents,thosestudyinglawaspartofamixeddegree,orstudentsonsocialsciencescourseswhichofferlawoptions.PHILHARRISisProfessorofLegalEducationatSheffiel

4、dHallamUniversity.TheLawinContextSeriesEditors:WilliamTwining(UniversityCollegeLondon)andChristopherMcCrudden(LincolnCollege,Oxford)Since1970theLawinContextserieshasbeenintheforefrontofthemovementtobroadenthestudyoflaw.Ithasbeenavehicleforthepublicationofinnovativescholarlybooksthatt

5、reatlawandlegalphenomenacriticallyintheirsocial,politicalandeconomiccontextsfromavarietyofperspectives.Theseriesparticularlyaimstopublishscholarlylegalwritingthatbringsfreshperspectivestobearonnewandexistingareasoflawtaughtinuniversities.Acontextualapproachinvolvestreatinglegalsubjec

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