法的规则：4000年世界秩序的探索（牛津大学法律人类学教授费尔南达·皮里） The Rule of Laws : A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books (September 3, 2024)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 592 pages

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1541606050

Item weight ‏ : ‎ 499 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 3.81 x 20.83 cm

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

从古代美索不达米亚到今天，《华尔街日报》讲述了人类如何利用法律打造文明的“异常丰富的故事”

历史上的统治者都利用法律来建立秩序。但法律不仅仅是权力和社会控制的工具。它们还为普通人提供了一种表达他们对更美好世界的不同愿景的方式。

在《法的规则》一书中，牛津学者费尔南达·皮里追溯了古代帝国和传统所依赖的复杂法律体系的兴衰。但她也展示了普通民众——部落议会、商人、农民——如何呼吁法律来定义他们的社区、规范贸易和建设文明。尽管源自西欧的法律原则现在似乎主导着全球，但世界法律的多样性长期以来几乎与社会的多样性一样多。皮里认为，真正将人类团结在一起的是我们对法律能够创造正义、打击压迫和从混乱中创造秩序的信念。

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, an “exceptionally rich narrative” (Wall Street Journal) of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations

Rulers throughout history have used laws to impose order. But laws were not simply instruments of power and social control. They also offered ordinary people a way to express their diverse visions for a better world.  

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. But she also shows how common people—tribal assemblies, merchants, farmers—called on laws to define their communities, regulate trade, and build civilizations. Although legal principles originating in Western Europe now seem to dominate the globe, the variety of the world’s laws has long been almost as great as the variety of its societies. What truly unites human beings, Pirie argues, is our very faith that laws can produce justice, combat oppression, and create order from chaos.

作者简介

费尔南达·皮里尔 (Fernanda Pirie) 是牛津大学法学人类学教授。她是《法学人类学》一书的作者，曾在山区和西藏东部草原进行过实地考察。此前，她在伦敦律师协会担任律师近十年。她现居英国牛津。

Fernanda Pirie is professor of the anthropology of law at the University of Oxford. She is the author of The Anthropology of Law and has conducted fieldwork in the mountains of Ladakh and the grasslands. She previously spent almost a decade practicing as a barrister at the London bar. She lives in Oxford, UK.