The Fall of the Priests and the Rise of the Lawyers - Hardcover

Wood, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1509905545 ISBN 13: 9781509905546

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

This fast-paced, inspiring and original work proposes that, if religions fade, then secular law provides a much more comprehensive moral regime to govern our lives. Backed by potent and haunting images, it argues that the rule of law is the one universal framework that everyone believes in and that the law is now the most important ideology we have for our survival.The author explores the decline of religions and the huge growth of law and makes predictions for the future of law and lawyers. The book maintains that even though societies may decide they can do without religions, they cannot do without law.The book helpfully summarises both the teachings of all the main religions and the central tenets of the law - governing everything from human relationships to money, banks and corporations. It shows that, without these legal constructs, some of them arcane, our societies would grind to a halt. These innovative summaries make complex ideas seem simple and provide the keys to understanding both the law and religion globally. The book will appeal to both lawyers and the general reader.The book concludes with the author's personal code for a modern way of living to promote the survival of humankind into the future.Vividly written by one of the most important lawyers of our generation, this magisterial and exciting work offers a powerful vision of the role of law in centuries to come and its impact on how we stay alive.

About this title

From the Author:

Philip R Wood CBE, QC (Hon) is a distinguished lawyer at a major international law firm, a visiting professor or fellow at Oxford, Cambridge and London universities and the author of 19 books. He is one of the leading international and comparative lawyers in the world.

Review:

a 'must read'..the book deserves enormous market success... (Robert McKay)

.a startlingly original piece of work that deserves to be read far and wide.It will have us thinking and wondering.completely brilliant from start to finish. (Humphrey Keenlyside)

.couldn't put it down. You have gathered together an amazing amount of fascinating information. That is why I must read it all again. (Tony Herbert, former managing partner of A&O)

A most compelling read for all persons, not just lawyers or law students, concerned with the sustainability of our human race and of our planet earth. A true sui generis tour de force by one of the great international and comparative legal minds of our time, who sees law and the rule of law as the linchpin for grounding scientific rules/theories, relevant economic propositions and the spiritual searches ingrained in the great world religions. (Joe Norton Amazon)

My hope is that Philip Woods' book will become mandatory reading in introductory law courses around the world, replacing the jaw-droppingly boring texts which accompany? subjects such as 'Legal Institutions' (Peter Alexiadis Business Law International)

About this edition

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1509905545
• ISBN 13: 9781509905546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288