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What does the presence of law say of the beliefs of individuals in a society–their actual beliefs–about language, themselves, the world around them? In a strikingly original work intended not only for practicing lawyers but for anyone interested in the modern dilemma of the loss of meaning, Joseph Vining invites us to reconsider law as a unique form of thought, inseparably connected to everything in the world that makes up human identity. Oliver Wen… More >>
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This is beautifully written book, composed of short pensées or insights on an astonishing range of topics from language to music to mathematics, all brought into some revealing and suprising connection with the way lawyers think and listen and talk when they are acting in total good faith. Far more interesting than a non-lawyer could ever have imagined. Lyrical, profound, enlightening.
Rating: 5 / 5