The fall of the priests and the rise of the lawyers

Wood, Philip (Philip R.), 1942- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781509905546 (hardback)
Physical Description: 272 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Oxford ; Hart Publishing, 2016.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The questions -- The purpose of morality and law -- The past and the future -- What is religion? -- What is the rule of law? -- The families of religion : western religions -- The families of religion : eastern religions -- The families of law -- A brief tour of secular law -- Money, banks and corporations -- Secularisation and religious decline -- Reasons for the decline of religiosity -- Secularisation of government -- The rise of the lawyers -- Who rules the world : lawyers or economists? -- What is wrong with the law? -- Scientific progress and the law -- A way of living -- A billion years from now.