Books on law cover chapters on the theory of law . The subject matter of law books comprises of
- history of law
- philosophy of law
- economic analysis of law
- sociology of law
- legal institutions: judiciary, legislature, executive, military and police, bureaucracy
- legal profession
- civil society
Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of institutions. Law influences our everyday life and society in a number of ways. Law can be classified as:
- Contract law regulates the rights of customers
- Property law defines rights and obligations related to buying, selling, or renting of real property
- Trust law is applicable to assets held for investment, such as pension funds
- Tort law allows claims for compensation when a person or the property is harmed
- Constitutional law protects human rights
- Administrative law allows ordinary citizens to challenge the way governments exercise power
- International law regulates affairs between sovereign nation-states
Books on law give a general idea on all these subdivisions. Text books on law may vary to some extent from one another in their contents but all of them more or less cover the basic chapters on
- public law
- constitutional law
- administrative law
- criminal law
- private law
- civil law
- international law
- property law
- land law
- labor law
- common law
Books on international law study the effect of global economy on international law. The law books also study the interrelationship of the discipline with other allied subjects like:
- law and society
- law and commerce
- law and regulation
- legal systems of the world
- religious law
List of books on law
- The Federal Courts And The Federal System - Henry Melvin Hart
- Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review - by John Ely
- The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Overcoming Law - Richard A. Posner
- The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics - Alexander M. Bickel
- Law's Empire - Ronald Dworkin
- A Nation under Lawyers - Mary Ann Glendon
- The Cost of Accidents: A Legal and Economic Analysis - Guido Calabresi
- Civil Procedure: Examples and Explanations - Joseph W. Glannon
Thus the
list of books on law is endless. All these books give a basic general idea on the vast discipline of law.
