The Word and the Law
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226036278
ISBN-13
9780226036274
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 1995
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
312 grams
Dimensions
2.30 x 1.50 x 0.10 cms
Ksh 4,800.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
0 in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Secure
Quality
Fast
This study includes portraits of seven contemporary legal practitioners who have devoted their lives to an unconventional vision of the law. In their work, the law exemplifies fundamental human values, manifestations of what the author calls the "Word," the presence of God in life.
The author takes an experimental journey into the inner life of law and the careers of men and women who use it to help disadvantaged people and to strengthen the fabric of the communities in which they live. At the centre of this work are portraits of seven contemporary legal practitioners - lawyers, judges, and advocates - who have devoted their lives to an unconventional vision of the law. In their work, in areas from New York City housing court to the Warm Springs reservation in Oregon, the law exemplifies fundamental human values, manifestations of what Ball calls the "Word," the presence of God in life. To develop this concept of the "Word", Ball explores its workings in familiar literary and biblical texts, primarily William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury", Toni Morrison's "Beloved", the Book of Isaiah and the Gospel of Mark.
Get The Word and the Law by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by The University of Chicago Press and it has pages.
