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Explore the fundamental tension between law's promise and its practical constraints in this insightful collection by Yale law professor Peter H. Schuck. Drawing on law, social science, and history, Limits Of Law examines how legal systems navigate the complex challenge of maintaining ordered liberty whilst confronting the growing obstacles to effectiveness in modern governance. Schuck, the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor at Yale Law School and author of numerous influential works on citizenship and policy, brings scholarly rigour and real-world perspective to one of society's most pressing questions: what can law realistically achieve? This essay collection is essential reading for students, academics, legal professionals, and anyone seeking to understand the role and constraints of law in democratic societies.

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Written by Peter H. Schuck, Simeon E. Baldwin Professor at Yale Law School, bringing decades of legal scholarship to the analysis.

Combines law, social science, and historical perspectives to examine the practical limits of legal systems in democratic governance.

Explores the fundamental conflict between law's promise of ordered liberty and the realistic obstacles to achieving it.

Published by Routledge, a leading academic press specialising in law and social sciences publications.

Addresses contemporary concerns about law's growing role in society and its effectiveness in modern governance.

Ideal for law students, academics, legal professionals, and policy makers seeking critical analysis of legal systems.

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27 August 2019
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