Understanding law and the state

This book has been written as a university study book intended to be used as an aid in understanding the main institutions of law and the state. Its purpose can be found in a thought paraphrased from the Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero: Non enim tam praeclarum est scire leges quam turpe nescire,1 which freely translates as: It is not so much that it is extraordinary to be familiar with the law, but that it is shameful to be ignorant of it. Therefore, basic legal knowledge is expected of every intellectual, and especially of every future natural or social sciences graduate, even if he or she is not a law school graduate.
The book introduces the basic constituent parts of law and the forms of legal order in which these parts are vertically and horizontally incorporated. The terms are sometimes simplified in order to bring law and an understanding of law closer to readers who are not lawyers. The final part of the book deals with the state, its essential elements, and the various types of states, taking into consideration a range of criteria.

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