The Essential Nature of Law: Or, the Ethical Basis of Jurisprudence Book

Valuable quotes:
“Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.”

“Man's mind, once stretched by an idea, never regains its original shape.”

“The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experiencing.”

This book is an analysis of the law and the building of what may be called a civilized society. Laws have to be subject to precision to have ambiguous laws leads to trouble and chaos. Oliver traces the history of criminal law, fraud, liability, the common good, property, etc... Old English can be difficult to read, but it is worth the read. Anyone who is interested in law this would be one book I would recommend to become familiar with. If you are not inserted in reading all of it, you can read the chapter on criminal and the chapter on property both chapters, in my opinion, are the best!