Written by the eminent German historian, Michael Stolleis, these two 'Essays on Legal History' - The Eye of the Law and In the Name of the Law - offer an original and compelling history of the symbolism through which law is characterised as being 'above' us.
Presents the history of the symbolism through which law is characterised as being 'above' us. This title presents the history of this metaphor from antiquity onwards: from the Greek Eye of Justice, the eye of the impartial judge of the Underworld, the Eye of God watching past, present and future, to the almighty Eye of the Law.
