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Rulers throughout history have used laws to impose order.āÆBut laws were not simplyāÆinstrumentsāÆof power and social control. They also offered ordinaryĀ peopleĀ a wayĀ toĀ expressĀ theirĀ diverseāÆvisions for a better world.āÆĀ
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InāÆTheĀ Rule of Laws,Ā Oxford scholar Fernanda PirieāÆtracesāÆthe rise and fall ofĀ theĀ sophisticated legal systemsĀ underpinningĀ ancient empiresĀ and religious traditions,Ā whileĀ alsoĀ showingāÆhowĀ commonĀ peopleātribalĀ assemblies,Ā merchants, farmersācalled on laws toĀ define their communities,Ā regulate trade, andĀ build civilizations.Ā Although legal principles originating in Western Europe now seem to dominate the globe,Ā the variety of the worldās laws has long been almost as great as the variety of its societies. What truly unitesĀ human beings, Pirie argues,Ā isāÆour very faith that laws canĀ produce justice,Ā combatĀ oppression,Ā andĀ createĀ order from chaos.āÆĀ
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