Saber
Five cave explorers were trapped in a cave, and there was no water and no food. In order to survive, everyone agreed to draw lots to eat one person and sacrifice one to save the other four. Witmore was the proponent of this scheme, but he withdrew his opinion before the draw, but the other four insisted on it, and the result happened to be that Witmore was drawn. After being rescued, the four men were charged with murder ... This was an imaginary case put forward by American jurist Fuller in 1949, and Fuller further fabricated the judgments of five justices on this case. This case later became a required text for students of western law schools. In 1998, the jurist Saber continued Fuller's game, assuming that the case would be overturned fifty years later, and nine other justices wrote their own judgments on this case ... This book contains fourteen views of Fuller and Saber, so as to vividly reflect the legal philosophy of various schools in the 2th century.
classic legal books that must be read II. On Crime and Punishment
beccaria
This book, written by beccaria, the founder of the Italian criminal classical school, is short in length but has far-reaching influence. It was first published in 1764, and it is the first book in human history to systematically expound the principle of criminal punishment. The book is full of great humanitarianism, angrily denouncing extorting confessions by torture and the death penalty, advocating the reform of criminal law and introducing modern sentencing principles that are compatible with crime and punishment. This book has brought great reputation to the author immediately after its publication, and it has been translated into many languages, which has a great influence on the criminal law reform in Russia, Prussia and Austria. This book is regarded as one of the most important classics in the field of criminal law.
classic legal books that must be read III. Don't cry in a foreign land
Don't cry in a foreign land: a lawyer's notes on his growth. In September 22, the laid-off and unemployed author got the Legal Professional Qualification Certificate from the Judicial Bureau, and entered the State-run law firm directly under the Judicial Bureau for an internship and started his lawyer career. In 23, the author came to Shenzhen from his hometown with confidence, hoping that this young city would have a place for the author and realize his dream of being a lawyer. However, here the author runs into a wall everywhere, and his heart is very lost. The sudden outbreak of SARS made the author even more disheartened. One month after coming to Shenzhen, the author decided to leave this sad city and return to his hometown. The author records these growth processes, hoping to give some inspiration to young friends who are far away from their homeland and pursue their dreams, especially those who have just embarked on the road of law.
classic law books that must be read iv. Looking for the imprint of law
What is the law in Yu Dingyu
? This is the question that the author of this book has been asking. Following the imprint of the law, he began a great spiritual journey: through a preconceived idea of the food banana discovered by the Pygmies in the Nile, he confirmed the most primitive footprint of human law-the footprint of "rights"; Through Athena's trial based on human nature in ancient Greek mythology, the natural theological feelings and religious feelings of ancient Greeks were declared. Through the goddess of justice holding the balance sword and blindfolded her eyes, the ancient Romans' expectation of "maturity and stability" and "fairness and justice" was declared.
classic legal books that must be read 15. Thinking of Civil Law
Wang Zejian
This book aims to construct a theoretical system based on the right of claim, so as to provide thinking and argumentation methods for civil law practice, so as to enhance the rationality and objectivity of law application. This book attaches importance to the application of methodology. The examples set are mainly aimed at important basic issues in the field of civil law, and more examples are quoted from the theory of precedent and German law, which will help readers understand the interpretation and application of relevant laws and be helpful to the study of civil law. This book should also be helpful to the comparative study of civil law in mainland China and Taiwan Province.
classic legal books that must be read VI. Jurisprudence, legal philosophy and legal method
Bodenheimer
Jurisprudence: legal philosophy and legal method is a book written by Bodenheimer. This book concentrates the historical data about the development of jurisprudence scattered in the book Jurisprudence in 194 in the first part. The discussion on the substantive issues of general legal theory in the second and third parts of this book is based on some philosophical assumptions and methodological assumptions contained in my approach to the study of jurisprudence.
classic legal books that must be read VII. Notes on Politics and Law
Feng Xiang
This book is a collection of articles on the column "Notes on Politics and Law" written by the author in Reading magazine (a few are published in other newspapers). The purpose of the author's column is to write a book for ordinary readers in China, and to talk about some legal problems in the transition between the old and new political and legal systems. Therefore, in this book, the topics that readers are not interested in are not involved. The author pays attention to some legal issues related to his real life that ordinary readers are interested in, such as reputation right, portrait right, copyright, why it is difficult to fight a lawsuit, etc. Combining with relevant cases, the author gives readers a vivid lesson in popularizing the law.