Böcker av Geoffrey Samuel

Presents stimulating new perspectives on Hindu and Buddhist religion, particularly their tantric versions, in India, Tibet or in modern Western societies. Samuel adopts an historically and textually informed anthropological approach, seeking to understand religion in its social and cultural context. Samuel from Uni of Newcastle, NSW.

This work seeks to answer the question: "What does thinking like a lawyer actually involve"? The focus is mainly on English common law, but the text aims to contribute to comparative law, in as much as it is concerned with the "law" question.

Examines the notion of a law of obligations as a conceptual category in itself. This book presents the foundational material in a context that draws on some comparative and theoretical ideas while emphasising the special characteristics of the common law. It provides an introduction to the legal research skills of reasoning and method.