National Book Prize Finalist: ‘A discovered, thoughtful, witty legal history for the layman’ (The New Yorker).

What carry out the thoughts of a ravenous tiger want to do with the evolution of America’s legal program? Just how do the works of Jane Austen and Ludwig van Beethoven relate to corporal consequence? In REGULATIONS of the Land, Charles Rembar examines these and several various other topics, illustrating the amazingly entertaining history folks law.

Most widely known for his passionate efforts to protect books, including Lady Chatterley’s Lover, from censorship laws and regulations, Rembar provides an exciting go through the democratic judicial program that will appeal to lawyers and laymen alike. Through the dark days of medieval Britain, when legal disputes had been resolved by duel, through latest paradigm shifts in the interpretation and software of the legal code, The Law of the Land is definitely a compelling and informative background of the guidelines and rules we frequently take for granted.