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The main question that must be answered in any introduction to law deals with the nature of law. In this chapter the nature of law is discussed at the hand of a brief historical sketch of the development of law in Europe.
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Hage, J. (2014). Foundations. In: Hage, J., Akkermans, B. (eds) Introduction to Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06910-4_1
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