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Legal philosophy, or jurisprudence, explores the notion of law and its role in society. Chapter 5 is a short introduction to the separate and more inclusive concept of data protection, 1 which embraces not only sensitive information, but generally any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual natural person. Wacks reveals the intriguing and challenging nature of legal philosophy with clarity and enthusiasm, providing an enlightening. Referring to key thinkers from the classical world to the modern, he looks at the central questions behind legal theory that have. A very short introduction ebook written by raymond wacks. Puts privacy in its wider social context by including examples of its sociological and psychological impact. What sets this book apart is how it conveys a greater narrative of legal philosophy that both evolves and transforms as the reader is confronted with new approaches of understanding the law. In this very short introduction raymond wacks analyses the nature and purpose of the legal system, and the practice by courts, lawyers, and judges.
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