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law  

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  • Law is a cultural achievement of humankind. It is subject to an evolutionary process in which a sense of right and wrong is developed, and the legal system as the end of this evolution is connected and continuously adapted to the conditions of human existence within a complex framework of social interaction. [Source: Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture; Law]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-ML3P3S90-B

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