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Law provides a source of scholarly inquiry into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis and sociology. Law also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness, and justice. The history of law offers indispensable insights into the character of our legal systems. The American Bar Association ruefully admits that the legal profession is overcrowded, especially in large cities.

It also forms the basis for the law codes of most countries of continental Europe and has played an important role in the creation of the idea of a common European culture (Stein, Roman Law in European …