Alfred William Brian Simpson, referred to as Brian Simpson, was a British legal historian and the emeritus Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He was born in Kendal, Cumbria, England. Simpson was educated at Oakham School and The Queen's College, Oxford, where he took a First in Law. He was a fellow and tutor of Lincoln College, Oxford from 1955-1973, before various professorships at the Universities of Kent (1975-1983), Chicago, Michigan, Cambridge and Toronto.

"A delightful book - one can open it at almost any page and be drawn in. It is no small compliment to say that it would be an excellent appealing appetiser for uncommited 6th formers and pre-law students.... all three years of undergraduates would get benefit from reading it." V Tunkel, Queen Mary College, London

• 1. The Pervasiveness of Law 1 2. Legal Ideals and Sordid Realities 283. Legal Systems and Legal Traditions 534. The Divisions of the Law 835. The Sources of Law 1116. Lawyers 1427. The Academic Study of the Law 1738. The Future of the Law 2049. Where Next? 212Index 224

Alfred William Brian Simpson, referred to as Brian Simpson, was a British legal historian and the emeritus Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He was born in Kendal, Cumbria, England. Simpson was educated at Oakham School and The Queen's College, Oxford, where he took a First in Law. He was a fellow and tutor of Lincoln College, Oxford from 1955-1973, before various professorships at the Universities of Kent (1975-1983), Chicago, Michigan, Cambridge and Toronto.

"A delightful book - one can open it at almost any page and be drawn in. It is no small compliment to say that it would be an excellent appealing appetiser for uncommited 6th formers and pre-law students.... all three years of undergraduates would get benefit from reading it." V Tunkel, Queen Mary College, London

• 1. The Pervasiveness of Law 1 2. Legal Ideals and Sordid Realities 283. Legal Systems and Legal Traditions 534. The Divisions of the Law 835. The Sources of Law 1116. Lawyers 1427. The Academic Study of the Law 1738. The Future of the Law 2049. Where Next? 212Index 224