This powerful, important and inspiring work, written for thegeneral reader, shows how our laws worldwide now are the largest and mostcomprehensive codes of conduct which we have and are our largest universalphilosophy, essential for the future of humanity.Without these codes, without any laws or courts, societieswould not survive and the survival of the human species itself would be putinto question. But the world is now in crisis.The book is written for non-lawyers in all disciplines, fromeconomists to corporate leaders, politicians to senior journalists andscientists, all over the world, as well as lawyers. It enables the reader forthe first time, in one swoop, to understand the fundamentals of all our lawsacross every country in the world, which fields are working and which are not,and whether our laws can ward off an apocalypse or a catastrophe of our ownmaking.Topics covered include the law relating to constitutions,democracies, rule of law, immigration, taxation, crime, regulation (includingdata protection, AI and banks), family, sex, inheritance, contracts (includingderivatives), torts, litigation, property, markets, money, crypto,corporations, hedge funds, and the bankruptcy of corporations and sovereignstates, as well as conflict of laws, public international law (including trade,the high seas, space and war), the history of law, and many other topics.
