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Law Practice

Apr. 22, 2017

An interesting year for law

2017 is an interesting year, historically, in the evolution of law. By Thomas M. Hall

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By Thomas M. Hall

The year 2017 is interesting, historically, in the evolution of law. Five hundred years ago this year, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg cathedral, starting the protestant reformation, with subsequent centuries of court battles, wars and terror spawned by efforts of competing religious groups to see their beliefs codified into laws that bound everyone, not only co-believers.

Sixty years ago, ...

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