Download or read book The Eye of the Law written by Michael Stolleis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the eminent German historian, Michael Stolleis, these two ‘Essays on Legal History’ - The Eye of the Law and In the Name of the Law - offer an original and compelling history of the symbolism through which law is characterised as being 'above' us.