Excerpt from Law and Politics in the Middle Ages: With a Synoptic Table of Sources Is inclined to regard these inconsistencies as belonging more to the theory than to the facts. Nor is he, in truth, very far wrong. When all deductions have been made for uncertainties of interpretation, and authorities of doubtful validity, it is yet possible to say with tolerable certainty what is law and what is not, in the England or the France of to-day. The contents of legal systems may be complex and voluminous, but the idea of Law is comparatively simple. Despite all criticism, Austin's main position is unassailable, regarded as a summary of existing facts. What. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.