Before the Law: Justice, Suffering, and the Human Cry for Due Process in the Book of Job
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Before the Law: Justice, Suffering, and the Human Cry for Due Process in the Book of Job
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$13.99
Regular price $16.99
What if one of the oldest books in the Bible speaks directly to one of the oldest demands of civilization - the demand for fairness?
In Before the Law, attorney and retired judge Kelly Parker offers a fresh reading of the Book of Job through the lens of American jurisprudence. Job asks questions every generation eventually asks:
Drawing on decades of courtroom and other legal experience as a prosecutor, lawyer, military attorney, legislator, and trial judge, Parker explores how Job's ancient protests still echo in today's legal systems.
This book does not claim that Job was foundational in the writing of the American Constitution. It argues something more profound: Job reveals why human beings need constitutional safeguards at all.
Thoughtful, readable, and original, Before the Law is for readers interested in:
In Before the Law, attorney and retired judge Kelly Parker offers a fresh reading of the Book of Job through the lens of American jurisprudence. Job asks questions every generation eventually asks:
- What is the charge?
- May I be heard?
- Where is the proof?
- Who judges fairly?
- Why must power answer to no one?
Drawing on decades of courtroom and other legal experience as a prosecutor, lawyer, military attorney, legislator, and trial judge, Parker explores how Job's ancient protests still echo in today's legal systems.
This book does not claim that Job was foundational in the writing of the American Constitution. It argues something more profound: Job reveals why human beings need constitutional safeguards at all.
Thoughtful, readable, and original, Before the Law is for readers interested in:
- faith and justice
- suffering and meaning
- constitutional principles
- biblical wisdom
- law and morality
- power and accountability