Download or read book The Philosophy of Customary Law written by James Bernard Murphy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to bring greater theoretical clarity to the often murky topic of custom by showing that custom must be analysed into two more logically basic concepts: convention and habit. Customs are conventional habits and habitual conventions. Once we have a clearer understanding of custom we can better grasp the many roles that custom plays in a legal system.