Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Rusko Pound, translated by Dr. Salah Dabbagh

When time and fate allowed me to return to the self and free myself from the constraints of employment, the first thing I thought of was returning to philosophical legal research. The meeting was in a book about "The Philosophy of Law," which saw the light more than a decade and a half ago. I turned through the pages of my thoughts and days, and in the lost time, I read, wrote, and reflected on life, law, and the state. It became clear to me that returning to the philosophy of law is inevitable, and that relying on a single book that rejects contemplation of human life through the law of man is insufficient. So, the second meeting was in a book about "The Philosophy of Law," in which I aimed to present everything in the philosophy of law and to carve a path to reach the data and truths of this philosophical whole. A long journey through law and its philosophy called me, nonetheless, to shed more light on new, renewed pages of the being of law and justice, so that law in its dimensions, goals, and foundations becomes accessible to every person—citizen and in front of every person—ruler. For ruling by law and obeying the law are embraced by a legitimate authority that citizens desire and a law crafted by the just. Thus, a third meeting was with an "Introduction" to the philosophy of law, meaning the citizen and the law seeker. If it is right and logical that "The Philosophy of Law" is for specialists and experts in law, it will be and remains more beneficial for every citizen, regardless of their position, when they know the law they establish and the justice of their actions. Law is not a word spoken nor a slogan raised, but a life lived with freedom and justice. In this book—the introduction—we adhered to the scientific method in research and presentation, but we adopted "scientific simplification" in form, content, and approach, so that the doors of the philosophy of law are accessible to everyone: legal and political men, intellectuals and citizens, and students of legal and philosophical knowledge. In a world that wants to forget or ignore the law of justice and the justice of law, and that almost loses its human core and moral values, we wrote this work with a spirit of faith in philosophy and law. For they have long occupied our days; philosophy increased our faith in humans, and law increased our faith in justice. Roskow Pound