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how the famous drink affects law (and law affects beer)

  • Written by Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Professor specialising in Internet law, Bond University
how the famous drink affects law (and law affects beer)

Law affects beer, and beer affects law. The connection between the two is stronger than you might think, as we have illustrated in the recently published book Beer Law.

So as you pour a nice cold one during the summer holidays, here are a few things to think about.

1. Beer was a trigger for civilisation

It is common knowledge that humans...

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