Jurisprudence & philosophy of law books

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From the ancient beginnings of Western legal tradition, law has been conceived as traversed by a fundamental tension...  Read More >>

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A collection to investigate together the law, political science and philosophical perspectives on the right and...  Read More >>

Utilizing a comparative examination of case-law from England, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland,...  Read More >>

This edited volume covers new ground by bringing together perspectives from symbolic legislation theory on the one...  Read More >>

It comprehensively analyzes the practice of human rights courts in applying legal instruments outside their competence...  Read More >>

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Alan Norrie addresses the unresolved split between legal and ethical judgment. This split is seen as a product of...  Read More >>

This book is about power and freedoms in our technological world and has two main objectives. The first is to demonstrate...  Read More >>

This book argues that critics of consequentialism have not been able to make a successful and comprehensive case...  Read More >>

This book examines the success of Frederick Schauer’s efforts to reclaim force as a core element of a general concept...  Read More >>

Das ausdrückliche Auslassen der Menschenwürde als Teil der EMRK macht es notwendig, sich ihrer Definition laut EGMR...  Read More >>

Abschreckungseffekte finden sich seit dem Lüth-Urteil immer häufiger in der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts....  Read More >>

Privatrecht ist ein Werkzeug des Gesetzgebers zur Regulierung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Ausgehend von dieser...  Read More >>

This volume explores the reasons for Hans Kelsen’slack of influence in the United States and proposes ways in which...  Read More >>

Rechtskultur ist ein zentraler Begriff in Recht und Gesellschaft. Was aber ist Rechtskultur? Wie entsteht Rechtskultur?...  Read More >>

The book focuses on the special features of human society: humans as subjects, non-repetitiveness and irreversibility...  Read More >>

The essays cohere around 4 general themes: objectives for studying argumentation rhetorically, approaches to rhetorical...  Read More >>

China has a legal history dating back more than three thousand years. This book assesses the different aspects of...  Read More >>

In this book the practical dimension of social justice is explained using the analysis and discussion of a variety...  Read More >>

This book explores both the possibilities and limits of arguments from human nature in the context of human rights....  Read More >>