Jurisprudence & philosophy of law books

This book presents Ibn Khaldūn's anticipatory sociology of civilisations and power. Half a millennium before the...  Read More >>

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This book bridges a scholarly divide between empirical and normative theorizing about procedural justice in the...  Read More >>

This book argues that law and justice are social norms that arise from a process of social evolution, and are binding...  Read More >>

This book explores the ambit of the notion of persecution in international law and its relevance in the current...  Read More >>

Bringing together world-class scholars who have devoted themselves to the study of legal obligation, this book addresses...  Read More >>

Liberalism and Distributive Justice discusses liberalism, capitalism, distributive justice, and John Rawls's difference...  Read More >>

Through the lens of science, Hans Kelsen proposes a dynamic theory of natural law, examines Platonic and Aristotelian...  Read More >>

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This book radically rethinks the philosophical basis of copyright in the arts. The author reflects on the ontology...  Read More >>

Through the lens of science, Hans Kelsen proposes a dynamic theory of natural law, examines Platonic and Aristotelian...  Read More >>

The book focuses on the symbolic function of constitutions from the point of view of social contexts in which rule...  Read More >>

No social life is possible without order. Order being the most constituent element of society, it is not surprising...  Read More >>

This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic determinants of Covid-19. From the...  Read More >>

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This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic determinants of Covid-19. From the...  Read More >>

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Is it legal to kill, or capture and confine, a person in war? This monograph addresses this heavily contested question...  Read More >>

Wer nach dem Sinn des Rechts fragt, wird auf die Gerechtigkeit verwiesen; wer nach der Gerechtigkeit fragt, wird...  Read More >>

The main outcome of the book consists in explications of several legal notions (including legal events, legal acts...  Read More >>

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Dazu rekonstruiert sie die rechtskritischen Argumente von Karl Marx, Jacques Derrida und Gilles Deleuze und deutet...  Read More >>

This book argues that citizens have a moral right to decide by which criteria they grant migrants citizenship. In...  Read More >>

Explores the history of legal theatricality from antiquity to the eighteenth-century. It recovers a long tradition...  Read More >>

​International Law is usually considered, at least initially, to be a unitary legal order that is not subject to...  Read More >>