Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

Does the morality of abortion depend on the moral status of the human fetus? Must the law of abortion presume an answer to the question of when per...

Federalism is a very familiar form of government. It characterises the first modern constitution-that of the United States-and has been deployed by...

Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint provides a novel justificatory foundation for the principle of freedom of expression. As the book argues, s...

What is the criminal law for? One influential answer is that the criminal law vindicates pre-political rights and condemns wrongdoing. On this acco...

This book examines the development and fundamental nature of legal pluralism. Legal pluralism evokes two distinctions: state vs non-state law; and ...

Is it legal to kill, or capture and confine, someone in war? Is this relevant or wise to ask in the reality of war? What does 'legal' actually mean...

Legal pluralism involves the coexistence of multiple forms of law. This involves state law, international law, transnational law, customary law, re...

In recent years, liberal constitutionalism has come under sharp attack. Globalization has caused huge disparities in wealth, identity-based alienat...

What are the aims of legal philosophy? Which questions should it seek to address? How should legal philosophers approach and engage with their subj...

Rights of nature are on the rise worldwide, having already been recognized in several states, especially in Latin America and Asia. For the first t...

Law can be seen as a motley of different languages deployed in the legal domain. The authors of the chapters share interest in what determines the ...

This book discusses the emergence of a new concept of law at the global level in the field of sustainable development. It examines the four-decade-...

This book argues that omitting the component of narrative creates an irresolvable antinomy concerning the identity of the subject: between the subj...

The volume is a result of a much-needed effort to rethink traditional legal concepts in a gender-sensitive and gender competent manner. The book de...

This open access book provides detailed information on informal credit markets in Africa and how various legal systems affect these markets. Laws t...

Disagreement is one of the deepest and most pervasive topics in philosophy; arguably its very bedrock, and is an ever-increasing feature of politic...

Cooperative relations steeped in honesty and good faith are a necessity for any viable society. This is especially relevant to the police instituti...

Winner of the 2022 Commendation for Excellence by the International Association for Legal and Social Philosophy (IVR). What is the value of fictio...

Plato is one of the most widely read and studied philosophers of all time. A pivotal figure in the history of philosophy, his work is foundational ...

Edmund Husserls ideas, informed by Kants Critiques, constituted a point of departure when rereading philosophical problems of subject and subjectiv...

By combining legal and genealogical methodologies, this book describes the origin, decline, resurgence and metamorphosis of patriarchy in the West....