Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

Immanuel Kants Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Rechtslehre, 1797 als erster Teil der Metaphysik der Sitten erschienen, stellen einen Beitrag zur n...

Dieses Buch erzählt eine einzigartige Geschichte. Es ist die Geschichte einer jüdischen Gemeinschaft, die im 20. Jahrhundert eine der kleinsten unt...

Nachdem dieser John von Rechtes wegen seine Strafe abgebüßt hatte, wurde er, wie gebräuchlich, der lieben Mitwelt zur Hetzjagd überlassen. Und sie ...

Aggregates and assesses Deleuze's claims about law, decision, judgement and related themes for the first time Develops a complete and self-sustain...

Adam Smith war nicht nur einer der Begründer der Nationalökonomie, sondern auch Moralphilosoph, der in Vorlesungsmitschriften erhaltene Lectures on...

For some legal philosophers, if a law is procedurally correct, enacted in ways constitutionally recognised and agreed upon, then the content is of ...

Über die Zerbrechlichkeit des rechtsstaatlichen Strafrechts ist der Titel eines ersten, 2000 erschienenen Bandes mit Beiträgen zur Juristischen Zei...

Der Autor befasst sich in seiner Arbeit mit der Entwicklung des deutschen Weinstrafrechts seit 1871. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Untersuchung der...

This book examines how science fiction informs the legal imagination of technological futures.Science fiction, the contributors to this book argue,...

Winner of the Scribes Book AwardAs brilliantly imaginative as it is urgently timely.Richard H. Fallon, Jr., Harvard Law SchoolAt no time more than ...

The Washington Principles of 1998 call for just and fair solutions in handling Nazi-looted art. At that same time, Austria was the only European st...

Targeted killing of terrorists has become an established practice in the fight against terrorism. The disturbing consequences of the practice and i...

Viele Jahrhunderte lang prägten der Sachsenspiegel und das Magdeburger Recht die Rechtskulturen Mittel- und Osteuropas. Erstmals wird in diesem Buc...

This textbook presents a range of classical philosophical approaches in order to show that they are unsuitable as a foundation for human rights. On...

Returning to the map of the island of utopia, this book provides a contemporary, inventive, addition to the long history of legal fictions and juri...

Returning to the map of the island of utopia, this book provides a contemporary, inventive, addition to the long history of legal fictions and juri...

This title was first published in 2003.Justice, Humanity and the New World Order offers a refreshing analysis of current jurisprudential concerns r...

Advances in modern biotechnology have produced profound and far-reaching implications for the relationship between humans, animals and the environm...

This volume investigates advances in the field of legal translation both from a theoretical and practical perspective, with professional and academ...

Human Rights and the Body is a response to the crisis in human rights, to the very real concern that without a secure foundation for the concept of...

This volume analyses current debates concerning problems in the nature, justification, and legal protection of human rights for minorities, with re...

The nineteen articles and essays reproduced in this volume explore the theoretical foundations of criminal trial procedure. Key concepts, and their...

This volume brings together a collection of classic and contemporary texts which engage with the core problem of sovereignty from the perspective o...

Synesthesia is the phenomenon where sensual perceptions are joined together as a combined experience that is, the ability to feel color, hear the ...

This is not a conventional biography but an attempt to explore the motives and intentions that underpin Talcott Parsons published work by exploring...

If catastrophes are, by definition, exceptional events of such magnitude that worlds and lives are dramatically overturned, the question of timing ...

Are Western and Islamic political and constitutional ideas truly predestined for civilizational clash? In order to understand this controversy The ...

This collection of articles brings together a selection of previously published work on Agambens thought in relation to law and gathered from withi...

This book develops a sociological understanding of law making in the European Union. In particular, the book focuses on the social function of law ...

This title was first published in 2002: Political ethics is a rapidly growing field in disciplines such as political science, philosophy, applied e...

This title was first published in 2000: Robert S. Summers is a distinguished legal theorist whose work has had significant influence in Europe as w...

This title was first published in 2001: This book brings together the experiences of a diverse range of leading human rights advocates and activist...

This title was first published in 2001. After languishing for decades in the domains of rigid doctrinalism and confusing theory, the conflict of la...

This title was first published in 2002.The wide range of essays contained within this volume present contemporary thinking on the legal and ethical...

This title was first published in 2001. In the Western legal tradition, the history of restitution for unjust enrichment reaches back to pre-classi...

In this collection of lectures and essays with seminal judgments, the author describes a gradual development of the United Kingdom as a constitutio...

There is something visceral about ownership. This is mine; you cant have it. This is mine; you can share it. This is ours. Try to find it.Contempor...

This title was first published in 2001. After languishing for decades in the domains of rigid doctrinalism and confusing theory, the conflict of la...

The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with ...

This title was first published in 2000. The trend in the public courts and in the private sector toward resolving civil cases through mediation, as...

As trade and production have increasingly crossed international boundaries, private bodies and governments alike have sought new ways to regulate l...

This volume makes a contribution to the ongoing lively discussion on European constitutionalism by offering a new perspective and a new interpretat...

This book provides an analysis of how commercial and banking disputes can be settled under the Islamic regime for arbitration. The work focuses on ...