Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

'Free will skepticism' refers to a family of views that all take seriously the possibility that human beings lack the control in action - i.e. the ...

The focus of this monograph lies in the construction of a theory of legal obligation, understanding it as a discrete notion with its own defining t...

Sovereignty in premodern times evoked the dynastic figure of the 'sovereign' or territorial monarch. In modern times, it became a more abstract ide...

This book elaborates, illuminates, and illustrates a confident and attractive account of social and political liberalism in light of a rich underst...

In recent decades, new international courts and other legal bodies have proliferated as international law has broadened beyond the fields of treaty...

This book examines the role and importance of reason and emotion in justice and the law. Eight lawyers and philosophers of law consider law's basis...

This work is both an introduction to and a critical appraisal of the work of Rainer Forst, one of the most important political theorists in Germany...

This book takes an unflinching look at the roles and functions played by the idea of universality in international legal discourses, as well as the...

This exploration of the newly emerging, diverse, and controversial area of animal lawpresents a basic survey of the laws designed to protect animal...

A collection of 11 cutting-edge essays by leading young scholars, challenging long-held assumptions and offering new research paradigms in Philosop...

What are the grounds for and limits to obedience to the state? This book offers a fresh analysis of the debate concerning the moral obligation to o...

This first analysis of Spinoza's philosophy of law shows that he revolutionizes modern philosophy from within by developing an entirely new natural...

The first-ever multivolume treatment of the issues in legal philosophy and general jurisprudence, from both a theoretical and a historical perspect...

This volume brings together a collection of essays, many of them scholarly classics, which form part of the debates on three questions central to c...

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines how law understands the past. Topics covered include the use of legal language...

The Bill of Rights is a comprehensive survey of all aspects of the U.S. Bill of Rights; from its origins to its role in modern American history. Sp...

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary...

Tackling juvenile offending has become a key part of crime reduction strategies. The articles selected for this volume examine juvenile offending f...

Volume 11, the sixth of the historical volumes of A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence, offers a fresh, philosophically engaged...

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary...

In No Place for Ethics, Hill argues that contemporary judicial review by the U.S. Supreme Court rests on its mistaken positivist understanding of l...

Ziel des Buches ist es, das neue Phänomen der Ethisierung des Rechts interdisziplinär zu erfassen und damit das grundsätzliche Verhältnis von Ethik...