Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

The Global Community Yearbook is a one-stop resource for all researchers studying international law generally or international tribunals specifical...

Many political and legal philosophers compare the EU to a federal union and believe its basic laws should be subject to the standards of constituti...

This book tracks the development of the emerging international legal principle of a responsibility to protect over the past two decades. It contras...

Examines representations of the law in colonial and postcolonial fiction from and about Nigeria Imagined States examines representations of the law...

The visual arts offer refreshing and novel resources through which to understand the representation, power, ideology and critique of law. This vibr...

A blindfolded woman holding a balance and a sword personifies one of our most significant virtues. We find Lady Justice in statues and paintings th...

Malcolm Feeley, one of the founding giants of the law and society field, is also one of its most exciting, diverse, and contemporary scholars. His ...

Polls suggest up to twenty percent of Americans describe their beliefs as 'libertarian', but libertarians are often derided as heartless Social Dar...

Who would or should defend a potential murderer in court? How do professions regulate themselves? Is 'no win-no fee' an ethical system? Where is th...

What makes the rule of law so special that it is to conscientiously punish the bad doers and reward the good onessuch that, where there is the rule...

Daniel Paul Schreber (18421911) was a senior German judge and jurist. He formulated a unique juridical theology of private life and developed a cri...

Property, or property rights, remains one of the most central elements in moral, legal, and political thought. It figures centrally in the work of ...

Comparative scholarship on judicial review has paid a lot of attention to the causal impact of politics on judicial decision-making. However, the s...

This is the first legislation casebook supplement that provides detailed legislative history and administrative materials to complement the cases a...

This book re-establishes the importance of the ideas and legal philosophy of Scottish jurist and philosopher Lord Kames. The Scottish jurist, judge...

Sets up new frameworks to explore law as perpetual experimentation. This collection of 13 essays offers insights into philosophy of law, investigat...

During the past three decades, Francis Boyle has dealt with some of the most difficult problems created by Britain''s continued military occupation...