Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

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 ...