Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

This volume collects some of the best writings on Spinozas philosophy of law and includes a critical examination of Spinozas theory of the types of...

Advancing legal scholarship in the area of mixed legal systems, as well as comparative law more generally, this book expands the comparative study ...

In considering diffusion from a global perspective, this book provides timely new insights into its application in a variety of fields and at many ...

The importance of simulation in education, specifically in legal subjects, is here discussed and explored within this innovative collection. Demons...

This book introduces the thought of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) into the discussion about natural law. For many critics, natural law is not natur...

Wejen Chang brings a fresh perspective to the most prominent Chinese classical philosophers Confucius, Laozi, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Mencius, Xunzi, Lord...

The Idea of a Moral Economy is the first modern edition and English translation of three questions disputed at the University of Paris in 1330 by t...

Combining her expertise in legal theory and judicial practice in a continental European civil-law system, Jeanne Gaakeer explores the intertwinemen...

With a strong focus on constitutional law, this book examines the legal as well as the political power of 'the people' in constitutional democracie...

The first book to investigate the place of law in modern and contemporary dramaIllustrates the role of contemporary theatre in articulating legal a...

This book expands on established doctrine in legal history and sets out a challenge for legal philosophers. The English medieval village community ...

This collection presents an analysis of the concept of secession and its constitutional accommodation alongside an assessment of the effects of sec...

This book develops principles of proper sentence justification, presents results of comparative empirical study on sentence justifications in the p...

This volume brings together an international team of scholars to debate Cicero's role in the narrative of Roman law in the late Republic a role th...

This accessible book provides an evaluative review of justice at the locus of the magistrates court. Written by a magistrate, this book uses differ...

This accessible book provides an evaluative review of justice at the locus of the magistrates court. Written by a magistrate, this book uses differ...

This book presents a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study into the various goals assigned to international criminal trials. It starts from the ...

This book presents an ethical discussion of the possible future Universal Declarations of (diverse specific nonhuman) Animal Rights. It contributes...

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Forgiveness brings into conversation research from multiple disciplines, offering reader...

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...

The main task of this book is to deliver an in-depth analysis of the idea of the state in the reflection of Robert von Mohl (17991875). This German...

This book is a philosophical inquiry into indigenous African legal ethics, asking what is African about African legal ethics?Taking us beyond a geo...

A fundamental re-assessment of Cicero's place in Roman law This volume brings together an international team of scholars to debate Cicero's role in...

Bringing together leading academics hailing from different cultural and scholarly horizons, this book revisits legal hermeneutics by making particu...