Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

Drawing on insights from literary theory and analytical philosophy, this book analyzes the intersection of law and literature from the distinct and...

This title was first published in 2002. Gender has become a culturally laden signifier. Sometimes used to differentiate the social from the biologi...

First published in 1999, this volume explores the nature of adjudication in the common law tradition from a feminist postmodernist perspective. The...

As a result of recent scandals concerning evidence and proof in the administration of criminal justice - ranging from innocent people on death row ...

Every successive generation finds fresh reasons for the study of natural law. Current interest in the natural law may well be due to a pervasive mo...

The concept of learning to think like a lawyer is one of the cornerstones of legal education in the United States and beyond. In this book, Jeffrey...

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

This title was first published in 2003.This book explores the interaction of globalization and the development of law. The framework of the book is...

Recent social and political developments in the EU have clearly shown the profound structural changes in European society and its politics. Reflect...

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 2003. The Logic of Equality proposes a formal-logical method for examining the indeterminacy of legal discourse, ...

This study provides a representation of the broad spectrum of theoretical work on topics related to business ethics, with a particular focus on cor...

Illuminating the idea of legality by a consideration of its moral nature, this book explores the emergence and development of two rival traditions ...

When we compromise on justice, we accept or acquiesce to an arrangement that we judge to be unjust, or at least not fully just. Such arrangements a...

First published in 1998, this text is the prefatory first part of Austins Lectures on Jurisprudence or the Philosophy of Positive Laws and first ap...

First published in 1997, this volume delves into the most influential theories of economic justice, which ground themselves in utilitarian or relat...

Althusser and Law is the first book specifically dedicated to the place of law in Louis Althussers philosophy. The growing importance of Althussers...

General principles of law have made, and are likely further to make, a significant contribution to our understanding of the constituent elements of...

This title was first published in 2000: This volume of essays explores a number of fundamental constitutional law questions in a variety of histori...

This book demonstrates the empirical gains and integrative potentials of social systems theory for the sociology of law. Against a backdrop of clas...

Exploring the advantages and disadvantages of codifying contract law, this book considers the question from the perspectives of both civil and comm...

Addressing the relationship between law and the visual, this book examines the importance of photography in Central, East, and Southeast European s...

This volume presents new research on the use of experimental methodologies in moral and social philosophy. The contributions reflect the growing pl...

This book examines the extent to which Brexit has impacted upon the operation of the British Constitution, prompting in turn consideration of how s...