Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

This book offers a thorough analysis of the Amicus Curiae phenomenon, emphasizing its critical role in modern legal systems. The book reveals how t...

This book addresses the repercussions of expanded participation in international judicial decision-making by investigating community interest issue...

This book examines procedural trials using the procedure of excluding illegal evidence as an example. Criminal trials include both substantive and ...

This textbook is an essential primer for philosophy students embarking on their journey into the field of ethics and political philosophy. It is me...

The book provides deep insights into heritage politics in Myanmar on the basis of the conservation history of Bagan and its entanglement in nationa...

The authors set the following research goals: 1) to define the concept of free legal aid, taking into consideration the standards of the Council of...

This book explores the human rights principle of participation and the human right to participation. The work presents an argument that internation...

25 years after the publication of the Joint Declaration, in which the Federal Republic of Germany committed itself to the Washington Principles in ...

Reciprocal Freedom elucidates the relationship between private law and the state, presenting reciprocal freedom as the normative idea underlying a ...

American criminal justice is a dysfunctional mess. Cops are too violent, the punishments are too punitive, and the so-called Land of the Free impri...

This title recounts the transformation of Europe from the post-war era until the Euro-crisis, using the tools of constitutional analysis and critic...

This book uses the early twentieth century surveillance reports of urban vice reformers in New York, Chicago, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as well as t...

This book reframes the fundamentals of decisionmaking under uncertainty. For almost a century, theorists have spoken of truth-finding in terms of p...

This book explore the power of judicial review as held by the United States Supreme Court. The legal analysis fuses with an exploration of democrat...

When Korea began as a newly independent state in 1948, its economy was very underdeveloped and the rule of law was just established. The journey of...

This book provides a critical outlook on, and an inquiry into the practical implications of, the works of Professor W.J. Waluchow, one of the most ...

There is something quite puzzling about the global conversation on jurisprudence. On the one hand, jurisprudence is supposed to deal with abstract ...

Happiness and the law. At first glance, these two concepts seem to have little to do with each other. To some, they may even seem diametrically opp...

A new edition of F. A. Hayeks three-part opus Law, Legislation, and Liberty, collated in a single volumeIn this critical entry in the Collected Wor...

Outcomes tyrannize over prevailing accounts of ethics, actions, reasons, attitudes, and social practices. The right action promotes the best outcom...

This book is the first volume on the artistic representation of industrial disputes in European art (from 1870 to 1914) since the catalogue of the ...

This book offers an innovative perspective on the critical distinction between acts and omissions in criminal law, a distinction that runs like a d...

Building on many years of scholarship, Matthew H. Kramer sets out his definitive philosophical investigation of rights and rights-holding with this...

Changing Concepts of Contract is a prestigious collection of essays that re-examines the remarkable contributions of Ian Macneil to the study of co...

Dantes 'Göttliche Komödie' gehört zu den bedeutendsten Schöpfungen der Weltliteratur. Obwohl das Thema der Gerechtigkeit dort von zentraler Bedeutu...

Challenging the prevailing understanding of the authority of law, Daniel Mark offers a theory of moral obligation that is rooted both in command an...

A law professor's memoir of his own ascendancy from prosecutor to influential legal thinker.From prosecuting murderers in Chicago, to arguing befor...

Changing Concepts of Contract is a prestigious collection of essays that re-examines the remarkable contributions of Ian Macneil to the study of co...

Not the Marrying Kind is a new and comprehensive exploration of the contemporary same-sex marriage debates in several jurisdictions including Austr...

A fresh theory on how individuals respond to inequalities occurring within their own communities. This original and insightful study draws on empir...