Jurisprudence

Modern jurisprudence embodies two distinct traditions of thought about the nature of law. The first adopts a scientific approach which assumes that all legal phenomena possess universal characteristics that may be used in the analysis of any type of...

For centuries, international trade has been seen as essential to the wealth and power of nations. More recently we have started to understand its problematic role as an engine of distributive justice. In this compelling book Frank J. Garcia proposes a...

Fish's writings on philosophy, politics and law comprise numerous books and articles produced over many decades. This book connects those dots in order to reveal the overall structure of his argument and to demonstrate how his work in politics and law...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789788431183Author Iorhemen HwandeFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Safari Books LtdPublisher Safari Books LtdWeight(grams) 572g

For more than a century, law schools have trained students to 'think like a lawyer'. In these times of legal crisis, both in legal education and in global society, what does that mean for the rest of us? In this book, thirty leading international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587980350Author Story, JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Beard BooksPublisher Beard BooksWeight(grams) 426g

In recent decades, religion's traditional distinctiveness under the First Amendment has been challenged by courts and scholars. As America grows more secular and as religious and nonreligious convictions are increasingly seen as interchangeable, many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789970027200Author Mwene MushangaFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Fountain PublishersPublisher Fountain PublishersWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)...

For centuries, international trade has been seen as essential to the wealth and power of nations. More recently we have started to understand its problematic role as an engine of distributive justice. In this compelling book Frank J. Garcia proposes a...

Human interaction and communication are not only regulated by law,but such communication plays an increasing role in the making and legitimation of law, involving various kinds of participants in the communication process. The precise nature of these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781103340705Author Berthold SeemannFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint BiblioLifePublisher BiblioLifeWeight(grams) 304g

Many countries have attempted to transition to democracy following conflict or repression, but the basic meaning of transitional justice remains hotly contested. In this book, Colleen Murphy analyses transitional justice - showing how it is distinguished...

Americans cannot live with judicial review, but they cannot live without it. There is something characteristically American about turning the most divisive political questions - like freedom of religion, same-sex marriage, affirmative action and abortion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781893122680Author Beryl H. LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Beard BooksPublisher Beard Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781316511381Author Mariano CroceFormat HardbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press

This volume will explore the potentially transformative role of effective laws and legal institutions in providing people with more opportunity that is both inclusive and equitable.Laws, legal frameworks and judicial institutions can create opportunity...

What impact has Christianity had on law and policies in the Lowlands from the eleventh century through the end of the twentieth century? Taking the gradual 'secularization' of European legal culture as a framework, this volume explores the lives and...

Completed in 1964, Harold J. Berman's long-lost tract shows how properly negotiated, translated and formalised legal language is essential to fostering peace and understanding within local and international communities. Exemplifying interdisciplinary and...

Law is best interpreted in the context of the traditions and cultures that have shaped its development, implementation, and acceptance. However, these can never be assessed truly objectively: individual interpreters of legal theory need to reflect on how...

This book offers a critical re-evaluation of three fundamental and interlocking themes in American democracy: the relationship between race and politics, the performance and reform of election systems and the role of courts in regulating the political...

Oakeshott, Hayek and Schmitt are associated with a conservative reaction to the 'progressive' forces of the twentieth century. Each was an acute analyst of the juristic form of the modern state and the relationship of that form to the idea of liberty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789361473623Author Thomas BedworthPage Count 24Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584779551Author Roscoe PoundFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Publisher Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Weight(grams) 458g

The focus of this monograph lies in the construction of a theory of legal obligation, understanding it as a discrete notion with its own defining traits. In this work, Bertea specifically addresses the question: how should legal obligation be...

Why, from Reagan to George Bush, have fundamentalists in religion and in law (originalists) exercised such political power and influence in the United States? Why has the Republican Party forged an ideology of judicial appointments (originalism) hostile...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610278416Author John Chipman GrayFormat HardbackPage Count 226Imprint Quid Pro, LLCPublisher Quid Pro, LLCWeight(grams) 152g

Property Law and Social Morality develops a theory of property that highlights the social construction of obligations that individuals owe each other. By viewing property law through the lens of obligations rather than through the lens of rights, the...

Winner of the 1998 European Award for Legal Theory European Academy of Legal Theory Monograph Series This book sets the significance of moral conflict as a core concern for contemporary theorising about law and legal reasoning. It asks whether liberal...

In Calvin's Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church, Matthew J. Tuininga explores a little appreciated dimension of John Calvin's political thought, his two kingdoms theology, as a model for constructive Christian participation in...

How should feminist theories conceive of the subject? What is it to be a legal person? What part does embodiment play in subjectivity? Can there be a conception of rights which does justice to the social contexts in which rights claims are embedded? Is...

How should courts interpret the law? While all agree that courts must be objective, people differ sharply over what this demands in practice: fidelity to the text? To the will of the people? To certain moral ideals? In Judicial Review in an Objective...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788119875009Author Frederic BastiatFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Sanage Publishing House LlpPublisher Sanage Publishing House LlpWeight(grams) 82g

Taking a critical attitude of dissatisfaction towards rights, the central premise of this book is that rights are technologies of governmentality. They are a regulating discourse that is itself managed through governing tactics and techniques - hence...

We live in a world of legal pluralism, where a single act or actor is potentially regulated by multiple legal or quasi-legal regimes imposed by state, substate, transnational, supranational and nonstate communities. Navigating these spheres of complex...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789361478086Author MorrisPage Count 342Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760462703Author Ann GenoveseFormat PaperbackImprint ANU PressPublisher ANU Press

This is a gedenkshrift to one of Scotland's most prominent jurists. This book analyses in depth the distinctively Scottish themes in the life and work of Sir Neil MacCormick, the world-renowned legal philosopher and prominent Scottish public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399535533Author Reader in Human Rights Law Senthorun Sunil RajFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh...

After the Realist Revolution extends the existing academic study of American common law into new and previously unexplored areas. Marin Scordato examines the conventional understanding of appellate court lawmaking and the profound change in the common...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783515130363Author Andre Ferreira Leite de PaulaFormat HardbackPage Count 313Imprint Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbHPublisher Franz Steiner Verlag...