Methods, theory and philosophy of law

An accessible overview of the religious and social thought of the world''s largest Muslim majority nation.

Kramer lucidly addresses some of the principal questions in this vital area of philosophical enquiry.

This book explores the boilerplate, or the fine print of mass-distributed contracts: what it says, who writes it, and who reads it.

A coherent, wide-ranging and practical account of the role of consent in biomedicine, first published in 2007.

This book is a wide-ranging synthesis of market developments in body tissue.

Zurn examines the legitimacy of constitutional review using a normative theory of deliberative democratic constitutionalism.

Argues that war crimes are best understood as crimes against humanness rather than violations of justice.

A group of philosophers, historians and lawyers assess the nature and significance of customary law.

Waluchow urges a different theory of bills of rights that is flexible and adaptable.

This 2007 book examines the dynamic processes whereby constitutional systems influence each other.

This book examines scientific evidence in both civil and criminal contexts.

This 2004 book explores the history, politics, and theory surrounding the rule of law ideal.

In this study, Frederic R.

This book, first published in 2006, shows how religious faith can assist philosophical inquiry in the purposes of society and politics.

An interdisciplinary approach to humanitarian intervention by experts in law, politics, and ethics.

Deals with the legal question of how governments should respond to emergencies and terrorism.

A rich array of responses to the question of what it means to speak and write about international law today.

This book examines the intersection of science and law in tort cases.

A description of the constitutional rights of women in twelve countries.

Examines the problems in the epistemology of law and the function of a criminal court.

In this volume, leading authors consider the relationship between democracy and justice.

This book discusses what justice is and how its meaning will often depend on its context.

This 2006 book argues that the central thesis of natural law jurisprudence sets the agenda for political philosophy.

This book provides a systematic analysis of the concept of form in legal systems.

Collects the basic theories of law propounded by the great philosophers.

This is a comprehensive antitrust book devoted to the philosophical scrutiny of its concepts.

A sceptical appraisal of the claim that freedom of expression is a human right.

This book challenges the pervasive assumption that all religious conduct deserves constitutional protection.

This book challenges accounts about the development and operation of the common law.

A major statement from one of the most influential political and legal theorists writing today.

Leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law.

This book considers the inherent complexities of private law; relevant to property, tort, contract, legal method and legal theory.

This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and legal thought and practice.

An examination of reactions to Supreme Court decisions in the local communities where the controversies began.

A concise, pithy and attractively humane account of some fundamental questions of social existence.

A definitive perspective on the development of the South African legal system in the early twentieth century.

Explains how democratic countries with market systems should deal with high levels of income-inequality.

This book explores the social and legal implications of globalisation in terms of the general theory of society and law.

This book analyzes the impact of the increasing securitization of migration within the international legal and political order.

Psychology and Law shows how psychological research and theory can be used in a legal context.

The second edition of this popular international handbook highlights the developing relationship between psychology and the law.

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory is a handy guide to the state of play in contemporary philosophy of law and legal theory.

Democratic legal systems have recently been subject to rapid and multi-directional processes of change.

Democratic legal systems have recently been subject to rapid and multi-directional processes of change.

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

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

Consent is used in many different social and legal contexts with the pervasiveunderstanding that it is, and has always been, about autonomy - but has it?

Consent is used in many different social and legal contexts with the pervasiveunderstanding that it is, and has always been, about autonomy - but has it?

This book presents an ethnography of dispute processing by non-state forums and actors in rural India.