Methods, theory and philosophy of law

Examines questions of allegiance and identity in a globalised world through the disciplines of law, politics, philosophy and psychology.

The Punta del Este Declaration, and this book dedicated to elaborating upon it, is devoted to exploring the ways that human dignity for everyone everywhere can be a useful tool in helping to address the challenges and strains facing human rights in the world today.

An updated and extended second edition supporting the findings of its well-known predecessor which claimed that courts employ common-sense notions of causation in determining legal responsibility.

Focusing on John Milton's Paradise Lost , this book investigates the metaphorical identification of nature with a court of law - an old and persistent trope, haunted by ancient aporias, at the intersection of jurisprudence, philosophy and literature.

This book puts the spotlight on a different and neglected aspect of law drafting and reform: the question of size.

Legal pluralism involves the coexistence of multiple forms of law.

An integrity system is an integrated assemblage of institutional mechanisms, designed to minimize ethical misconduct and promote ethical health in institutions, organizations, occupations and the like.

Las constituciones más contemporáneas declaran derechos individuales en un lenguaje bastante amplio y abstracto: "debido proceso", "igualdad ante la ley", "libertad de expresión".

Legal scholars and authorities generally agree that the law should be obeyed and should apply equally to all those subject to it, without favour or discrimination.

Comprehensive coverage of one of the greatest early-modern thinkers in philosophy, political and legal theory, theology and history.

Considering the steady increase in intellectual property rights in the last century, does it make sense to speak of 'user's rights' and can limitations on intellectual liberty be justified from a rights-based perspective?

This Companion volume provides an examination of all aspects of Smith''s thought.

The Rule of Recognition and the U.

The very first book dedicated to Slavoj Zizek's theoretical treatment of law, this book gathers widely recognized Zizek scholars as well as legal theorists to offer a sustained analysis of the place of law in Zizek's work.

This book is a collection of 12 new essays on the topic of Kant's account of citizenship, the first book-length text on this topic.

Human Rights and the Body is a response to the crisis in human rights, to the very real concern that without a secure foundation for the concept of human rights, their very existence is threatened.

This book develops an original and comprehensive theory ofpolitical liberalism.

On 25 May 1993 the United Nations Security Council took the extraordinary and unprecedented step of deciding to establish the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as a mechanism for the restoration and maintenance of international peace and security.

The developing law of jurisdiction must address whether a particular event in Cyberspace is controlled by the laws of the state or country where the web site is located, by the laws of the state or country where the ISP is located, by the laws of the state or country where the user is located, or perhaps by all of these laws.

This book builds on the recent revival of interest in Marx and Marxism, calling for a renewal and refinement of Marxist state theory.

Looking at discrimination, education, environment, health and crime, this volume analyses United States Supreme Court rulings on several legal issues and proposed libertarian solutions to each problem.

This book explores the various connections between Law and Opera, providing a comprehensive, multinational, and multidisciplinary (with approaches from jurists, philosophers, musicologist, historians) resource on the subject.

Poverty, inequality, and dispossession accompany economic globalization.

¿Cómo se ejerce la discrecionalidad judicial en los casos difíciles?

Bringing together theoretical, empirical and comparative perspectives on the European Social Model (ESM) and transitional labour market policy, this volume contains theoretical accounts of the ESM and a discussion of policy implications for European social and employment policies that derive from research on transitional labour markets.

This book offers a critical appraisal of the international legal idea of the 'Responsibility to Protect'.

Frank Lovett presents a powerful theory of the rule of law and its connection to freedom and social justice.

Depression is amorphous.

What contribution has "e;the law"e; made to the work of analyst and patient in the consulting room?

"e;Men enjoy justice steadily and by design only when they live in a society that affords opportunities to all .

This book examines how legal systems and mechanisms give shape to the capitalist economic system.

This book examines the treatment of suspects in interrogation and explores issues surrounding the right to silence.

Is there a viable leftist constitutionalism that we can juxtapose with liberal constitutionalism, or is there really no alternative?

We are said to face a crisis of over-criminalization: our criminal law has become chaotic, unprincipled, and over-expansive.

This book examines the history of cosmopolitanism from its origins in the ancient world up to its use in Kantian political philosophy.

Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility is a series of volumes presenting outstanding new work on a set of connected themes, investigating such questions as: What does it mean to be an agent?

This title was first published in 2001.

Jurisprudence is the science or body of ordered knowledge which deals with a particular species of law.

Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs.

The globalization process has foregrounded ethnic discrimination as an increasingly important area of law around the world.

This book offers a philosophical analysis of the role played by legal scholarship in the written judicial decisions of different Western legal systems.

A New Introduction to Jurisprudence takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law?

Eugenio Bulygin ha contribuido de manera fundamental a la teoria del derecho contemporanea.

En septiembre de 1972 se celebraron en Madrid, en el Colegio Mayor San Francisco Javier de la Universidad Complutense, las I Jornadas Hispánicas de Derecho Natural.