Methods, theory and philosophy of law

All knowledge is always a matter of change, as this book underlines.

This book consists of 7 parts and 1,260 articles, each part in turn being the General Provisions, Real Rights, Contracts, Personal and Personality Rights, Marriage and Family, Succession, Tort Liability, and the By-laws, which came into force on January 1, 2021.

In 1918 a young Carl Schmitt published a short satirical fiction entitled The Buribunks.

This book argues that citizens have a moral right to decide by which criteria they grant migrants citizenship, as well as to control access to their territory in the first place.

This book develops an original theory of decision-making based on the concept of plausibility.

This book develops an original theory of decision-making based on the concept of plausibility.

La modernidad capitalista invirtió la relación entre campo y ciudad.

How should judges and legislators address challenges arising at the frontiers of biomedicine?

How should judges and legislators address challenges arising at the frontiers of biomedicine?

This book focuses on the economic analysis of refugee law and the protection of refugee rights.

This book examines the role of law in regulating and influencing the lived experiences of posted workers in Europe.

This book examines the role of law in regulating and influencing the lived experiences of posted workers in Europe.

A novel framework for understanding the role and relevance of coherence in international dispute settlement and judicial reasoning.

In Freedoms Anchor, famed legal commentator Judge Andrew P.

This book builds a case for how social norms are neither mere conventions nor are they merely anthropological phenomena, which are relativistic.

Voluntariness is a necessary condition of valid consent.

Voluntariness is a necessary condition of valid consent.

This book builds a case for how social norms are neither mere conventions nor are they merely anthropological phenomena, which are relativistic.

This book offers a comprehensive summary of extant international law scholarship on the topics of self-determination and secession and positions the concepts among present-day theory and relevant practice, illustrated through various ongoing cases and historical examples.

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and provides an analysis of the level of its reflection in regional human rights systems.

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and provides an analysis of the level of its reflection in regional human rights systems.

This book explores the historical foundations of holding public authorities accountable for their acts, and discusses how and why the idea that the state should or should not be held liable became established in three significant jurisdictions.

This book explores the historical foundations of holding public authorities accountable for their acts, and discusses how and why the idea that the state should or should not be held liable became established in three significant jurisdictions.

Este libro propone una reflexión cruzada, desde la Historia y el Derecho, acerca de algunos problemas que ambas disciplinas suscitan en relación con el tiempo y la temporalidad.

En la línea de su obra anterior Derecho y Literatura, en el presente estudio María José Falcón y Tella aborda de manera monográfica el Derecho en dos de los escritores más renombrados de todos los tiempos: Cervantes y Shakespeare.

The goal of successfully incorporating ethnic minorities represents a decisive challenge for modern societies.

El nuestro es el tiempo de los derechos humanos.

Los trabajos de Eugenio Bulygin (1931-2021) han ejercido una influencia extraordinaria en la filosofía del derecho contemporánea.

Los trabajos de Eugenio Bulygin (1931-2021) han ejercido una influencia extraordinaria en la filosofía del derecho contemporánea.

This book provides a systematic and detailed introduction to the formation process and current development of China's socialist legal system.

Professor Zhiping Liang offers a new understanding of Chinese legal tradition in this profoundly influential book.

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Forgiveness brings into conversation research from multiple disciplines, offering readers a comprehensive guide to current forgiveness research.

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Psychology of Forgiveness brings into conversation research from multiple disciplines, offering readers a comprehensive guide to current forgiveness research.

This book is a response to the dangers posed to constitutional democracy by the continuous growth of executive power and the simultaneous decline of parliaments' role in policy formation.

Decir que la Argentina es un país que vive "al margen de la ley" (que seguir las normas es optativo, que si las incumplimos "no pasa nada") es parte de un resignado sentido común.

There is growing judicial, academic and political interest in the concept of common law constitutional rights.

There is growing judicial, academic and political interest in the concept of common law constitutional rights.

This book examines the constitutional history of Transylvania, a region of Central Europe that has experienced a compelling series of historical events and been governed by a variety of ancient, medieval, and modern entities, as well as its own peoples, who from time to time have jointly or separately exercised their right to self-governance.

As in a number of France s major cities, civil war erupted in Lyon in the summer of 1793, ultimately leading to a siege of the city and a wave of mass executions.

Although there are legal norms to secure the uniform treatment of asylum claims in the United States, anecdotal and empirical evidence suggest that strategic and economic interests also influence asylum outcomes.

Ronald Dworkin is widely accepted as the most important and most controversial Anglo-American jurist of the past forty years.

Words can be misspoken, misheard, misunderstood, or misappropriated; they can be inappropriate, inaccurate, dangerous, or wrong.

The Secrets of Law explores the ways law both traffics in and regulates secrecy.

Lethal autonomous weapons are weapon systems that can select and destroy targets without intervention by a human operator.

Toward an Islamic Reformation is an ambitious attempt to modernize Islamic law, calling for reform of the historical formulations of Islamic law, commonly known as Shari'a that is perceived by many Muslims to be part of the Islamic faith.

Many today place great hope in law as a vehicle for the transformation of society and accept that law is autonomous, universal, and above all, secular.

This textbook provides clear, reliable, and comprehensive insights into key topics in comparative law and legal history.

The possibility of law in the absence of a nation would seem to strip law from its source of meaning and value.

Over the past two decades, the United States has seen an intense debate about the composition of the federal judiciary.

This book elaborates on deontic logic and network theory to present a reductionist theory of the law, disclosing a simple understanding of legal norms based on minimum necessary and sufficient notions.