Methods, theory and philosophy of law

This book builds on Heffernan's last book Rights and Wrongs: Rethinking the Foundations of Criminal Justice by examining the class and racial disparities at the heart of current law - disparities that, according to many, generate a system of criminal injustice.

This book delves into the transformative efforts that sought to redefine punishment and rehabilitation, highlighting the pivotal role of Community Service Orders (CSO) and the legislative push to abandon the use of Short-Term Prison Sentences (STPS) for fine default.

This book delves into the transformative efforts that sought to redefine punishment and rehabilitation, highlighting the pivotal role of Community Service Orders (CSO) and the legislative push to abandon the use of Short-Term Prison Sentences (STPS) for fine default.

Law can be seen as a motley of different languages deployed in the legal domain.

Law can be seen as a motley of different languages deployed in the legal domain.

Rights of nature are on the rise worldwide, having already been recognized in several states, especially in Latin America and Asia.

Rights of nature are on the rise worldwide, having already been recognized in several states, especially in Latin America and Asia.

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

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

80 years after the Nuremberg trial, the prosecution of Nazi perpetrators has effectively come to an end.

80 years after the Nuremberg trial, the prosecution of Nazi perpetrators has effectively come to an end.

This accessible book provides an evaluative review of justice at the locus of the magistrates' court.

This accessible book provides an evaluative review of justice at the locus of the magistrates' court.

This book unravels the intricate tapestry of Chinese state-society and government-citizen interactions in both legal historical and contemporary contexts.

The book considers how speech on social media during an armed conflict could potentially be considered a criminal offence.

The book considers how speech on social media during an armed conflict could potentially be considered a criminal offence.

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

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

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

This book develops a critique of the equality paradigms and principles to be found in the majority of today's legal orders.

This book develops a critique of the equality paradigms and principles to be found in the majority of today's legal orders.

Law's regulatory reach has grown significantly over the past few decades.

This book concerns how China's legal institutions promoted its economic growth and demonstrates that the law has played different roles at various stages of China's economic transformation, a signal of legal paradigm shifts in reaction to the changing political and economic pursuits.

This book is the first monograph to critically evaluate the work of the literary scholar Rene Girard from the perspectives of Law and Literature and Law and Film Studies, two of the most multidisciplinary branches of critical legal theory.

This book is the first monograph to critically evaluate the work of the literary scholar Rene Girard from the perspectives of Law and Literature and Law and Film Studies, two of the most multidisciplinary branches of critical legal theory.

This book concerns how China's legal institutions promoted its economic growth and demonstrates that the law has played different roles at various stages of China's economic transformation, a signal of legal paradigm shifts in reaction to the changing political and economic pursuits.

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

This book organizes the intent and purpose of the Japanese competition law (Antimonopoly Act) to address the digitalized socio-economy and provides a detailed explanation of its basic content as well as advanced issues.

This book organizes the intent and purpose of the Japanese competition law (Antimonopoly Act) to address the digitalized socio-economy and provides a detailed explanation of its basic content as well as advanced issues.

This groundbreaking book delves into the lived experiences and collective wisdom of Indigenous communities impacted by colonialism.

This groundbreaking book delves into the lived experiences and collective wisdom of Indigenous communities impacted by colonialism.

This book explores how judiciaries in different parts of the world are responding to climate change and how climate change intersects with the law.

Combining philosophical and historical perspectives, this book focuses on the rise of a legal institution that has dominated the economy of knowledge ever since it burst onto the scene at the dawn of modernity in the heartlands of Europe.

This unique and timely book offers a synthesis, analysis, and evaluation of education-related rulings of the US Supreme Court from 2005 to the present.

Does the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) 2003 provide for consent to be vitiated in all the circumstances we think it should?

Combining philosophical and historical perspectives, this book focuses on the rise of a legal institution that has dominated the economy of knowledge ever since it burst onto the scene at the dawn of modernity in the heartlands of Europe.

Does the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) 2003 provide for consent to be vitiated in all the circumstances we think it should?

This unique and timely book offers a synthesis, analysis, and evaluation of education-related rulings of the US Supreme Court from 2005 to the present.

This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of digital sovereignty in China, which are addressed mainly from political, legal and historical point of views.

This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of digital sovereignty in China, which are addressed mainly from political, legal and historical point of views.

This book uses the early twentieth century surveillance reports of urban vice reformers in New York, Chicago, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as well as the US vice report for the League of Nations' Special Body on Trafficking in Women and Children (from 1927) and French police memoirs, treatises, and histories of vice enforcement in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century Paris to highlight the way in which American reliance on undercover tactics drove American vice enforcement policy, leading to a clash with French vice enforcement policy before the League of Nations.

This textbook offers a starting point for the education of attorneys and other legal professionals about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the law, as well as a forum for discussing artificial intelligence's legal and ethical concerns.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the legal and regulatory framework for the nuclear industry from an Asian perspective.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the legal and regulatory framework for the nuclear industry from an Asian perspective.

This book explores the various types of Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) applied in Nigeria, the UK, and the US.

This book offers a distinctive approach to the right not to be subjected to enforced disappearance.

The book provides a discursive reflection on the current challenges facing administrative law, based on a key idea: the defence of the liberal model of society.

The edited volume brings together contemporary work by philosophers, legal scholars, and political theorists.