Methods, theory and philosophy of law

That the recent turn in European Constitutional Review has effectively brought about a revolution in European law has been observed before.

This book critically examines the conception of legal science and the nature of law developed by Hans Kelsen.

Diese Studie untersucht die Bedingungen legitimer Herrschaft und begründet, dass sie nur in einer gestuften globalen Ordnung realisiert werden können.

This book offers a critical and insightful study of various doctoral programs in law, focusing on the English-speaking world.

This book focuses on Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria, framing the conflict in an international law context.

This volume explores new interfaces between linguistics and jurisprudence.

This book analyses gender-based offences on the Internet from the perspective of international human rights law, interwoven with rights theories and feminist legal theories.

Gilt das Verbot der Tötung Unschuldiger absolut oder darf selbst diese fundamentale Moralnorm unter Ausnahmebedingungen verletzt werden?

The book presents a comprehensive reconceptualization of Geert Hofstede's well-known concept of power distance, applying the theory to the specific case of judge-witness courtroom interactions in Polish regional courts.

Die Theorie des Thomas Hobbes hat in der Vergangenheit stark abweichende Deutungen erfahren und Anlass zu zahlreichen lang anhaltenden Debatten geliefert.

Adam Smiths Theorie der ethischen Gefühle (1759) erfährt seit einigen Jahren zunehmende Beachtung.

Mit dem Wandel vom klassischen Vergeltungsstrafrecht zum modernen Resozialisierungsstrafrecht tritt das Problem der strafrechtlichen Sanktionen stärker in den Vordergrund strafrechtswissenschaftlicher Auseinandersetzung.

This book explores the unusual and unique experience of direct democracy in the small state of New Zealand, where referendums have been a persistent feature of the political landscape for over a century.

Wenige Autoren wurden in den letzten Jahren so intensiv und extensiv diskutiert wie Carl Schmitt.

Fragen wir nach den Pflichten und Rechten, die wir einander gegenüber haben, so ist die erste Antwort der Moderne, dass es Pflichten und Rechte der Gleichheit sind: Gleichheit ist die vorrangig nromative Idee der Moderne.

Für Hegel findet der durch die Konfessionsspaltung zerrissene moderne Staat, indem er Religion und Politik trennt, sein Gravitationszentrum in sich selbst.

This book discusses the relationship between law and memory and explores the ways in which memory can be thought of as contributing to legal socialization and legal meaning-making.

This book addresses practical issues in connoisseurship and authentication, as well as the legal implications that arise when an artwork's authenticity is challenged.

This book analyses gender-based offences on the Internet from the perspective of international human rights law, interwoven with rights theories and feminist legal theories.

This book explores innovative and context-driven political and legal policy measures designed to expand the powers of the African Union (AU) in order to meaningfully drive the continental integration process.

This book intertwines two major themes in contemporary legal theory - the concepts of human dignity and the problem of the autonomy and limits of the law - while also addressing two other key aspects - the first one concerned with human rights practices and foundations (in their direct connections with the issue of dignity), the second one considering the role that the law's aspirations attribute to the experience of an autonomous subject-person (and the demands that identify his/her position in the dialectical counterpoint with the rethinking of a community).

This book raises awareness about gender perspective in political and legal theories and historical analysis.

"e;Humanization and the Law"e; combines two current and complementary trends in the business-to-business (B2B) market of the legal industry: digitalization and humanization.

This book analyzes the conflict that emerges between parties after a breach of contract and how different legal remedies can best reduce conflict.

This book shares state-of-the-art insights on judicial decision-making from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.