Methods, theory and philosophy of law

The essays collected in this volume reflect the profound impact of Martha Nussbaum's philosophical writings on law and legal scholarship.

This audacious collection of modern writings on Plato and the Law argues that Plato's work offers insights for resolving modern jurisprudential problems.

This audacious collection of modern writings on Plato and the Law argues that Plato's work offers insights for resolving modern jurisprudential problems.

John Rawls (1921-2002) is widely held to be amongst the most important political philosophers for over a century.

John Rawls (1921-2002) is widely held to be amongst the most important political philosophers for over a century.

This volume collects some of the best writings on Spinoza's philosophy of law and includes a critical examination of Spinoza's theory of the types of law, his natural law theory, as well as the modern reformulation of his approach to the nature of laws and to natural rights.

This volume collects some of the best writings on Spinoza's philosophy of law and includes a critical examination of Spinoza's theory of the types of law, his natural law theory, as well as the modern reformulation of his approach to the nature of laws and to natural rights.

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

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

The rule of law is frequently invoked in political debate, yet rarely defined with any precision.

The rule of law is frequently invoked in political debate, yet rarely defined with any precision.

Against an ever-expanding and diversifying 'rights talk', this book re-opens the question of obligation from not only legal but also ethical, sociological and political perspectives.

Against an ever-expanding and diversifying 'rights talk', this book re-opens the question of obligation from not only legal but also ethical, sociological and political perspectives.

This book develops and defends a conception of commitment and explores its limits.

This book develops and defends a conception of commitment and explores its limits.

This book looks at a family of views involving the pro-life view of abortion and Christianity.

This book looks at a family of views involving the pro-life view of abortion and Christianity.

States restrict immigration on a massive scale.

States restrict immigration on a massive scale.

The Injustice of Punishment emphasizes that we can never make sense of moral responsibility while also acknowledging that punishment is sometimes unavoidable.

The Injustice of Punishment emphasizes that we can never make sense of moral responsibility while also acknowledging that punishment is sometimes unavoidable.

Law schools are failing both their staff and students by requiring them to prize reason and rationality and to suppress or ignore emotions.

Law schools are failing both their staff and students by requiring them to prize reason and rationality and to suppress or ignore emotions.

This book is the first volume on the artistic representation of industrial disputes in European art (from 1870 to 1914) since the catalogue of the landmark exhibition Streik, Realitat und Mythos, organized by the Deutsches Historisches Museum (1992).

This book explores the increasing concern over the extent to which those suffering from forced cross-border displacement as a result of environmental change are protected under international human rights law.

This book explores the increasing concern over the extent to which those suffering from forced cross-border displacement as a result of environmental change are protected under international human rights law.

A number of recent events in the last decade have renewed interest in Russian discourses on international law.

The status of economic liberties remains a serious lacuna in the theory and practice of human rights.

The status of economic liberties remains a serious lacuna in the theory and practice of human rights.

Are we able to do everything we ought to do?

Are we able to do everything we ought to do?

Critical legal scholars have made us aware that law is made up not only of rules but also of language.

Critical legal scholars have made us aware that law is made up not only of rules but also of language.

The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with law as a matter of conscience.

The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with law as a matter of conscience.

This exciting new textbook provides a sophisticated examination of the Socratic method for teaching political science students in higher education.

This exciting new textbook provides a sophisticated examination of the Socratic method for teaching political science students in higher education.

In the Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt famously argued that the stateless were so rightless, that it was better to be a criminal who at least had some rights and protections.

In the Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt famously argued that the stateless were so rightless, that it was better to be a criminal who at least had some rights and protections.

This book seeks to re-appreciate the concept of customary international law as a form of spontaneous societal self-organisation, and to develop the methodological consequences that ensue from this conception for the practice of its application.

This book seeks to re-appreciate the concept of customary international law as a form of spontaneous societal self-organisation, and to develop the methodological consequences that ensue from this conception for the practice of its application.

Mark Platts is responsible for the first systematic presentation of truth-conditional semantics and for turning a generation of philosophers on to the Davidsonian program.

Mark Platts is responsible for the first systematic presentation of truth-conditional semantics and for turning a generation of philosophers on to the Davidsonian program.

This book examines the interstices among statutory enactment, constitutional convention and formal constitution in which quasi-constitutionality exists.

This book examines the interstices among statutory enactment, constitutional convention and formal constitution in which quasi-constitutionality exists.

This book is the first volume on the artistic representation of industrial disputes in European art (from 1870 to 1914) since the catalogue of the landmark exhibition Streik, Realitat und Mythos, organized by the Deutsches Historisches Museum (1992).

Caring for Liberalism brings together chapters that explore how liberal political theory, in its many guises, might be modified or transformed to take the fact of dependency on board.

Caring for Liberalism brings together chapters that explore how liberal political theory, in its many guises, might be modified or transformed to take the fact of dependency on board.

The orthodox view is that rights complement democracy.

The orthodox view is that rights complement democracy.