Systems of law

This book investigates the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality, with a focus on new and developing fields of law.

This book brings together the fruits of different traditions in legal philosophy and draws on them to develop a systematic thesis on the concept of law.

This book brings together the fruits of different traditions in legal philosophy and draws on them to develop a systematic thesis on the concept of law.

Twenty first century, flexible capitalism creates new demands for those who work to acknowledge that all aspects of their lives have come to be seen as performance related, and consequently of interest to those who employ them (or fire them).

Twenty first century, flexible capitalism creates new demands for those who work to acknowledge that all aspects of their lives have come to be seen as performance related, and consequently of interest to those who employ them (or fire them).

Customary law and traditional authorities continue to play highly complex and contested roles in contemporary African states.

Customary law and traditional authorities continue to play highly complex and contested roles in contemporary African states.

Legal and environmental concerns related to Indian law and tribal lands remain an understudied branch of both indigenous law and environmental law.

Legal and environmental concerns related to Indian law and tribal lands remain an understudied branch of both indigenous law and environmental law.

Ubiquitous Law explores the possibility of understanding the law in dissociation from the State while, at the same time, establishing the conditions of meaningful communication between various legalities.

Ubiquitous Law explores the possibility of understanding the law in dissociation from the State while, at the same time, establishing the conditions of meaningful communication between various legalities.

This book studies ideological divisions within Chinese legal academia and their relationship to arguments about the rule of law.

This book studies ideological divisions within Chinese legal academia and their relationship to arguments about the rule of law.

This text combines discrete areas of constitutional and administrative law to present Australian public law as a single, integrated body.

This text combines discrete areas of constitutional and administrative law to present Australian public law as a single, integrated body.

This book, first published in 1973, provides a challenging interpretation of the emergence of the common law in Anglo-Norman England.

The Anti-Oedipus Complex critically explores the post '68 dramatic developments in Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis and cultural theory.

The Anti-Oedipus Complex critically explores the post '68 dramatic developments in Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis and cultural theory.

This volume provides a reference textbook and comprehensive compilation of multifaceted perspectives on the legal issues arising from the conservation and exploitation of non-human biological resources.

This volume provides a reference textbook and comprehensive compilation of multifaceted perspectives on the legal issues arising from the conservation and exploitation of non-human biological resources.

Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative governance.

Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative governance.

Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers.

Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers.

Much has been written on specific religious legal systems, yet substantial comparative studies that strive to compare systems, identifying their analogies and differences, have been relatively few.

Much has been written on specific religious legal systems, yet substantial comparative studies that strive to compare systems, identifying their analogies and differences, have been relatively few.

Under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong the previous capitalist system and life-style shall remain unchanged for 50 years.

Under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong the previous capitalist system and life-style shall remain unchanged for 50 years.

Traditionally, Sociology has identified its subject matter as a distinct set - social phenomena - that can be taken as quite different and largely disconnected from potentially relevant disciplines such as Psychology, Economics or Planetary Ecology.

Traditionally, Sociology has identified its subject matter as a distinct set - social phenomena - that can be taken as quite different and largely disconnected from potentially relevant disciplines such as Psychology, Economics or Planetary Ecology.

This book offers an Indigenous supplement to the rich and growing area of visual legal scholarship.

This book offers an Indigenous supplement to the rich and growing area of visual legal scholarship.

This textbook is a comprehensive and accessible guide to Trusts Law and has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments in the area.

This book presents the argument that health has special moral importance because of the disadvantage one suffers when subjected to impairment or disabling barriers.

This book uses a case study of a low-cost home ownership initiative at the margins of renting and owning provided by social landlords - known as shared ownership - to challenge everyday assumptions held about the 'social' and the 'legal' in property.

This book provides critical insight into the experience of multi-owned property, and showcases different cultural responses across the Asia-Pacific region.

Disability Servitude traces the history and legacy of institutional peonage.

Sexuality, Disability, and the Law approaches issues of sexual autonomy and disability from multiple perspectives, including constitutional law, international human rights, therapeutic jurisprudence, history, cognitive psychology, dignity studies, and theories and findings on gender constructs and societal norms.

While much international attention has been focused on China's developing economy, dramatic changes are also taking place in its legal system.

This book details the relationship between private property and government.

This book details the relationship between private property and government.

Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes.

Domestic Violence, Family Law and School discusses the ways in which family law disputes in cases of domestic violence can impact on children's lives at pre-school and school.

Changing Concepts of Contract is a prestigious collection of essays that re-examines the remarkable contributions of Ian Macneil to the study of contract law and contracting behaviour.

O'Hagan explores the phenomenon of filicide, a deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter.

A theoretical discussion and internal critique of mainstream law and economics scholarship, especially as it approaches the issue of paternalism.

Giorgio Agamben is one of the most important and controversial figures in contemporary continental philosophy and critical theory.

Topics covered include: spousal withholding of conjugal relations; halakhic understandings of the parent-child relationship; corporal punishment of children; the prohibition against seeking a second ruling after something has been declared forbidden; the agent who carries out his mandate for his own benefit, not the principal's; mid-twentieth century London organizations for the advancement of Jewish law.

Topics covered include: spousal withholding of conjugal relations; halakhic understandings of the parent-child relationship; corporal punishment of children; the prohibition against seeking a second ruling after something has been declared forbidden; the agent who carries out his mandate for his own benefit, not the principal's; mid-twentieth century London organizations for the advancement of Jewish law.

Law's Trace argues for the political importance of deconstruction by taking Derrida's reading of Hegel as its point of departure.