Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

What is the ultimate task of law? This book places the idea of law's ultimate task in the context of what actually happens when people seek to do justice and enforce legal rights in a world that is inflected by the desperation and suffering of the many...

What is the ultimate task of law? This book places the idea of law's ultimate task in the context of what actually happens when people seek to do justice and enforce legal rights in a world that is inflected by the desperation and suffering of the many...

Whilst firmly situated within the field of EU law, this book also employs theories developed in linguistics and translation studies to explore the uncertainty surrounding the meaning of multilingual EU law and the impact of multilingualism on judicial reasoning at the European Court of Justice. To r..

This book argues that legal persuasion results from making and breaking mental connections. It follows a cognitive science roadmap while the authors test the directions through rhetorical analysis. This blend of rhetorical analysis and cognitive science yields a new way of seeing and understanding l..

Despite persistent criticism from a variety of different perspectives including natural law, legal realism and socio-legal studies, legal positivism remains as an enduring theory of law. The essays contained in this volume represent the most balanced responses toward legal positivism and although l..

Pribán's book contributes to the field of systems theory of law in the context of European legal and political integration and constitution-making. It puts recent European legislative efforts and policies, especially the EU enlargement process, in the context of legal theory and philosophy..

The essays published in this volume develop a new range of insights into the relationship between legislative problems and legal theory in a way that will interest legal scholars throughout the world. Specifically the work will attract the attention of those involved with constitutional law, EU law,..

The essays published in this volume develop a new range of insights into the relationship between legislative problems and legal theory in a way that will interest legal scholars throughout the world. Specifically the work will attract the attention of those involved with constitutional law, EU law,..

Current legal theory is premised on the central role of the judge in contemporary legal systems. This book takes a different view on law and legislation and establishes 'legisprudence', by contrast to jurisprudence, as a legal theory of political law making. By shifting the attention to the positio..

Current legal theory is premised on the central role of the judge in contemporary legal systems. This book takes a different view on law and legislation and establishes 'legisprudence', by contrast to jurisprudence, as a legal theory of political law making. By shifting the attention to the positio..

When does the exercise of an interest constitute a human right? The contributors to Menuge’s edited collection offer a range of secular and religious responses to this fundamental question of the legitimacy of human rights claims. This topical book is of interest to a range of academics from discipl..

Bringing together Zygmunt Bauman and a number of internationally distinguished legal scholars, this collection of essays examines Bauman's analysis of fears and policing in 'liquid society' and continues with the social and legal theoretical context and implications of Bauman's theory...