Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

From Positivism to Idealism..

The essential starting point for any discussion of the nature and structure of rights, Fundamental Legal Conceptions has long been difficult to obtain. This new edition includes a comprehensive introduction by Dr N.E. Simmonds of Corpus Christi, University of Cambridge, UK...

The essential starting point for any discussion of the nature and structure of rights, Fundamental Legal Conceptions has long been difficult to obtain. This new edition includes a comprehensive introduction by Dr N.E. Simmonds of Corpus Christi, University of Cambridge, UK...

Do judges need gender education? Why is it important? In what way has it to be done? The demand for gender equality in modern constitutions has created the necessity to integrate gender issues in judicial education. The ongoing feminization of the judiciary has sharpened the awareness for it. This b..

The essays collected for this volume represent the best scholarly literature on Hugo Grotius available in the English language. The focus is on Grotius’ contribution to political concepts such as liberty and property and to issues in international law and the laws of war. Grotius’s work, especially ..

Habermas and Law makes accessible the most important essays in English that deal with the application to law of the work of major philosophers for whom law was not a main concern. It encompasses not only what these philosophers had to say about law but also brings together essays which consider thos..

This book deals with a number of themes - including globalization, health and regulation - and how they occur in the contemporary legal, health and ethical context. It identifies the core values and concerns that inform current debates in health law and regulation and discusses how they will develop..

Hegel and Law brings together a collection of essays on the contemporary relevance of, and outstanding issues in, Hegel’s legal theory. Particular attention is paid to the different parts of the legal curriculum which Hegelian analysis could contribute to in a positive manner. The book also features..

In the course of articulating his monumental theory of political justification, Thomas Hobbes developed a sustained and detailed approach to law and legal questions. This collection provides an excellent survey of the various legal questions addressed by Hobbes...

It has often been remarked that law and religion have much in common. This volume presents a discussion of interpretation in law and religion with the multidisciplinary group of authors discussing the textualist approach presented here by American Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, with reference..

It has often been remarked that law and religion have much in common. This volume presents a discussion of interpretation in law and religion with the multidisciplinary group of authors discussing the textualist approach presented here by American Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, with reference..

This book is a rethinking of human dignity in relation to our principles of social governance. The result is a revisionist account of human dignity and law, one focused less on the use of human dignity in our regulations and more on its constitutive implications for the governance of the public real..