Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law

This book discusses how the plurality of legal norms operating in the European Union can be balanced to produce a functioning, sustainable and legitimate legal system. It provides an extensive database of 2004-2009 national judgments of national courts in Latvia and Estonia, and offers an extensive ..

In this book, a distinguished International group of legal theorists re-examine legal positivism as a prescriptive political theory and consider its implications for the constitutionally defined roles of legislatures and courts. The issues are illustrated with recent developments in Australian cons..

In this book, a distinguished International group of legal theorists re-examine legal positivism as a prescriptive political theory and consider its implications for the constitutionally defined roles of legislatures and courts. The issues are illustrated with recent developments in Australian cons..

This title was first published in 2003 and explores the interaction of globalization and the development of law. The framework of the book is established by William Twining, who asks how legal concepts can be generalised within a variety of legal orders...

This volume is the first work of its kind to publish in one place the most influential published essays in the field on the widely influential alternative theory of justice known as the capabilities approach. The collection covers a wide range of topics and informs scholars and students coming to th..

The central argument of this study is that the universal phenomenon of friendship provides us with an inter-subjectively agreeable and rich conception of justice that can be transposed to the context of law. While presented as a theory of law, the work considers and traverses the fields of jurisprud..

The central argument of this study is that the universal phenomenon of friendship provides us with an inter-subjectively agreeable and rich conception of justice that can be transposed to the context of law. While presented as a theory of law, the work considers and traverses the fields of jurisprud..

This book was first published in 2003.Justice, Humanity and the New World Order offers a refreshing analysis of current jurisprudential concerns regarding the new world order, by examining them in the intellectual context of the late eighteenth century Enlightenment...

Kant’s legal philosophy and theory have played an enormous role in the development of law since the eighteenth century. Although this influence can be seen primarily in German-based legal systems, Kant’s philosophy has experienced a Renaissance in the Anglo-American legal world. This anthology colle..

Law and Agonistic Politics examines the relation between law and politics in terms of a range of agonistic theories, influenced by authors such as Arendt, Schmitt, Nietzsche, Foucault, Ranciere, Lefort, Castoriadis and Honneth. This thought provoking volume will be of interest to students and resear..

Law and Agonistic Politics examines the relation between law and politics in terms of a range of agonistic theories, influenced by authors such as Arendt, Schmitt, Nietzsche, Foucault, Ranciere, Lefort, Castoriadis and Honneth. This thought provoking volume will be of interest to students and resear..

This volume provides an introduction to the major themes and theoretical perspectives of contemporary work in Law and Anthropology. It reflects both important recent ethnography of law and the state, and the dialogue of jurists and anthropologists concerning legal institutions in the present era of..