Ethics - Jurisprudence

This interdisciplinary collection proposes a new subject of inquiry: lively legalities. The contributors – scholars from a variety of backgrounds and disciplinary orientations – envision the possibility of legal frameworks that might move beyond a humanist perspective. The book asks what, in legal t..

This interdisciplinary collection proposes a new subject of inquiry: lively legalities. The contributors – scholars from a variety of backgrounds and disciplinary orientations – envision the possibility of legal frameworks that might move beyond a humanist perspective. The book asks what, in legal t..

Biomedical patents have been the subject of heated debate and this book looks in detail into the legal issues and ethical debates raised. The volume seeks to contribute to our understanding of the role and function of regulatory agencies in the regulation of the bioeconomy, explains the process of i..

The law is often thought to be primarily concerned with organising responsibility by creating and imposing various obligations. This book offers a contrasting view - namely that legal institutions, through their practices, concepts and categories, in fact deflect responsibility, instead promoting an..

Law’s Animal: A Critical Jurisprudence addresses the problem of ‘animal life’ in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals...

Law’s Animal: A Critical Jurisprudence addresses the problem of ‘animal life’ in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals...