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Jurisprudence & philosophy of law

Paperback. The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life, shaping the character of our community and underlying issues from racism and abortion to human rights and international war. The revised edition of this Very Short Introduction examines the central questions about law's relation to justice, morality, and democracy. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, Approximately 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199687008
ISBN
9780199687008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPSN; LAB; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624082
ISBN
9780691624082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Entering the perennial debate about the role and definition of law, this book presents a critical survey of a number of philosophical approaches to law and judicial decision-making. Confronting the conflicting orientations represented by legal formalism and legal realism, it discusses the relationship between law and society. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9781566392037
ISBN
9781566392037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.85

Paperback. This provocative book outlines a powerful and original theory of liberty structured by the liberal conception of justice and the rule of law. Drawing on insights from philosophy, political theory, economics, and law, he shows how this new conception of liberty can confront, and solve, the central societal problems of knowledge, interest, and power. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198700920
ISBN
9780198700920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; LAB; LNR; PSAK; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199459766
ISBN
9780199459766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.70

Hardback. Elements of a Constructivist Theory of Justice. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. 368 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; JPA; LAB. Dimension: 235 x 170 x 27. Weight: 614. Translator(s): Flynn, Jeffrey.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147088
ISBN
9780231147088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.82

Paperback. BIC Classification: LAB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138279629
ISBN
9781138279629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

Hardcover. Natural-law theory grounds human laws in universal truths of God's creation. The task of the judicial system was to build an edifice of positive law on natural law's foundations. R. H. Helmholz shows how lawyers and judges made and interpreted natural law arguments in the West, and concludes that historically it has advanced the cause of justice. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAM; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504585
ISBN
9780674504585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.72

paperback. Drawing on concepts taken from US law and legal theory, postmodernism and queer theory, as well as the author's own experience in the courtroom and classroom, this book examines the complexities of lesbian identity and the often detrimental ways in which legal scholarship approaches lesbianism. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
0th Edition
SKU
V9780231105613
ISBN
9780231105613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780937564
ISBN
9781780937564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.06

Paperback. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1838.
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
9th edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780414026728
ISBN
9780414026728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.74

Paperback. Accessibly organised around key themes, this book introduces the major schools of thought in jurisprudence to students new to the subject. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441141897
ISBN
9781441141897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 784.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509909124
ISBN
9781509909124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.78
€ 17.73

Ranging across substantive law, jurisprudential theory, as well as interdisciplinary themes, the articles in this anthology are an introduction to contemporary legal theory and an addition to the collection of original essays in "Companion to the Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory". Editor(s): Patterson, Professor Dennis. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 872.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631202875
ISBN
9780631202875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.46

Paperback.

This innovative book tells the fascinating tale of the long histories of violence, punishment, and the human body, and how they are all connected. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.

Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653495
ISBN
9780745653495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.72

Paperback. Offers a critique of American legal thought and the American legal system's deification of reason. In an attempt to understand the current malaise of American law and the depressed condition of American intellectual life in general, the author diagnoses what he believes is an epidemic of pathological reliance on the principle of reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322146
ISBN
9780822322146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
111
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415185462
ISBN
9780415185462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.97

Hardcover. This collection of essays by leading scholars of constitutional law looks at a critical component of constitutional democracy - judicial independence, from an international comparative perspective. It concludes by comparing many regimes from across the world. Editor(s): Russell, Peter H.; O'Brien, David M. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV; LAB; LAM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920153
ISBN
9780813920153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Deutscher, Penelope; Lafont, Cristina. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181518
ISBN
9780231181518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Hardback. Editor(s): Deutscher, Penelope; Lafont, Cristina. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181501
ISBN
9780231181501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.82

Paperback. The essays in this collection grew out of a series of invited lectures given in France on the nature of justice and the law. They represent a reflection on the relationship of the juridical and the philosophical concept of right, situated between moral philosophy and politics. Translator(s): Pellauer, David. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226713403
ISBN
9780226713403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.66

Paperback. Represents a survey of philosophy of law and legal theory for students and specialists alike. This volume includes articles that provide an overview of the basic theoretical concepts, theories, topics, philosophical issues, and themes that feature in the law school and undergraduate legal studies curricula. Editor(s): Patterson, Professor Dennis. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 616 pages, 0. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631213291
ISBN
9780631213291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. This study explores the different ways people view the law. It identifies three common narratives: one is based on the idea of the law as magisterial and remote; another views the law as a game to be played; and a third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power to be actively resisted. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 line drawing, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; LAB; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226227443
ISBN
9780226227443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.54

Paperback. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, has been called the greatest jurist and legal scholar in the history of the English-speaking world. In this collection of his speeches, opinions, and letters Richard Posner reveals the fullness of Holmes' achievements as judge, historian and philosopher. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; LAB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226675541
ISBN
9780226675541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

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