Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
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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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 36.99
€ 31.25
Multilevel Constitutionalism for Multilevel Governance of Public Goods...
Professor Dr Ernst Ulrich Petersmann
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 36.27