Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
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Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
hardcover. Since the mid-1970s, Congress has passed numerous overrides - laws that seek to reverse or modify judicial intepretations of statutes. This text asks: do overrides effectively clarify the law, reverse objectionable judicial statutory interpretations, and broaden deliberation on contested issues? Num Pages: 232 pages, 31 tables, 20 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748834
- ISBN
- 9780804748834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.87
€ 76.87
Hardcover. Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson had the most substantial direct experience with the issues surrounding intellectual property rights and their impact on creativity, invention, and innovation. This title discusses the lessons Jefferson's efforts offer us. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LAZ; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927718
- ISBN
- 9780813927718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Paperback. This book explores the philosophical arguments about the nature of forgiveness, mercy and specific passions in the legal process. Series Editor(s): Postema, Gerald J.; Coleman, Jules L.; Duff, Antony; Lyons, David; MacCormick, Professor D. Neil; Munzer, Stephen R.; Pettit, Philip; Raz, Joseph. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy & Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521395670
- ISBN
- 9780521395670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
Hardback. A collection of essays pursuing further the topics of punishment and retribution that were explored in the author's previous book "Retribution, Justice and Therapy". The current volume discusses these themes in the context of political philosophy as well as moral philosophy. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792318156
- ISBN
- 9780792318156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.61
€ 133.61
Hardback. Jeffrie G. Murphy's third collection of essays further pursues the topics of punishment and retribution that were explored in his two previous collections. Murphy now explores these topics in light of issues that are normally associated with religion: forgiveness, mercy, and repentance. Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352754
- ISBN
- 9780792352754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.88
€ 133.88
Paperback. Focusing on U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the area of capital punishment, Dead Certainty examines the challenge of judging matters of public concern without a common sense of the good or other shared criteria to validate final decisions. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP; LAB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757461
- ISBN
- 9780804757461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Bankowski, Z.; MacCormick, Neil. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 359 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141135
- ISBN
- 9789048141135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 429.99
€ 429.99
Hardback. Provides an account of what is involved in the idea of 'applying' law as this is carried out by judges. This book explores analytically an idea for our understanding of legality as a value to which systems of government aspire. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 359 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792315698
- ISBN
- 9780792315698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 437.38
€ 437.38
Hardcover. This exploration of the newly emerging, diverse, and controversial area of animal lawpresents a basic survey of the laws designed to protect animals, analyzing and critiquing them, and proposing a future where the legal regime properly recognizes and protects the inherent worth of all animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; LAB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235632
- ISBN
- 9780230235632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.97
€ 162.97
Paperback. The second volume of Joel Feinberg's work, "The Moral Limits of Criminal Law", a four-volume work that addresses the question: what kinds of conduct may the state make criminal without infringing on the moral autonomy of individual citizen? Series: Moral Limits of the Criminal Law. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1Illustrations. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195052152
- ISBN
- 9780195052152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.97
€ 53.97
Paperback. The 4th and final volume in the series defines the philosophical basis for criminalizing so-called "victimless crimes", such as pornography and consensual sexual activity. Series: Moral Limits of the Criminal Law. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LAB; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195064704
- ISBN
- 9780195064704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.70
€ 52.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204324
- ISBN
- 9780872204324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.21
€ 20.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely recognised as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an essential reference point for all students of the subject. This new edition includes a substantial postscript by the author responding to thirty years of comment, criticism, and further work in the field. Series: Clarendon Law Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199599141
- ISBN
- 9780199599141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.33
€ 60.33
Hardcover. Few learn Latin in school and young lawyers with minimal knowledge of the language experience difficulty as they continue to meet it, particularly in old reported cases, academic articles and statutes. This book is aimed at those disadvantaged by the deteriorating standing of Latin in our education system and by its use as legal terminology. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CF; GBC; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 134 x 42. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780709082774
- ISBN
- 9780709082774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Series: Philosophy, Public Policy, and Transnational Law. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349477791
- ISBN
- 9781349477791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.75
€ 44.75
Paperback. Presents an overview of the English legal system. This work provides the groundwork for an understanding of legal institutions, processes and materials, and places the study of law within a framework of inquiry focusing on the evaluation and explanation of legal decision making at various levels. It examines the civil justice system after Woolf. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Sweet & Maxwell United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 4th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780421960602
- ISBN
- 9780421960602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.34
€ 37.34
Hardback. Argues against the present method of "balancing", proposing the adoption of "filtering", a multi-step procedure which directs one to discuss the moral authority of the state, consider measures less coercive than a criminal statute, and investigate the pragmatic consequences of criminalization. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326632
- ISBN
- 9780792326632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.26
€ 202.26
Hardback. Deals with the notions of legal norms and legal systems and provides an analysis of the notion of legal indeterminacy and its relation to gaps, contradictions and the vagueness of legal concepts. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351566
- ISBN
- 9780792351566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.06
€ 133.06
Paperback. This classic collection of essays, first published in 1979, represents Joseph Raz's landmark contribution to the philosophy of law. The new edition includes two previously uncollected essays and a new introduction from the author. It will be essential reading for all academics and students working in legal philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199573578
- ISBN
- 9780199573578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Hardback. The Street Politics of Abortion uses three Supreme Court cases to consider the rise and fall of clinic-front anti-abortion protests in the 1980s and 1990s, and illustrates how these conflicts influenced the contemporary form of reproductive politics and the greater New Christian Right. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785334
- ISBN
- 9780804785334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.10
€ 117.10