Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
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Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
Paperback. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JKVP; JP; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349378166
- ISBN
- 9781349378166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardback. Published to honor Ernst-Joachim Mestmacker, Director (emeritus) of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and International Private Law. Editor(s): Einhorn, Talia. Num Pages: 459 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 89.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- T.M.C. Asser Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 459
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789067041638
- ISBN
- 9789067041638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.06
€ 132.06
Hardback. Adopting a novel approach to cut through several enduring controversies in discrimination law theory, this book provides a sophisticated doctrinal and philosophical treatment of the key questions of discrimination law. It argues that the real point of discrimination law is to remove abiding, pervasive, and substantial relative group disadvantage. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LNDC; LNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199656967
- ISBN
- 9780199656967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.41
€ 210.41
Paperback. Can the Supreme Court be free of politics? This book argues for an openly political role for the Supreme Court. It asserts that politically motivated constitutional decisionmaking is not only inevitable, it is legitimate and desirable as well. It examines that a political Court possesses instrumental value in American democracy. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LAB; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691007182
- ISBN
- 9780691007182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.50€ 42.10
€ 52.50
€ 42.10
Paperback. Using principles from the anthropological theory of legal evolution, this book locates the works, which reflect crises in the evolution of Western law in their legal contexts and traces through them the gradual dissociation over the centuries of law and morality. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114705
- ISBN
- 9780691114705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.34€ 46.42
€ 58.34
€ 46.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Baumgarth, William P.; Regan, Richard J., S.J. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206632
- ISBN
- 9780872206632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. This new translation offers fidelity to the Latin in a readable version that will prove useful to students of the natural law tradition in ethics, political theory, and jurisprudence, as well as to students of the Western intellectual tradition. Translator(s): Regan, Richard J., S.J. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205482
- ISBN
- 9780872205482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.99
€ 20.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. This Quick Review provides clear and concise explanations of the issues surrounding the conflict of laws. Text provides an analytical and exam approach accompanied with the typical questions found on a conflict of laws exam. Includes multiple-choice questions and answers, practice essay questions and model answers, and Case Squibs. Series: Quick Review Series. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 186. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- West Academic Publishing
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780314180926
- ISBN
- 9780314180926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.78
€ 62.78
Hardback. This text offers a model for understanding autonomy in the context of the practical uses of this concept for applied ethics and political philosophy, and in particular for our understanding of moral responsibility. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348511
- ISBN
- 9780792348511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
Hardcover. This unique volume develops a new philosophy of law and a new theory of law enforcement. The concepts developed provide the basis for a general unified theory of law that reconciles what legislators and judges do, with what police do to resolve important questions in the field and make public policy recommendations. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; LAB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366238
- ISBN
- 9781137366238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.28
€ 151.28
Paperback. This unique volume develops a new philosophy of law and a new theory of law enforcement. The concepts developed provide the basis for a general unified theory of law that reconciles what legislators and judges do, with what police do to resolve important questions in the field and make public policy recommendations. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKV; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349474073
- ISBN
- 9781349474073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Written by one of the foremost German legal historians and edited by a leading UK scholar of comparative criminal law, this is the first English-language book to offer a detailed view of the ideological, political and cultural roots of German criminal law. Editor(s): Vormbaum, Thomas; Bohlander, Professor Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JKV; LAB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642372728
- ISBN
- 9783642372728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.67
€ 68.67
Hardback. Discusses the prerequisites and possibilities for an alternative or critical legal dogmatics. The starting point of the analysis is the recognition of contradictions within the legal order, and the methodology is tested through a discussion of some features of modern private law. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792316596
- ISBN
- 9780792316596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.05
€ 201.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739134184
- ISBN
- 9780739134184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.30
€ 145.30
Paperback. The idea of 'The Rule of Law' as the foundation of modern states and civilisations is more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? This book examines what the idea actually means. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034539
- ISBN
- 9780141034539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Hardcover. This book explores ways that robot technology may affect legal systems in matters of responsibility and agency in criminal law, contractual obligations and torts. Discusses robot soldiers in battle, robo-trading of securities and service robots in torts law. Series: Law, Governance and Technology Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400765634
- ISBN
- 9789400765634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.15
€ 196.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Haakonssen, Knud; Skinner, Andrew S. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; GBCS; HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973886
- ISBN
- 9780865973886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Pufendorf, Samuel; Zurbuchen, Simone. Translator(s): Crull, Jodocus. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; HRAB; JP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973718
- ISBN
- 9780865973718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Hardback. Who presupposes Kelsen's basic norm? Is it possible to defend the presupposition in a way that is convincing? And what difference does the presupposition make? Endeavouring to highlight the role of basic assumptions in the law, the author argues that the verb "to presuppose', with Kelsen, has not only a conceptual, but also a normative dimension. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789041118677
- ISBN
- 9789041118677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.93
€ 200.93
Paperback. How can the brutal and costly enterprise of criminal punishment be justified? This book makes a provocative, original contribution to the philosophical literature and debate on the morality of punishing, arguing that punishment is justified in the duties that offenders incur as a result of their wrongdoing. Series: Oxford Legal Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JKV; LAB; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199681914
- ISBN
- 9780199681914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.87
€ 55.87