Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
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Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
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
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
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
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.21
€ 21.99
€ 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€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.34
€ 37.34
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
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. 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: JFMX; JPVH4; LA; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785341
- ISBN
- 9780804785341
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. A critique of the Law & Economics movement, this book draws connections between conceptions of science and efforts at legitimating American legal theory as an objective enterprise. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; LAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339984
- ISBN
- 9780822339984
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Presents the framework for a feminist jurisprudence - one that would return feminism to relevance by connecting it in fresh and creative ways with liberalism. This title constructs a feminist interpretation of three central components of conventional theory - equality, rights, and responsibility. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JPA; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691019451
- ISBN
- 9780691019451
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Paperback. Ponders such questions as: How can we distinguish between injustice and misfortune? and What can we learn from the victims of calamity about the sense of injustice they harbour? Shklar formulates a new political and moral theory of injustice. Series: The Storrs Lectures. Num Pages: 154 pages, notes. BIC Classification: LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300056709
- ISBN
- 9780300056709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Incisively and stylishly written, this book constitutes an open challenge to reconsider the fundamental question of the relationship of law to society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674523517
- ISBN
- 9780674523517
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Hardback. aeo This is Habermasa s long--awaited work on law and democracy. aeo It develops a distinctive account of the nature of law and an original concept of democracy. aeo As one of Habermasa s most important works, it will be recognized as a major contribution to current debates in social theory, political theory, and philosophy. Num Pages: 636 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPHV; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 636
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745612294
- ISBN
- 9780745612294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. aeo This is Habermasa s long--awaited work on law and democracy. aeo It develops a distinctive account of the nature of law and an original concept of democracy. aeo As one of Habermasa s most important works, it will be recognized as a major contribution to current debates in social theory, political theory, and philosophy. Num Pages: 636 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 636
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620114
- ISBN
- 9780745620114
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Condition: New
€ 27.56
€ 27.56
Paperback. Dworkin and His Critics provides an in--depth, analytical discussion of Ronald Dworkina s ethical, legal and political philosophical writings, and it includes substantial replies from Dworkin himself. * Includes substantial replies by Ronald Dworkin, a comprehensive bibliography of his work, and suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Burley, Justine. Series: Philosophers & Their Critics. Num Pages: 440 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197669
- ISBN
- 9780631197669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472482235
- ISBN
- 9781472482235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.71
€ 175.71
Paperback. What is the legal status of abortion and the human fetus? In an extended analysis of mainstream arguments involving abortion and the status of 'personhood' that is often applied to the fetus, this book provides novel answers to some of the core 'pro-life' arguments in favour of recognizing fetal personhood and moral rights. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; LAB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198806608
- ISBN
- 9780198806608
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Condition: New
€ 57.66
€ 57.66
Paperback. A study of American lawmaking showing that political parties are less important in legislative-executive politics than is commonly thought. The book argues that divided government has little effect on legislative productivity as gridlock occurs even in united legislative-executive governments. Num Pages: 270 pages, 28 line drawings, 45 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226452722
- ISBN
- 9780226452722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. "Congress shall make no law reflecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The First Amendment aims to separate church and state, but Kent Greenawalt examines many situations in which its two clauses the Nonestablishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause point in opposite directions. How should courts decide? Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674972209
- ISBN
- 9780674972209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.41
€ 48.99
€ 41.41
Hardcover. Should laws apply to everyone, or should some people be exempt because of conflicting religious or moral convictions? Through a close study of several cases, from abortion to taxes, Kent Greenawalt demonstrates how to weigh competing values without losing sight of practical considerations like the difficulty of implementing a specific law. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659872
- ISBN
- 9780674659872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.02€ 52.81
€ 57.02
€ 52.81
Hardcover. This exciting new vision for legal theory combines analytical tools drawn from Latour's actor-network theory developed in Science in Action, Reassembling the Social and The Making of Law with the philosophical anthropology of the Moderns in An Inquiry into Modes of Existence to blaze a new trail in legal epistemology. Editor(s): McGee, Kyle. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 black and white tables, 1 black and white line art. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697908
- ISBN
- 9780748697908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.80€ 119.92
€ 130.80
€ 119.92
Hardcover. The author presents a general theory of justice which makes full use of the Jewish sources, bringing them into a philosophical dialogue with the leading ethical and political texts of the Western tradition. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFSR1; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780300049435
- ISBN
- 9780300049435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.83€ 48.62
€ 61.83
€ 48.62