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Jurisprudence & philosophy of law

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

€ 131.93

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

€ 132.74

hardcover. A collection that represents the analytic approach to legal philosophy. It investigates philosophical aspects of law and jurisprudence from various points of view. Editor(s): Wolenski, Jan. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
1999th Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792357322
ISBN
9780792357322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.08

Hardback. This book aims to introduce those interested in legal theory and legal philosophy to the work of leading scholars in the field. The authors were asked to make an original synthesis of their own contributions to the field of legal theory and legal philosophy. Editor(s): Wintgens, Luc J. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792357964
ISBN
9780792357964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.87

Hardback. Argues that legal justification can best be studied from a procedural, dialogical point of view: legal statements are justified if the audience is convinced in an argumentative dialog. This book is intended for scholars in legal theory, artificial intelligence, and argumentation. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792358305
ISBN
9780792358305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.28

hardcover. Many legal philosophers focus on reasons for action and practical reason when analyzing central questions of their discipline. This book offers an evaluation of that approach, by examining the problems hidden behind such concepts as "reason for action" and "practical reasoning". Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
1999th Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792359128
ISBN
9780792359128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.73

Hardback. Presents a collection of essays on rights theory. This volume addresses such topics as the grounding of rights, the universality of rights, conflict among legal rights, the nature of political rights, the care-based presuppositions of rights, the misuse of rights talk, and the connection between rights and religion. Editor(s): Friedman, Marilyn; May, Larry; Parsons, K. (Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA). Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 277 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792361985
ISBN
9780792361985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.25

Hardback. Examines in some detail how our concepts of an ideal or 'universal' audience influence legal argument. This title shows how asking what are the arguments and the forms of argumentation that we believe would be accepted by such an audience, is a useful analytical tool. It is of interest to professionals in the fields of legal philosophy. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792362838
ISBN
9780792362838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.26

Hardback. Features the essays that treat important aspects of most of the major themes in contemporary philosophy of law and legal theory. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 445 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 829.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792363675
ISBN
9780792363675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 258.40

Hardback. Addresses the controversial question of what the role is of judicial discretion in adjudication. This book's main purpose is to discuss the philosophical and epistemic foundations of two different legal theories: Hartian positivism and Dworkin's interpretivism. It shows how Hartian positivism faces difficulties to avoid global skepticism. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792367789
ISBN
9780792367789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.00

Hardback. What can we say about justice in a pluralist world? Is there some universal justice? Are there universal human rights? Such are the problems dealt with by the 20th world congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (Amsterdam, June 2001). This book covers these problems. Editor(s): Soeteman, Arend. Num Pages: 388 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370390
ISBN
9780792370390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.51

Hardback. Offers readers some of the elements of a democratic tax law, considered within its political and philosophical context, in order to determine the extent of legitimate tax obligations. This book discusses constitutional reasoning in tax matters. It focuses on the jurisprudence of the Spanish Tribunal Constitucional. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370529
ISBN
9780792370529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 257.09

Hardback. Conklin's thesis is that the tradition of modern legal positivism, beginning with Thomas Hobbes, postulated different senses of the invisible as the authorising origin of humanly posited laws. The author re-reads the tradition by privileging how the canons share a understanding of legal language as written. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792371014
ISBN
9780792371014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.47

Hardback. The aim of this book is to explore what it means to live a life under the law. Does a life of law preclude love and does a life of love preclude law? Part of the theme of the book is that social questions also raise individual moral and ethical questions. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792371809
ISBN
9780792371809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.69

Hardcover. Through critical analysis of key concepts and measures of the rule of law, this book shows that the choice of definitions and measures affects descriptive and explanatory findings about nomocracy. It argues a constitutionalist legacy from centuries ago explains why European civilizations display higher adherence to rule of law than other countries. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320605
ISBN
9781137320605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Hardcover. This book describes the history, present status and possible future models of clinical legal education (CLE) in 12 Asian countries, with particular focus on the Asian character of CLE as it has evolved in different countries. Editor(s): Sarker, Shuvro Prosun. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1F; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137517524
ISBN
9781137517524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.21

Paperback. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402002816
ISBN
9781402002816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. Liberal defences of nationalism have largely neglected the fact that nationalism is primarily about land. This book examines the generic types of territorial claims customarily put forward by national groups as justification for their territorial demands. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; LAB; LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2nd ed. 2009
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402092619
ISBN
9781402092619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.69

Hardback. Justice-related and human rights issues have recently gained prominence on the international political agenda. This book addresses the legal challenges of these issues and the merits of contending approaches to the promotion of international justice norms. Editor(s): Andreopoulos, George J.; Barberet, Rosemary L.; Levine, James P. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441911018
ISBN
9781441911018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.81

paperback. Justice-related and human rights issues have recently gained prominence on the international political agenda. This book addresses the legal challenges of these issues and the merits of contending approaches to the promotion of international justice norms. Editor(s): Andreopoulos, George J.; Barberet, Rosemary L.; Levine, James P. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489981837
ISBN
9781489981837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardcover. Justice, Conflict and Wellbeing Editor(s): Bornstein, Brian H.; Wiener, Richard L. Num Pages: 356 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JM; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493906222
ISBN
9781493906222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Hardcover. A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution. Editor(s): Ryberg, Jesper; Corlett, J. Angelo. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350. New Perspectives. 200 pages. Editor(s): Ryberg, Jesper; Corlett, J. Angelo. A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230240971
ISBN
9780230240971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Hardcover. In this text, research by international scholars is brought to bear on the role of early modern natural law doctrines in reconstructing the relations between moral right and civil authority in the face of profound religious and political conflict. Editor(s): Hunter, Ian; Saunders, David. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPV; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333964590
ISBN
9780333964590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. A collection of papers which work towards determining how far the law is amenable to formal modelling, and in what ways computers might assist legal thinking and practice. The book is the result of discussions held by a working group, supported by the European Commission, over two and half years. Editor(s): Bankowski, Zenon; White, I.; Hahn, Ulrike. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
1995th Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792334552
ISBN
9780792334552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 256.96

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