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Hardback. "The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860" (1977) disclosed the many ways that judge-made law favored commercial and property interests and remade law to promote economic growth. This title focuses on ideas that reshaped law as we struggled for objective and neutral legal responses to our country's crises. Editor(s): Hamilton, Daniel W.; Brophy, Alfred L. Num Pages: 598 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAB; LNCB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780674053274
- ISBN
- 9780674053274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.46
€ 50.99
€ 42.46
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
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804756594
- ISBN
- 9780804756594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
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
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
hardcover. This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198268970
- ISBN
- 9780198268970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.59
€ 171.59
Hardcover. Hans Kelsen is considered by many to be the foremost legal thinkers of the 20th century. He made important contributions to legal theory and international law and in this translation of "Allgemeine Theorie der Normen", Kelsen develops his "pure theory of law" into a "general theory of norms" and examines the applicability of logic to norms. Translator(s): Hartney, Michael. Num Pages: 528 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198252177
- ISBN
- 9780198252177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.42
€ 207.42
hardcover. Bringing together the latest work from leading scholars in this emerging and vibrant subfield of law, this book examines the philosophical issues that inform the intersection between law and neuroscience. Editor(s): Patterson, Professor Dennis; Pardo, Michael S. Series: Philosophical Foundations of Law. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAQ; LNF; LNTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 182 x 339 x 23. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198743095
- ISBN
- 9780198743095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.07
€ 145.07
paperback. 'Neil Duxbury's splendid book will provide enjoyable and informative reading for anyone interested in jurisprudence ..It is a very fine book that fully deserves the high praise which it will undoubtedly receive.' The Cambridge Law Journal. The hardback won the 1996 SPTL First Prize for outstanding legal scholarship. Num Pages: 530 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780198264910
- ISBN
- 9780198264910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.73
€ 87.73
Paperback. This selection of John Gardner's influential pieces in criminal law theory tackles persistent, troublesome questions including: Which wrongs should be crimes and why? Should crimes ever be excused, and if so on what basis? What are the conditions of criminal responsibility, and how do they relate to conditions of moral responsibility? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKV; LAB; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239368
- ISBN
- 9780199239368
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Condition: New
€ 83.43
€ 83.43
hardcover. Deals with the principle of proportionality - the principle that a sentence should be proportionate to the seriousness of the offence committed. This book examines the detailed arguments for the theory and for applying it to a range of situations including young offenders, dangerous offenders and socially deprived offenders. Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law & Justice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKVP; JKVQ2; LAB; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199272600
- ISBN
- 9780199272600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.67
€ 196.67
Paperback. Can the arguments of lawyers be rationally persuasive even if logically inconclusive? If not what becomes of the supposed security of living under the rule of law? This book answers these issues by offering a theory of legal reasoning and interpretation that addresses central problems in understanding the nature of law and the value of legality. Series: Law, State, and Practical Reason. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199571246
- ISBN
- 9780199571246
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Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
hardcover. The latest volume in the Current Legal Issues series offers an insight into the evolving state of law and neuroscience scholarship today. Focussing on the inter-connections between the two disciplines, it addresses the key issues informing current debates. Editor(s): Freeman, Michael. Series: Current Legal Issues. Num Pages: 582 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: LAB; LNTM; MMJ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199599844
- ISBN
- 9780199599844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.64
€ 143.64
Hardcover. With contributions from world-class specialists this first book-length work looks at translation issues in forensic linguistics, where accuracy and cultural understandings play a prominent part in the legal process. Editor(s): Olsen, Frances E.; Lorz, R. Alexander; Stein, Dieter. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203501
- ISBN
- 9780230203501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Hardcover. Ronald Dworkin's work on equality has shaped debates in the field of distributive justice for nearly three decades. In this book Alexander Brown attempts to provide a critique but also a defence of that work, and to extend equality of resources globally. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210158
- ISBN
- 9780230210158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Law and Transcendence examines and develops the philosophy of British Philosopher Gillian Rose. By putting Rose's thought into critical dialogue with contemporary philosophers and religious thinkers, the author demonstrates the continuing importance of her work and the importance of critical engagement between philosophy and religious thought. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210479
- ISBN
- 9780230210479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
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
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Paperback. A collection of 11 cutting-edge essays by leading young scholars, challenging long-held assumptions and offering new research paradigms in Philosophy of Law - in five parts 1) methodology/metatheory; 2) reasoning/evaluating; 3) values/the moral life; 4) institutions/the social life; and 5) the global/international dimension. Editor(s): Del Mar, Dr. Maksymilian. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 208 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. 296 pages, 0. Editor(s): Del Mar, Maksymilian. A collection of 11 cutting-edge essays by leading young scholars, challenging long-held assumptions and offering new research paradigms in Philosophy of Law - in five parts 1) methodology/metatheory; 2) reasoning/evaluating; 3) values/the moral life; 4) institutions/the social life; and 5) the global/international dimension. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: LAB. Dimension: 142 x 208 x 17. Weight: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276604
- ISBN
- 9780230276604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Fourteen philosophers, economists and legal scholars address the question 'Can intellectual property rights be fair?' What differentiates intellectual from real property? Should libertarians or Rawlsians defend IP rights? What's wrong with free-riding? How can incentives be taken into account by theories of justice? Editor(s): Gosseries, Axel; Marciano, Alain; Strowel, Alain. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5, 4 figures, 1 tables. BIC Classification: LAB; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285026
- ISBN
- 9780230285026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Hardcover. This first analysis of Spinoza's philosophy of law shows that he revolutionizes modern philosophy from within by developing an entirely new natural law theory connecting his ontology to radically democratic political views. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348691
- ISBN
- 9780230348691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. What are the grounds for and limits to obedience to the state? This book offers a fresh analysis of the debate concerning the moral obligation to obey the state, develops a novel account of political obligation and provides the first detailed argument of how a theory of political obligation can apply to subjects of an unjust state. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HPQ; HPS; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360754
- ISBN
- 9780230360754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76