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Systems of law
Hardback. Plunder examines the dark side of the Rule of Law and explores how it has been used as a powerful political weapon by Western countries in order to legitimize plunder - the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actors victimizing weaker ones. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178952
- ISBN
- 9781405178952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.57
€ 107.57
Hardback. A study of how English legal culture, with its strong emphasis on common law, engaged with the new ideas of the Enlightenment. Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; LAFC; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838043
- ISBN
- 9781843838043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Hardback. The history of the vexed relationship between clergy and warfare is traced through a careful examination of canon law. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HRAX; HRC; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838654
- ISBN
- 9781843838654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone. 18 line illus. 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JPQB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780691171852
- ISBN
- 9780691171852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.32€ 83.75
€ 109.32
€ 83.75
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; LAFR; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610726
- ISBN
- 9780691610726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCC2; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691622439
- ISBN
- 9780691622439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.29€ 55.72
€ 71.29
€ 55.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1, 1 charts. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPFC; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456596
- ISBN
- 9780801456596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Jensen, Erik G.; Heller, Thomas C. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748032
- ISBN
- 9780804748032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Hardback. Law and the Sacred explores questions about the foundational role of the sacred in the constitution of law, both historically and theoretically. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Douglas, Lawrence; Umphrey, Martha. Series: Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HR; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804755757
- ISBN
- 9780804755757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial Hong Kong. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 tables, 2 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 2AB; 2GDCC; JHB; LAFC; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761659
- ISBN
- 9780804761659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
paperback. Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAF; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814780244
- ISBN
- 9780814780244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Providing a feminist perspective on traditional jurisprudence, this text examines issues such as the nature of justice, the concept of harm, economic theories of value, and the utility of constitutional discourse. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814793497
- ISBN
- 9780814793497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Islamic Law in Southeast Asia: A Study of Its Application in Kelantan ...
Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad
Paperback. Examines the dynamics involved in implementing Islamic law in Southeast Asia, and how this issue has become a source of conflict in Kelantan, Malaysia and Aceh, Indonesia. Using textual and fieldwork methodology, this study compares and contrasts the collective experience of trying to apply Islamic law in these two locations. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FM; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749511091
- ISBN
- 9789749511091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Mozambique has been hailed as a success story by the international community. The author examines the role of customary law in Mozambique to ask a larger question: what is the place of law in the neoliberal era, in which the juridical and the economic are deeply intertwined in an ongoing state of structural adjustment? Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; LAFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226153865
- ISBN
- 9780226153865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Talks about the work done in the sociology of law, a field dedicated to the study of the influence of social factors on legal behavior. This book looks at the operation of the justice systems and at various stages of the legal process. It also illustrates the advances in jurisprudential, moral, and practical applications of legal sociology. Num Pages: 435 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780120831708
- ISBN
- 9780120831708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.24
€ 87.24
hardcover. These essays provide a general - if not wholly systematic - coverage of the emergence and evolution of law during the first three and a half centuries of Islam. On another level, they reflect the different and, at times, widely divergent scholarly approaches to this subject matter. Editor(s): Hallaq, Wael B. Series Editor(s): Conrad, Professor Lawrence I. Series: The Formation of the Classical Islamic World. Num Pages: 458 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBT; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860787143
- ISBN
- 9780860787143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 296.22
€ 296.22
Hardcover. Mozambique has been hailed as a success story by the international community. The author examines the role of customary law in Mozambique to ask a larger question: what is the place of law in the neoliberal era, in which the juridical and the economic are deeply intertwined in an ongoing state of structural adjustment? Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; LAFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226153728
- ISBN
- 9780226153728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; LAFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665365
- ISBN
- 9780816665365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Posner uses economic analysis to probe justice and efficiency, primitive law, privacy, and the constitutional regulation of racial discrimination. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 313 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- n Second printing
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674235267
- ISBN
- 9780674235267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.53
€ 52.99
€ 44.53
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. Editor(s): Hefner, Robert W. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JHMC; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022479
- ISBN
- 9780253022479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. Deepening the discussion of the relationship between Islamic law and human rights, this volume gathers leading experts in both fields to examine how each system protects and limits fundamental freedoms. From gender equality to freedom of religion the book explores the main flashpoints in the debate, examining the operation of the law in context. Editor(s): Emon, Anver M.; Ellis, Mark S. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JPVH; LAFS; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199641451
- ISBN
- 9780199641451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.67
€ 63.67
paperback. The common law is one of two major and successful systems of law developed in Western Europe, and in one form or another is now in force not only in the country of its origin but also in the United States and large parts of the British Commonwealth and former parts of the Empire. Num Pages: 692 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; LAFC; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 692
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780198255734
- ISBN
- 9780198255734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 230.12
€ 230.12
Paperback. Presents a look at the earliest framework of the common law and demonstrates the underlying structural changes that result in modern law. By examining legal, social and economic history, this book aims to reconstruct legal developments into the stages through which an entire legal system has evolved. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780406625038
- ISBN
- 9780406625038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.02
€ 92.02