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Systems of law
Paperback. This study explores the different ways people view the law. It identifies three common narratives: one is based on the idea of the law as magisterial and remote; another views the law as a game to be played; and a third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power to be actively resisted. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 line drawing, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; LAB; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226227443
- ISBN
- 9780226227443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.23
€ 44.23
Hardback. This book surveys the traditional classifications of private law to establish the cognitive techniques used by medieval Italian and French jurists to transform Roman law into the ius commune of Western Europe. Editor(s): Cairns, John W.; du Plessis, Paul. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; LAFR; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638970
- ISBN
- 9780748638970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.40€ 113.48
€ 118.40
€ 113.48
paperback. Codified by Justinian I and published under his aegis in A.D. 533, this work of legal history presents a picture of ordinary life in Rome. Translator(s): Kolbert, C.F. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140443431
- ISBN
- 9780140443431
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. 'The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective' provides the most detailed study to date on the subject of the dignity of man in Islam. This book goes a long way towards exploring an alternative to Western concepts of human rights. 'The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective' is part of a series of studies on fundamental rights and liberties in Islam. Series: Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam Series. Num Pages: 134 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC1; JFSR2; LAFS; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903682005
- ISBN
- 9781903682005
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.07
€ 19.99
€ 16.07
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
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Aron Zysow's 1984 PhD dissertation, 'The Economy of Certainty,' remains the most important treatment of Islamic legal theory in Western scholarship. It continues to be widely read and cited, and is published here in full with updated references, further reflections by the author, and with the addition of a nine-page Foreword by Robert Gleave. Series: Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: LAFS; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Lockwood Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937040093
- ISBN
- 9781937040093
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Condition: New
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
Paperback. Translator(s): Lowry, Joseph E. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479855445
- ISBN
- 9781479855445
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.49
€ 18.99
€ 18.49
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
€ 27.16
€ 27.16
Paperback. Assesses the impact of intellectual and political movements of the late twentieth century on law and legal theory Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Kearns, Thomas R. Series: Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472082391
- ISBN
- 9780472082391
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Condition: New
€ 43.55
€ 43.55
Paperback. Whether discussing the nature of liberalism, the constitutional and moral problems posed by judicial usurpation, or the dangers of technology, Russell Hittinger convincingly argues in "The First Grace" that in our post-Christian world it is more crucial than ever that we recover older, wiser notions of the concepts of freedom and law. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; LAB; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933859460
- ISBN
- 9781933859460
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47
Paperback. Legal analysis, historical and political critique of the rise and fall of modern international law. Series: Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; LAF; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 872. The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870-1960. Series: Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures. 584 pages. Legal analysis, historical and political critique of the rise and fall of modern international law. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; LAF; LB. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 32. Weight: 904.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521548090
- ISBN
- 9780521548090
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Condition: New
€ 59.77
€ 59.77
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hartmann, Wilfried; Pennington, Professor Kenneth. Series: History of Medieval Canon Law. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216799
- ISBN
- 9780813216799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.77
€ 84.77
The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234. ...
. Ed(S): Hartmann, Wilfried; Pennington, Prof...
Hardcover. Gratian has long been called the father of Canon Law. This volume covers the period from Gratian's initial teaching of canon law during the 1120s to just before the promulgation of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX in 1234. Editor(s): Hartmann, Wilfried; Pennington, Professor Kenneth. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAFR; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813214917
- ISBN
- 9780813214917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.74
€ 84.74
Hardback. Law is a specific form of social regulation distinct from religion, ethics, and even politics, and endowed with a strong and autonomous rationality. Its invention, a crucial aspect of Western history, took place against the backdrop of the Roman Empire's gradual consolidation. Schiavone reconstructs this development with clear-eyed passion. Translator(s): Carden, Jeremy; Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; LAFD; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 170 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047334
- ISBN
- 9780674047334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.24€ 60.13
€ 66.24
€ 60.13
Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 360 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JPHC; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633884
- ISBN
- 9780815633884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.27
€ 57.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 534 pages, 40 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: LAFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472110537
- ISBN
- 9780472110537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.60
€ 130.60
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; LAFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633923
- ISBN
- 9780691633923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.75
€ 145.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 halftones. 8 line illus. 10 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; KCP; KCS; KCZ; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156415
- ISBN
- 9780691156415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR1; LAF; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373707
- ISBN
- 9780195373707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.28
€ 86.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971615
- ISBN
- 9780865971615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.61
€ 16.61