Jurisprudence category: 1225 books
Reflections on Crime and Culpability
Problems and Puzzles
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
In 2009, Larry Alexander and Kimberly Ferzan published Crime and Culpability: A Theory of Criminal Law. The book set out a theory that those who deserve punishment should receive punishment commensurate with, but no greater than, that which they deserve. Reflections on Crime and Culpability: Problems...
Exemptions
Necessary, Justified, or Misguided?
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
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.
Morality and Responsibility of Rulers
European and Chinese Origins of a Rule of Law as Justice for World Order
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
The history of ideas on rule of law for world order is a fascinating one, as revealed in this comparative study of both Eastern and Western traditions. This book discerns 'rule of law as justice' conceptions alternative to the positivist conceptions of the liberal internationalist rule of law today....
Cosmic Constitutional Theory
Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential...
Cultura, política y práctica del derecho
juristas de Salamanca, siglos XV-XX
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2012
El libro que el lector tendrá entre sus manos recoge siete estudios de otros tantos investigadores, unidos por el esfuerzo de avanzar en el conocimiento de lo que representaron los juristas de Salamanca desde el siglo XV hasta el XX. Cierto que el trabajo de todos tiene otro común denominador, como...
by Phil Harris
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2006
Since the publication of its first edition, this textbook has become the definitive student introduction to the subject. As with earlier editions, the seventh edition gives a clear understanding of fundamental legal concepts and their importance within society. In addition, this book addresses the...
by Richard Garnett
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
When the law of a foreign country is selected or pleaded by a claimant or defendant, a question arises as to whether the issue pertains to substance, in which case it may be resolved by foreign law, or procedure, in which case it will be governed by the law of forum. This book examines the distinction...
The Organizational Contract
From Exchange to Long-Term Network Cooperation in European Contract Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
This book introduces and develops the paradigm of the organisational contract in European contract law. Suggesting that a more radical distinction should be made between contracts which regulate single or spot exchanges and contracts that organize complex economic activities without creating a new...
The Straightforward Guide To Employment Law
The Comprehensive and Illuminating Guide to All Aspects of Employment Law - Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
The latest edition of the Straightforward Guides Series, Guide to Employment Law, is a clear and concise guide to all aspects of the law relating to employment rights with changes in the law up to 2013 covered in depth. The book is intended for the layperson but can also be utilised by the professional or the student.
by Jennifer Hardes
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Law, Immunization and the Right to Die focuses on the urgent matter of legal appeals and judicial decisions on assisted death. Drawing on key cases from the United Kingdom and Canada, the book focuses on the problematic paternalism of legal decisions that currently deny assisted dying and questions...
The Power of Legality
Practices of International Law and their Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
From an airstrip in Saudi Arabia, the CIA launches drones to 'legally' kill Al-Qaida leaders in Yemen. On the North Pole, Russia plants a flag on the seabed to extend legal claim over resources. In Brussels, the European Commission unveils its Emissions Trading System, extending environmental jurisdiction...
by Francisco J. Urbina
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
The principle of proportionality, which has become the standard test for adjudicating human and constitutional rights disputes in jurisdictions worldwide has had few critics. Proportionality is generally taken for granted or enthusiastically promoted or accepted with minor qualifications. A Critique...
by James Gordley
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 1991
This study traces the influence of philosophical ideas on the development of contract law from the post-Roman period to the 19th century, focusing upon the synthesis of Roman law and the moral philosophy of Aristotle and Aquinas.
The Challenge of Originalism
Theories of Constitutional Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
Originalism is a force to be reckoned with in constitutional interpretation. At one time a monolithic theory of constitutional interpretation, contemporary originalism has developed into a sophisticated family of theories about how to interpret and reason with a constitution. Contemporary originalists...