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  • Essays in Legal and Moral Philosophy

    by Ota Weinberger, H. Kelsen ...
    Translated by Peter Heath ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    In his choice of texts, the Editor has been faced with the difficult task of selecting, from among the author's more than 600 publications, those of the greatest philosophical interest. It is chiefly the topics of value-rela tivism and the logic of norms that have been kept in view. The selection has also been guided by the endeavour to reprint, so far as possible, texts which have not hitherto ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

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  • On the Limits of Constitutional Adjudication

    Deconstructing Balancing and Judicial Activism

    by Juliano Zaiden Benvindo ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Juliano Z. Benvindo investigates the current movement of constitutional courts towards political activism, especially by focusing on the increasing use of the balancing method as a “rational” justification for this process. From the critical perception of the serious risks of this movement to democracy, the book takes as examples two constitutional realities, Germany and Brazil, in order to ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • The Legacy of John Austin's Jurisprudence

    Edited by Michael Freeman, Patricia Mindus ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This is the first ever collected volume on John Austin, whose role in the founding of analytical jurisprudence is unquestionable. After 150 years, time has come to assess his legacy. The book fills a void in existing literature, by letting top scholars with diverse outlooks flesh out and discuss Austin’s legacy today. A nuanced, vibrant, and richly diverse picture of both his legal and ethical ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • A Theory of Legal Sentences

    by Manuel Atienza, J. Ruiz Manero ...
    Series Book 34 - Law and Philosophy Library
    Legal statements are, according to the authors, the most basic elements of the law. Nevertheless they must be considered not only as the pieces of a puzzle, but also as the components of a dynamic and highly complex reality: the law of contemporary society. The book presents an analysis of the different types of legal statements (mandatory rules, principles, power-conferring rules, definitions, ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • From Rechtsstaat to Universal Law-State

    An Essay in Philosophical Jurisprudence

    by Åke Frändberg ...
    Series Book 109 - Law and Philosophy Library
    In this book the author investigates what is common to the German idea of the Rechtsstaat and the Anglo-American idea of the Rule of Law. He argues that, although dressed up in rather different garb, these two concepts are in fact based on the same fundamental idea and stand for the same values (“the law-state values”) – all ideas that are in the European tradition older than their British and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Freedom, Rights And Pornography

    A Collection of Papers by Fred R. Berger

    Edited by Bruce Russell ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    In the essays that follow, Fred Berger argues for freedom of expression, civil disobedience, affirmative action and what he calls liberal judicial activism and against sex-role stereotyping, paternalism and the censorship of pornography. Underlying his liberalism is a unified theory. That theory consists of a conception of rights, a theory of value and a theory of government. The conception of a ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Kazimierz Opałek Selected Papers in Legal Philosophy

    Edited by Jan Wolenski ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Philosophical aspects of law and jurisprudence are investigated from various points of view. This collection represents the analytic approach to legal philosophy. However, this approach is not extreme in the sense that it is limited exclusively to linguistic matters. The concept of norm as a directive of conduct is the central category analyzed in particular essays. The structure of directives as ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Philosophy, Law and the Family

    A New Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

    by Laurence D. Houlgate ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This textbook uses cases in family law to illustrate both traditional philosophical problems in the law as well as problems that are unique to family law. In the beginning chapters family law cases are employed to introduce the reader to philosophical debates about the relationship between law and morals, about how one ought to interpret the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, about the ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • Computers, Privacy and Data Protection: an Element of Choice

    Edited by Serge Gutwirth, Yves Poullet, Ronald Leenes, Paul De Hert ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This timely interdisciplinary work on current developments in ICT and privacy/data protection, coincides as it does with the rethinking of the Data Protection Directive, the contentious debates on data sharing with the USA (SWIFT, PNR) and the judicial and political resistance against data retention. The authors of the contributions focus on particular and pertinent issues from the perspective of ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

  • Five Legal Revolutions Since the 17th Century

    An Analysis of a Global Legal History

    by Jean-Louis Halpérin ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book presents an analysis of global legal history in Modern times, questioning the effect of political revolutions since the 17th century on the legal field. Readers will discover a non-linear approach to legal history as this work investigates the ways in which law is created. These chapters look at factors in legal revolution such as the role of agents, the policy of applying and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • European Data Protection: In Good Health?

    Edited by Serge Gutwirth, Ronald Leenes, Yves Poullet, Paul De Hert ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Although Europe has a significant legal data protection framework, built up around EU Directive 95/46/EC and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the question of whether data protection and its legal framework are ‘in good health’ is increasingly being posed. Advanced technologies raise fundamental issues regarding key concepts of data protection. Falling storage prices, increasing chips performance ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • A Critical Appraisal of Karl Olivecrona's Legal Philosophy

    by Torben Spaak ...
    Series Book 108 - Law and Philosophy Library
    This book offers a critical appraisal of Karl Olivecrona’s legal philosophy. Based on Olivecrona’s critique of the view that law has binding force, the analysis of the concept and function of a legal rule, and the idea that law is a matter of organized force, the book argues that Olivecrona’s legal philosophy is a unique contribution to twentieth century legal philosophy. It shows how Olivecrona’s ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD