Philip Selznick's wide-ranging writings engaged with fundamental questions concerning society, politics, institutions, law, and morals. Never confined by a single discipline or approach, he proved him
Baxter (law and philosophy, Boston U.) conducts a critical analysis of the theory of law and democracy developed by German philosopher and sociologist Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929). Following an introduct
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), who claimed for judges the power to strike down statutes, created the modern common law by turning medieval common law inside-out. Resisting strong-minded kings, he bore w
On his retirement from the Supreme Court at the age of 90 in 1932, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was celebrated as few judges have ever been, beloved and revered as a national treasure. Holmes's influenc
Ronald Dworkin is widely accepted as the most important and most controversial Anglo-American jurist of the past forty years. And this same-named volume on his work has become a minor classic in the f
A substantially revised second edition of the classic book that discusses the work of H.L.A. Hart and analyzes his important contributions to analytical jurisprudence.
De Been (a researcher for the Wiardi Beckman Foundation, a research institution affiliated with the Dutch Labor Party, PvdA) examines the relationship between two 20th-century schools of American lega
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), the first judge to strike down a law, gave us modern common law by turning medieval common law inside-out. Through his resisting strong-minded kings, he bore witness for j
Ronald Dworkin is widely accepted as the most important and most controversial Anglo-American jurist of the past forty years. And this same-named volume on his work has become a minor classic in the f
