This volume gathers together sixteen seminal articles, all written by leading scholars, which articulate and effectuate the influence of Derrida's scholarship on the field of law. The articles include
John Locke is one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy. His Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration fascinate us as much today as they did when first publi
There has been a huge upsurge in Hume research over the past thirty years. However, one area that has not received its due share of attention is David Hume's legal thought where the research has been
Brooks (U. of Newcastle, England) has selected 16 essays on French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) that explore his contributions to contemporary work in legal and political theory. They c
Twenty previously published essays explore the feminist theoretical challenges to traditional conceptions of law and justice. The papers are organized into sections discussing general theories of just
Part of the Philosophers and Law series, which makes accessible essays that apply the work of major philosophers to the law, this anthology considers a philosopher who spent much of his intellectual l
Hans-Georg Gadamera€?s philosophical hermeneutics is especially relevant for law, which is grounded in the interpretation of authoritative texts from the past to resolve present-day disputes. In this
Britton (Kansas State U.) gathers 22 papers connecting prison studies to critical theorizing about gender, originally published in academic sociological, criminological, and historical journals betwee
Few thinkers can have had a more diverse or a more contested impact on theorizing law than Michel Foucault. This diversity is reflected in the wide range of Foucault's work and of the intellectual fie
The 19 reproduced articles were chosen to balance rigorous contributions to Hegelian scholarship with direct applications to controversies within contemporary legal, constitutional, and political theo
In 1970 Earth Day was first celebrated marking the dawn of worldwide environmental consciousness and the passing of many environmental laws. In part, these events were the result of the maturing of th
Historians and criminologists from Europe and North America explore how the history of crime can provide a way to study time, place, and culture, taking examples from Europe and the US from the 16th c
In this series of 24 facsimile articles, contributors examine exactly how constitutions relate actually as well as logically to democratic practice. They take a substantive view of constitutional demo
Legal scholars have only recently begun to address the radical challenges for law and legal theory that follow from Friedrich Nietzsche's pathbreaking work. This collection brings together articles fr
John Rawls (1921-2002) is widely held to be amongst the most important political philosophers for over a century. This volume, which is the first work of its kind to publish in one place the most infl
Law scholars and political scientists explore the movement to strengthen the rights of property owners at the expense of the general public in the US and abroad. Among their topics are legal mobilizat
The challenge of thinking about the place of constitutionalism beyond the conventional categories of the nation state has become a principal concern for legal and political scholars. This book casts t
How federalism can be used to provide recognition and accommodate ethnic groups is an important topic, not only in Africa, but in multi-ethnic communities around the world. Examining how institutions
Bringing together theoretical, empirical and comparative perspectives on the European Social Model (ESM) and transitional labour market policy, this volume contains theoretical accounts of the ESM and
The volume begins by presenting the principles of the indivisibility, interrelatedness and interdependence of all human rights. It then turns to questions related to economic, social and cultural rig
It is increasingly held that international commercial arbitration is becoming colonized by litigation. This book addresses, in a range of ways and from various locations and sites, those aspects of ar
Bennett (U. of Sydney, Australia) brings together a collection of essays previously published in a variety of scholarly journals between 1998 and 2004, each reproduced herein its original format. Writ
Globalization has become a common phenomenon, yet one that many people experience as a threat not only to their economic existence, but also to their cultural and moral self-image. This volume takes a
As long as there have been fans, there has been fan fiction. There seems to be a fundamental human need to tell additional stories about the characters after the book, series, play or movie is over. B
This volume draws together significant articles addressing challenges of applying human rights to promote health in settings ranging from the local to the global. Essays explore determinants of ill-he
In this collection, Burchill (U. of Hull, UK) presents 19 articles previously published in journals from 1992 to 2003 so that these important essays are easily accessible to scholars. Essays focus on
This volume forms part of a series exploring key issues in ethics, law and society, published in association with the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society. The collection is a celebration of the
This volume offers a new dimension to realist theories about world politics. It questions both the theoretical and empirical foundations of much of traditional realist thought by offering realist-orie
The fourth volume in a series exploring key issues in ethics, law and society, published in association with the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society. This volume brings together selected papers
The collection addresses issues arising in biomedical and medical ethics ranging from assisted reproductive technologies to the role of clinical ethics committees. It examines broader societal issues
Illustrating the legal and ethical debates arising from scientific advances in genetics, McLean (U. of Glasgow, UK) gathers 24 previously published articles from such periodicals as the Modern Law Rev
International law has important effects in international relations, and the politics of international relations often determines the ability of states to make international law and to comply with inte
This collection of essays and articles from a wide range of journals is intended to make more accessible to students and scholars some of the most important writing in English in this field from the 1
St. Augustine and Roman law are the two bridges from Athens and Jerusalem to the world of modern law. Augustine's almost eerily modern political realism was based upon his deep appreciation of human e
The focus of this book is the idea of equality as a moral, political and jurisprudential concept. The author is motivated primarily by a concern to better understand conundrums in the justification, i
Democracy, Law and Governance details the transformation of the modes of governance of contemporary developed democracies and aims to define the conditions required for promoting public interest in th
As part of a 15-volume virtual library on bioethics, this reader collects classics and other interdisciplinary writings (1976-2004) on issues in this burgeoning field. Price (De Monfort U., UK) introd
Presenting eight papers from a conference held at the Georgetown University Law Center, the first annual meeting of the Association for Law, Property, and Society (date not stated), this compilation i
Over the past 20 years, cognitive neuroscience has revolutionized our ability to understand the nature of human thought. Working with the understandings of traditional psychology, the new brain scienc
The last few years have witnessed several significant developments in respect of international organizations, most of which are best encapsulated in the word "change". In particular,
