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Domesticating Kelsen
Alexander Orakhelashvili
There exists a genuine degree of scepticism as to whether Hans Kelsen’s pure theory of law can rationalise the intricacies of the English legal system. This ground-breaking book examines pertinent aspects of English law relating to const...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The End of Law
David McIlroy
The End of Law applies Augustine’s questions to modern legal philosophy as well as offering a critical theory of natural law that draws on Augustine’s ideas. McIlroy argues that such a critical natural law theory is: realistic but not cy...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Law and Evil
Wojciech Załuski
Law and Evil presents an alternative evolutionary picture of man, focusing on the origins and nature of human evil, and demonstrating its useful application in legal-philosophical analyses. Using this representation of human nature, Wojc...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Chinese Perspectives on the International Rule of Law
Matthieu Burnay
This insightful book investigates the historical, political, and legal foundations of the Chinese perspectives on the rule of law and the international rule of law. Building upon an understanding of the rule of law as an ''essentially co...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Outsourcing the Law
Pauline Westerman
Not only can services such as cleaning and catering be outsourced, but also governmental tasks such as making, applying and enforcing the law. Outsourcing the law is usually recommended for its cost-efficiency, flexibility, higher rates ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Autonomy and Self-determination
Edited by Peter Hilpold
Europe has reached a crisis point, with the call for self-determination and more autonomy stronger than it ever has been. In this book, renowned international lawyers give a detailed account of the present state of international law rega...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Legal Theory and the Media of Law
Thomas Vesting
As many disciplines in the humanities have experienced a focus on culture’s impact in recent decades, questions surrounding the significance of media such as writing, print and computer networks have become increasingly relevant. This bo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Technology and the Trajectory of Myth
David Grant, Lyria Bennett Moses
This book presents an entirely new way of understanding technology, as the successor to the dominant ideologies that have underpinned the thought and practices of the Western world. Like the preceding ideologies of Deity, State and Marke...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Legal Conversation as Signifier
Jan M. Broekman, Frank Fleerackers
Conversation and argument concerning laws and legal situations take place throughout society and at all levels, yet the language of these conversations differs greatly from that of the courtroom. This insightful book considers the gap be...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Normative Foundations of European Competition Law
Oles Andriychuk
Does competitive process constitute an autonomous societal value or is it a means for achieving more meritorious goals: welfare, growth, integration, and innovation? The hypothesis of The Normative Foundations of European Competition Law...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Short Introduction to Judging and to Legal Reasoning
Geoffrey Samuel
This Short Introduction looks at judging and reasoning from three perspectives: what legal reasoning has been; what legal reasoning is from the view of judges and jurists themselves (the internal view); and what legal reasoning is from t...eBook:Find out more$34.36
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Grounds of the Immaterial
Niels van Dijk
This book applies a novel conflict-based approach to the notions of ‘idea’, ‘concept’, ‘invention’ and ‘immateriality’ in the legal regime of intellectual property rights by turning to the adversarial legal practices in which they occur....eBook:Find out more$40.00