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Allegiance, Citizenship and the Law
Helen Irving
Weaving together theoretical, historical and legal approaches, this book offers a fresh perspective on the modern revival of the concept of allegiance, identifying and contextualising its evolving association with theories of citizenship. -
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Human Dignity and Democracy in Europe
Edited by Daniel Bedford, Catherine Dupré, Gábor Halmai, Panos Kapotas
‘This valuable book, Human Dignity and Democracy in Europe, explores the connections between dignity and democracy, a topic that has not received much scholarly attention. Including contributions from academics of varying backgrounds who... -
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State Theory and the Law
Thomas Vesting
There has been renewed and growing interest in exploring the significant role played by law in the centralization of power and sovereignty – right from the earliest point. This timely book serves as an introduction into state theory, pro... -
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Rethinking Law, Regulation, and Technology
Roger Brownsword
‘It is uncommon for a new academic work to cause the reader to stop and re-evaluate their understanding of the subject. This book does. Brownsword ask us to rethink the relationships between law, regulation, and technology and evaluates ... -
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The Language of Constitutional Comparison
Francois Venter
‘This book taps into deeper layers in comparative constitutional law. Francois Venter starts from the lingual character of all law to examine seemingly similar terms in different political systems and their relationship to foundational i... -
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Hashtag Jurisprudence
Cassandra Sharp
‘Sharp’s study of the response to terror on Twitter is a brilliant exploration of the digital public square in the perpetual shadow of violence (from within law and without). How law’s imperatives and aspirations are shaped in the popula... -
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Private Law in Context
Marc Loth
‘To call this book a masterful primer on private law is to dramatically understate its accomplishments. It is nothing less than an indispensable travel guide to the entire landscape of legal theory, history, and practice. I cannot imagin... -
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Authoritarianism
Günter Frankenberg
‘Why do authoritarian regimes bother with a constitution? This book pursues this seeming paradox with deep theoretical insight and broad empirical reach. The result is an indispensable guide to understanding the emerging varieties of aut...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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After Meaning
Jean d’Aspremont
‘If you are the rare kind of jurist on the international scene disposed to engage in introspection so radical that none of your epistemic postulates will be safe, not even your most evident assumptions (that the words of a law-text carry... -
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Posthuman Legalities
Edited by Anna Grear, Emille Boulot, Iván D. Vargas-Roncancio, Joshua Sterlin
How might law address the multiple crises of meaning intrinsic to global crises of climate, poverty, mass displacements, ecological breakdown, species extinctions and technological developments that increasingly complicate the very notio... -
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Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism
Peter Coe
‘Concerns about media freedom are growing at the same time as non-institutional media become more important. This insightful and thoughtful book explores the concept of media freedom, its rationale and its justifications and provides an ... -
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The Insanity Defense
Wojciech Załuski
‘Wojciech Załuski’s work focusing on the insanity defense, one of the classic problems of criminal law, is an excellent demonstration of how to impartially explain the presumptive underpinnings of this field, an approach which is often a...
