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| Author | : David Nelken |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 542 |
| Release | : 2017-09-08 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1351955608 |
This intriguing collection of essays by David Nelken examines the relationship between law, society and social theory and the various ideas social theorists have had about the actual and ideal 'fit' between law and its social context. It also asks how far it is possible to get beyond this mainstream paradigm. The value of social theorising for studying law is illustrated by specific developments in substantive areas such as housing law, tort law, the law of evidence and criminal law. Throughout the chapters the focus is on the following questions. What is gained (and what may be lost) by putting law in context? What attempts have been made to go beyond this approach? What are their (necessary) limits? Can law be seen as anything other than in some way both separate from and relating to 'the social'? The distinctiveness of this approach lies in its effort to keep in tension two claims. Firstly, that social theorising about legal practices is vitally important for understanding the connections between legal and social structures and revealing what law means and does for (and to) various social actors. The second point is that it does not follow that what we learn in this way can be assumed to be necessarily relevant to (re)shaping legal practices without further argument that pays heed to law's specificity.
| Author | : Philipp Kastner |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 549 |
| Release | : 2017-10-20 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1317198999 |
International Criminal Law in Context provides a critical and contextual introduction to the fundamentals of international criminal law. It goes beyond a doctrinal analysis focused on the practice of international tribunals to draw on a variety of perspectives, capturing the complex processes of internationalisation that criminal law has experienced over the past few decades. The book considers international criminal law in context and seeks to account for the political and cultural factors that have influenced – and that continue to influence – this still-emerging body of law. Considering the substance, procedures, objectives, justifications and impacts of international criminal law, it addresses such topics as: • the history of international criminal law; • the subjects of international criminal law; • transitional justice and international criminal justice; • genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression; • sexual and gender-based crimes; • international and hybrid criminal tribunals; • sentencing under international criminal law; and • the role of victims in international criminal procedure. The book will appeal to those who want to study international criminal law in a critical and contextualised way. Presenting original research, it will also be of interest to scholars and practitioners already familiar with the main legal and policy issues relating to this body of law.
| Author | : William Twining |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 519 |
| Release | : 2009-02-12 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 113947538X |
This book explores how globalisation influences the understanding of law. Adopting a broad concept of law and a global perspective, it critically reviews mainstream Western traditions of academic law and legal theory. Its central thesis is that most processes of so-called 'globalisation' take place at sub-global levels and that a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law should encompass all levels of social relations and the legal ordering of these relations. It illustrates how the mainstream Western canon of jurisprudence needs to be critically reviewed and extended to take account of other legal traditions and cultures. Written by the one of the foremost scholars in the field, this important work presents an exciting alternative vision of jurisprudence. It challenges the traditional canon of legal theorists and guides the reader through a field undergoing seismic changes in the era of globalisation. This is essential reading for all students of jurisprudence and legal theory.
| Author | : David Johnston |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 167 |
| Release | : 1999-09-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1139425803 |
Roman Law in Context explains how Roman law worked for those who lived by it, by viewing it in the light of the society and economy in which it operated. The book discusses three main areas of Roman law and life: the family and inheritance; property and the use of land; commercial transactions and the management of businesses. It also deals with the question of litigation and how readily the Roman citizen could assert his or her legal rights in practice. In addition it provides an introduction to using the main sources of Roman law. The book ends with an epilogue discussing the role of Roman law in medieval and modern Europe, a bibliographical essay, and a glossary of legal terms. The book involves the minimum of legal technicality and is intended to be accessible to students and teachers of Roman history as well as interested general readers.
| Author | : Jonathan Yovel |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 668 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Semantics (Law) |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : William Twining |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 415 |
| Release | : 2019-02-14 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1108480977 |
A leading English jurist reflects on the development of his thoughts and writings in legal theory over sixty years.
| Author | : Dr Maksymilian Del Mar |
| Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 460 |
| Release | : 2013-02-28 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1472404475 |
What role can resources that go beyond text play in the development of moral education in law schools and law firms? How can these resources - especially those from the visual and performing arts - nourish the imagination needed to confront the ethical complexities of particular situations? This book asks and answers these questions, thereby introducing radically new resources for law schools and law firms committed to fighting against the moral complacency that can all too often creep into the life of the law. The chapters in this volume build on the companion volume, The Arts and the Legal Academy, also published by Ashgate, which focuses on the role of non-textual resources in legal education generally. Concentrating in particular on the moral dimension of legal education, the contributors to this volume include a wide range of theorists and leading legal educators from the UK and the US.
| Author | : Stefan Grundmann |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 886 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Civil law |
| ISBN | : 9781780683928 |
While common law is developed by the courts and judges may well be the prime authorities for the development of law, and while French private law is said to be the origin of the idea of modern codification and grand legislatures, German private law can well be seen as the law where the influence of academia is paramount. 0It is perhaps fair to say that no other code is as strongly influenced by scholars as the German Civil Code of 1900. Furthermore, in both the past and the present, courts and scholars in Germany are in constant dialogue about the application and interpretation of German and also EU law. Arguably, this is also one of the reasons why German academia plays such a prominent - some may say excessively dominant - role in the European private law discourse and development. 0As a result it seems necessary, indeed vital, to shed more light on professors who were highly influential in the development of German private law in the 20th century. They fostered such concepts and ideas as the birth of modern market and institutional regulation, genuine internationalisation, in particular through comparative law, and Europeanisation of private law,?social? areas of the law, particularly labour and consumer law and fundamental rights? protection between private parties, and equally the law of competition and enterpris
| Author | : Sonya G. Bonneau |
| Publisher | : Carolina Academic Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9781611635218 |
Readers of this textbook will learn to think deductively and analogically, to distill the holdings of multiple cases into a coherent legal rule, and to craft a compelling narrative. But beyond the practical how-to of these skills, this book also aims to ground these ideas in their rich and deep theoretical foundations. Professors Susan McMahon and Sonya Bonneau have mined the writings of legal writing professors, legal theorists, cognitive psychologists, and philosophers to produce a text that both teaches students practical writing skills and uses theory to explain why those skills are effective. This textbook is aimed at first-year writing courses in law schools that seek an integrated, analytically-oriented legal writing experience for their students. It may also be used in upper-level writing courses to enhance experiential or skills-based training with a more contextual approach. The teacher's manual and additional materials for instructors are available at legalwritingincontext.com/
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 646 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Legal assistance to the poor |
| ISBN | : |
