Trusts Law(ISBN=9780521674669)
A unique contextual emphasis that draws on the relationshipbetween legal rules and contexts to explain the law and itsdevelopments ? Authoritative but approachable analysis andcommentary of the current law complemented at selective points ineach chapter by both legal and policy orientated questions for thestudent to consider ? Fully updated to incorporate recent legaldevelopments
¥306.50
The Elements of Justice(ISBN=9780521539364)
What is justice? Questions of justice are questions about whatpeople are due. However, what that means in practice depends on thecontext in which the question is raised. Depending on context, theformal question of what people are due is answered by principles ofdesert, reciprocity, equality, or need. Justice, therefore, is aconstellation of elements that exhibit a degree of integration andunity. Nonetheless, the integrity of justice is limited, in a waythat is akin to the integrity of a neighborhood rather than that ofa building. A theory of justice offers individuals a map of thatneighborhood, within which they can explore just what elementsamount to justice. ? Discusses what justice is and how its meaning will often dependon its context ? Looks at what constitutes justice from aphilosophical and legal perspective ? Will be of interest tophilosophers, political scientists and legal theorists
¥124.20
Law and Governance in Postnational Europe(ISBN=9780521841351
¥388.80
European Union Law(ISBN=9780521527415)
¥459.80
The American Constitution and the Debate over Originalism(IS
¥147.60
Law in Times of Crisis(ISBN=9780521541237)
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ensuing'war on terror' have focused attention on issues that havepreviously lurked in a dark corner at the edge of the legaluniverse. This book presents a systematic and comprehensive attemptby legal scholars to conceptualize the theory of emergency powers,combining post-September 11 developments with more generaltheoretical, historical and comparative perspectives. The authorsexamine the interface between law and violent crises throughhistory and across jurisdictions, bringing together insightsgleaned from the Roman republic and Jewish law through to theinitial responses to the July 2005 attacks in London. Three modelsof emergency powers are used to offer a conceptualization ofemergency regimes, giving a coherent insight into law's interfacewith and regulation of crisis and a distinctive means to evaluatethe legal options open to states for dealing with crises.
¥459.80
The Sovereignty of Law(ISBN=9780521703857)
¥226.50
Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John D
¥471.00
The Creation of American Common Law, 1850–1880
¥322.70
Modern Legal Drafting(ISBN=9780521674522)
¥342.30
Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule(ISBN=978052179370
¥155.70
The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization(ISBN=9780
¥346.10
An Introduction to International Institutional Law(ISBN=9780
International organizations are unusual creations: generatedby and for their member states, at the same time they often have tocompete with those very states that created them. This complicatedrelationship often leads to some uncertainty in the law relating tointernational organizations: the legal argument of an organizationwill often be counterpointed by an equally valid argument from amember state. Professor Jan Klabbers is mindful of this complexrelationship in his comprehensive analysis of internationalinstitutional law. As well as describing the law as it applies tolegal institutions in chapters that include dispute settlement,financing and treaty-making, Klabbers looks forward to are-appraisal of the status of international organizations. This isa key textbook for advanced-level students of law and ofinternational relations. ? Provides a comprehensive and systematic overview in accessiblelanguage for students ? Includes extensive references ? Takes ananalytical approach to a range of key to
¥241.20
The Constitution and America's Destiny(ISBN=9780521845557)
In this ambitious study, Robertson explains how the U.S.Constitution emerged from an intense battle between a bold visionfor the nation's political future and the tenacious defense of itspolitical present. Given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to alterAmerica's destiny, James Madison laid before the ConstitutionalConvention a plan for a strong centralized government that couldbattle for America's long-term interests. But delegates fromvulnerable states resisted this plan, seeking instead to maintainstate control over most of American life while adding a few morespecific powers to the existing government. These clashingaspirations turned the Convention into an unpredictable chain ofevents. Step-by-step, the delegates' compromises built nationalpowers in a way no one had anticipated, and produced a governmentmore complex and hard to use than any of them originally intended.Their Constitution, in turn, helped create a politics unlike thatin any other nation. ? Emphasizes that the Constitution was the by
¥322.70
Kinship, Law and the Unexpected(ISBN=9780521615099)
How can we hold in the same view both cultural or historicalconstructs and generalities about social existence? Kinship, Lawand the Unexpected takes up an issue at the heart of studies ofsociety - the way we use relationships to uncover relationships.Relationality is a phenomenon at once contingent (on certain waysof knowing) and ubiquitous (to social life). The role of relationsin western (Euro-American) knowledge practices, from the scientificrevolution onwards, raises a question about the extent to whichEuro-American kinship is the kinship of a knowledge-based society.The argument takes the reader through current issues inbiotechnology, new family formations and legal interventions, andintellectual property debates, to matters of personhood andownership afforded by material from Melanesia and elsewhere. If weare often surprised by what our relatives do, we may also besurprised by what relations tells us about the world we livein. ? Casts kinship in an entirely new light ? Has interdisciplinary
¥124.70
Against Intellectual Monopoly(ISBN=9780521127264)
¥138.40
Roman Law in European History(ISBN=9780521643795)
¥242.80
Demystifying Legal Reasoning defends the proposition thatthere are no special forms of reasoning peculiar to law. Legaldecision makers engage in the same modes of reasoning that allactors use in deciding what to do: open-ended moral reasoning,empirical reasoning, and deduction from authoritative rules. Thisbook addresses common law reasoning when prior judicial decisionsdetermine the law, and interpretation of texts. In both areas, thepopular view that legal decision makers practise special forms ofreasoning is false. ? Challenges widespread assumptions about legal reasoning ? Thebook offers a comprehensive analysis of methods of legal reasoning? Questions the current thinking about interpretation of legaltexts
¥384.80
Computers and the Law(ISBN=9780521886505)
Accessible to undergraduates of all disciplines andcomputing industry professionals ? Offers an introduction tofundamental workings of law in physical space and cyberspace ?Includes many redacted case studies relevant to discussion ofcomputing in modern society ? Includes an ancillary website of fullunredacted case studies cited in text
¥423.90
The City and the Court 1603-1643(ISBN=9780521071376)
¥147.60
Common Law Theory(ISBN=9780521846424)
¥373.10
Tinbergen's Legacy(ISBN=9780521697552)
¥229.00