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Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts offers an original introduction to, and critical analysis of, the central themes studied in jurisprudence courses. The book is presented in three parts: the first two contain general themes with corresponding tutorial questions, and the third contains advanced topics. Every chapter in the book gives guidance on further reading. Accessible, interdisciplinary and socially informed, this book has been revised to take into account the latest developments in jurisprudential scholarship.

The book explores a variety of problems connected to philosophy and philosophy of law. It discusses the problem of monism-pluralism in philosophy and philosophy of law, criticizes philosophy of post-positivism and postmodernism, and investigates dialectics as a universal global methodological basis of scientific cognition and philosophy of law.The volume also pays particular attention to contemporary legal education, offering potential solutions to problems in this field. The book is the result of a range of sociological studies conducted both in Russia and abroad concerning the legal process and legal consciousness.

A distanza di quattro anni dal suo primo Convegno, tenutosi nel novembredel 2011 all’Accademia dei Lincei e dedicato a “I valori della convivenza civile ei codici dell’Italia unita”, l’Unione dei Privatisti ha chiamato a raccolta un gruppodi studiosi delle generazioni più giovani a discutere di “Giurisprudenza perprincipi e autonomia contrattuale”. Il Convegno, svoltosi il 30 ottobre del 2015presso l’Aula Magna del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell’Università RomaTre, ha rappresentato l’occasione per un confronto su un tema propriamentecivilistico (il rapporto tra legge e libertà contrattuale), tanto classico nella suaprospettazione generale quanto inedito nelle sue concrete odierne epifanie, cheimpongono all’interprete una revisione profonda dello strumentario analiticotradizionale.Le relazioni presentate al Convegno, e i contributi oggi raccolti in questo volume,restituiscono, arricchita, l’immagine che degli attuali percorsi dell’autonomiaprivata abbiamo appena tratteggiato. Ci sembra di poter dire, anzi, che l’appuntamentoromano dello scorso ottobre, preparato da un serrato confronto all’internodell’Unione dei Privatisti e dei suoi organismi direttivi, abbia rappresentatol’occasione per ridare la parola ad una dottrina che, pur consapevole della curadimagrante subita negli ultimi decenni, non voglia tuttavia rinunciare al compitodi riflettere su quanto, confusamente ma non per questo in modo meno deciso emeno inquietante, emerge dalle nebbie di un tempo storico che, lungi dall’essereun compimento, come pure si era voluto far credere, torna a popolarsi di vecchiee nuove minacce.

After its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, many wondered whether the law and literature movement would retain vitality. This collection of essays, featuring twenty-two prominent scholars from literature departments as well as law schools, showcases the vibrancy of recent work in the field while highlighting its many new directions. New Directions in Law and Literature furnishes an overview of where the field has been, its recent past, and its potential futures. Some of the essays examine the methodological choices that have affected the field; among these are concern for globalization, the integration of approaches from history and political theory, the application of new theoretical models from affect studies and queer theory, and expansion beyond text to performance and the image. Others grapple with particular intersections between law and literature, whether in copyright law, competing visions of alternatives to marriage, or the role of ornament in the law's construction of racialized bodies. The volume is designed to be a course book that is accessible to undergraduates and law students as well as relevant to academics with an interest in law and the humanities. The essays are simultaneously intended to be introductory and addressed to experts in law and literature. More than any other existing book in the field, New Directions furnishes a guide to the most exciting new work in law and literature while also situating that work within more established debates and conversations.

Nach drei gescheiterten Anläufen ist das Präventionsgesetz am 17.7.2015 verabschiedet worden. Dieser Tagungsband des Instituts für Europäische Gesundheitspolitik und Sozialrecht (ineges) präsentiert Beiträge zu verfassungsrechtlichen Fragestellungen der Organisations- und Finanzierungskonzepte. Zudem werden die Präventionspflichten und -maßnahmen in die verhaltens-ökonomischen Modelle des «nudging» eingeordnet sowie rechtsethisch im Spannungsfeld zwischen Paternalismus und Selbstbestimmung diskutiert.

This volume presents a collection of essays on objectivity in legal discourse. Has law a distinctive type of objectivity? Is there one specific type of legal objectivity or many, depending on the observatory language utilized? Is objectivity fit for law? The analyses in the various contributions show that the Cartesian paradigm of objectivity is not relevant to the current legal discourse, and new forms of legal objectivity are revealed instead. Each essay, in its distinctive way, analyses the strong commitment of law to objectivity, shedding light on the controversies that surround it.

This book provides a concise and accessible guide to modern jurisprudence, offering an examination of the major theories and systematic discussion of themes such as legality and justice. It gives readers a better understanding of the rival viewpoints by exploring the historical developments which give modern thinking its distinctive shape, and placing law in its political context. A key feature of the book is that readers are not simply presented with opposing theories, but are guided through the rival standpoints on the basis of a coherent line of reflection from which an overall sense of the subject can be gained. Chapters on Hart, Fuller, Rawls, Dworkin and Finnis take the reader systematically through the terrain of modern legal philosophy, tracing the issues back to fundamental questions of philosophy, and indicating lines of criticism that build to a fresh and original perspective on the subject.

Sind Sachverhalte, die auf Grund ihrer Verortung im Internet einzig die Besonderheit einer digitalen oder virtuellen Natur aufweisen, im Ergebnis rechtlich anders zu beurteilen als vergleichbare Sachverhalte in der realen Welt? Und wenn ja, inwieweit? Die Arbeit konzentriert sich bei der Beantwortung dieser Fragen insbesondere auf sogenannte virtuelle Geschäftsmodelle. Zunächst wird beleuchtet, wie virtuelle Sachverhalte von der Rechtsordnung bisher erfasst werden und die Lücken aufgezeigt. Anschließend werden Probleme aufgezeigt, die mit der Lückenhaftigkeit der Erfassung virtueller Sachverhalte in Verbindung stehen. Abschließend wird ein eigener Lösungsvorschlag dargestellt.

The vice president and former San Francisco district attorney presents her vision for smart criminal justice and public safety.Before she became the vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris was committed to fighting crime as a prosecutor in San Francisco's Hall of Justice. Originally published in 2009, Smart on Crime shares her insight and offers a new approach designed to end the cycle of repeat offenders. Harris shatters the old distinctions rooted in false choices and myths. She presents practical solutions for making the criminal justice system truly—not just rhetorically—tough. Smart on Crime spells out the policy shifts required to increase public safety, reduce costs, and strengthen our communities.

'David Howarth's Law as Engineering is a profound contribution to the law. Evoking the level of originality associated with pioneering contributions to law and economics half a century ago, Howarth's book aligns law, not on economics, but on engineering styles of thought and problem solving. His analysis sheds deep light on a 21st century world where the work of transactional and legislative lawyers, who design and build social structures and devices much as engineers do physical ones, is becoming ever more important and complex, with far-reaching implications for both legal ethics and legal education.'- Scott Boorman, Professor, Yale University, US'This is a brilliant, highly original analysis of what lawyers actually do and what they ought to do in order to protect their clients and the public. It will rescue lawyers from the kinds of behaviour that contributed to the financial crash. It also points legal education and research in important new directions.'- Sir Bob Hepple, Professor, QC FBA'This book brings an important new perspective to a consideration of what lawyers do, and of what they are for. The implications explored in the book are an immensely valuable contribution to thinking on the future development of legal education and training. It should be read by everyone responsible for recruiting or training others for the law, whether in the public or the private sector.'- Sir Stephen Laws KCB, QC(Hon), LLD(Hon), First Parliamentary CounselLaw as Engineering proposes a radically new way of thinking about law, as a profession and discipline concerned with design rather than with litigation, and having much in common with engineering in the way it produces devices useful for its clients. It uses that comparison to propose ways of improving legal design, to advocate a transformation of legal ethics so that the profession learns from its role in the crash of 2008, and to reform legal education and research.Offering a totally new perspective, this book will be a fascinating read for law students and prospective law students, legal academics across all sub-fields, lawyers in government, especially those engaged in drafting legislation, and policymakers.Contents:Preface 1. Introduction 2. What do Lawyers do? 3. Law as Engineering 4. Implications (1) - Professional Ethics 5. Implications (2) - Legal Research and Teaching 6. Conclusion Bibliography Index

With a clear, engaging, and informal writing style, Understanding Jurisprudence is the perfect guide for students new to legal theory and looking for a convenient and interesting starting point for this sometimes daunting subject. Key theories and theorists are introduced in a compact and manageable format, offering an accessible account of the central ideas without oversimplification. Further reading suggestions are included throughout, helping students to structure their research and navigate the many texts and articles available in this subject area. Critical questions are also included in each chapter, to encourage students to think analytically about the law and the key ideas and debates which surround it. Professor Wacks is an experienced teacher of jurisprudence and excels in providing a concise, student-friendly introduction to the subject, without avoiding the subtleties of this fascinating discipline. An extensive Online Resource Centre also accompanies this text (www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/wacks3e/) and includes the following valuable resources: - Author analysis of topical controversies such as political debates and current legal problems, to keep you informed of the relevance of jurisprudence to everyday life - Interactive self-test glossary of key terms - Additional chapters on approaching the study of jurisprudence, including revision and examination tips - Further reading suggestions, including links to relevant and recent journal articles - Useful weblinks - Self-test questions on the key ideas from each chapter, with instant feedback

First published in 1973, Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement is a classic account of American Legal Realism and its leading figure. Karl Llewellyn is the best known and most substantial jurist of the group of lawyers known as the American Realists. He made important contributions to legal theory, legal sociology, commercial law, contract law, civil liberties and legal education. This intellectual biography sets Llewellyn in the broad context of the rise of the American Realist Movement and contains an overview of his life before focusing on his most important works, including The Cheyenne Way, The Bramble Bush, The Common Law Tradition and the Uniform Commercial Code. In this second edition the original text is supplemented with a preface by Frederick Schauer and an afterword in which William Twining gives a fascinating account of the making of the book and comments on developments in relevant legal scholarship over the past forty years.

In a departure from the mainstream methodology of a positivist-oriented jurisprudence, Collective Rights provides the first legal-theoretical treatment of this area. It advances a normative-moral standpoint of'value collectivism'which goes against the traditional political philosophy of liberalism and the dominant ideas of liberal multiculturalism. Moreover, it places a theoretical account of collective rights within the larger debate between proponents of different rights theories. By exploring why'collective rights'should be differentiated from similar legal concepts, the relationship between collective and individual rights and why groups should be recognised as the third distinctive type of right-holders, it presents the topic as connected to the larger philosophical debate about international law of human rights, most notably to the problem of universality of rights.

Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts offers an original introduction to, and critical analysis of, the central themes studied in jurisprudence courses. The book is presented in three parts each of which contains General Themes, Advanced Topics, tutorial questions and guidance on further reading: Law and Politics, locating the place of law within the study of institutions of government Legal Reasoning, examining the contested nature of the application of law Law in Modernity, exploring the social forces that shape legal development. This second edition includes enhanced discussion of the rise of legal positivism within the context of the rise of the modern state, the changing role of natural and human rights discourse, concepts of justice in and beyond the nation state, the impact of emergency doctrines in contemporary legal regulation, and challenges to the rule of law in light of shifting and competing demands for new types of social solidarity. Accessible, interdisciplinary, and socially informed this book has been revised to take into account the latest developments in jurisprudential scholarship.

La Organización social, las identidades diaspónricas de género y de los discapacitados, las politicas públicas y sus paradigmas desde la desoberdiencia civil, la justicia comunitaria y las diversas formas de interpretación y de resistencia pacífica que se legitiman en una sociedad, son algunos de los temas que aborda este texto que reune avances de investigaciones desarrolladas por el grupo de investigación en derecho y ciencias política de la Universidad del Norte durante el periodo 2009- 2010.

English-speaking jurisprudence of the last 100 years has devoted considerable attention to questions of identity and continuity. H.L.A. Hart, Joseph Raz, and many others have sought means to identify and distinguish legal from non-legal social situations, and to explain the enduring legality of those typically dynamic social situations. Focus on characterization of legality associated with the state, the most prominent legal phenomena available, has led to an analytical approach dominated by the idea of legal system and analysis of its constituent norms. Yet as far back as Hart's 1961 encounter with international law, the system-focussed approach to legality has experienced moments of self-doubt. From international law to the new legal order of the European Union, to shared governance and overlapping jurisdiction in transboundary areas, what at least appear to be instances of legality are at best weakly explained by approaches which presume the centrality of legal system as the mark and measure of social situations fully worthy of the title of legality. What next, as phenomena threaten to outstrip theory? Legality's Borders: An Essay in General Jurisprudence explains the rudiments of an inter-institutional theory of law, a theory which finds legality in the interaction between legal institutions, whose legality we characterise in terms of the kinds of norms they use rather than their content or system-membership. Prominent forms of legality such as the law-state and international law are then explained as particular forms of complex agglomeration of legal institutions, varying in form and complexity rather than sheer legality. This approach enables a fundamental shift in approach to the problems of identity and continuity of characteristically legal situations in social life: once legality is decoupled from legal system, the patterns of intense mutual reference amongst the legal institutions of the law-state can be seen as one justifiably prominent form of legality amongst others including overlapping forms of legality such as the European Union. Identity over time, on this view, is less a fixed set of characteristics than a history of intense mutual interaction of legal institutions, comparable against similar other agglomerations of legal institutions.

This collection of essays is a unique contribution to understanding the issues confronting law schools in Central and Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union as they seek to ensure that their programs meet the needs of 21st century lawyers. The book is unusual in two ways. First, most of the authors are faculty members at universities in the region. Despite a plethora of initiatives to reform legal education in Central and Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union, there has been little literature on the topic coming from the region itself. Second, the essays address structural issues as well as pedagogical ones (e.g., the disincentives for academics to invest time in developing new teaching methodologies and the problems posed by rigid government standards for higher education). It is particularly useful to have these essays collected in one book, so that readers can see both problems and some suggested solutions in a cross-cultural context.

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.

Routledge-Cavendish Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text, user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify, understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law, shouldn't you make Routledge-Cavendish Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developments, Routledge-Cavendish Lawcards are now packed with even more features: New revision checklists help you to consolidate the key issues within each topic Colour coded highlighting really makes cases and legislation stand out New tables of cases and legislation make for easy reference Boxed case notes pick out the cases that are most likely to come up in exams More diagrams and flowcharts clarify and condense complex and important topics'…these spiral-bound beauties…are an excellent starting point for any enthusiastic reviser. The books are concise and get right down to the nitty-gritty of each topic.'Lex Magazine Routledge-Cavendish Lawcards are now supported by a Companion Website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/xxx

Die denkerische Kraft und produktive Originalität von Friedrich Müller hat Schüler geprägt, Kollegen beeindruckt, Freundschaften mitbegründet und Leser bereichert. In Anerkennung und Dankbarkeit ehren Schüler und Freunde Friedrich Müller mit diesem Buch. Sie möchten gleichzeitig die Bedeutung des Werks von Friedrich Müller hervorheben. Die'Juristische Methodik'von Friedrich Müller, deren 1. Auflage 1971 erschienen ist und die in der 9. Auflage von 2004 um einen zweiten Band zum Europarecht erweitert vorliegt, enthält nach wie vor die fortschrittlichste und subtilste Gesamtdarstellung der Eigenart des juristischen Arbeitens. Ihre Grundlagen sind bereits in der Freiburger Habilitationsschrift von 1966'Normstruktur und Normativität. Zum Verhältnis von Recht und Wirklichkeit in der juristischen Hermeneutik, entwickelt an Fragen der Verfassungsinterpretation'enthalten. Vielfältige Einzelaspekte dieser Strukturierenden Methodik sind zunächst für die Verfassungsdogmatik (Die Positivität der Grundrechte, 1969; Freiheit der Kunst als Problem der Grundrechtsdogmatik, 1969), sodann für die Rechts- und Verfassungstheorie in bislang acht'Elementen einer Verfassungstheorie'(I: Recht - Sprache - Gewalt, 1975; II: Juristische Methodik und Politisches System, 1976; III: Die Einheit der Verfassung, 1979; IV:'Richterrecht', 1986; V: Fragment (über) Verfassunggebende Gewalt des Volkes, 1995; VI: Wer ist das Volk? Die Grundfrage der Demokratie, 1997; VII: Demokratie in der Defensive. Funktionale Abnutzung - soziale Exklusion - Globalisierung, 2001; VIII: Demokratie zwischen Staatsrecht und Weltrecht. Nationale, staatlose und globale Formen menschenrechtsgestützter Demokratisierung, 2003) und schließlich im Rahmen der Rechtslinguistik (Untersuchungen zur Rechtslinguistik, 1989; Rechtstext und Textarbeit, 1997; Neue Studien zur Rechtslinguistik, 2001; Rechtssprache Europas, 2004) näher entfaltet und fruchtbar gemacht worden. Viele der Schriften Friedrich Müllers sind neu aufgelegt und in mehrere Fremdsprachen (Chinesisch, Französisch, Japanisch, Koreanisch, Portugiesisch) übersetzt worden; teilweise haben sogar die Übersetzungen Neuauflagen erfahren. Das Werk Friedrich Müllers hat im Inland und fast mehr noch im Ausland große Anerkennung erfahren. Gerade die guten jungen Rechtswissenschaftler nehmen die von ihm ausgehenden bereichernden Herausforderungen gern an. Es wird noch lange standhalten. Die in diesem Buch versammelten Beiträge von sechzehn Schülern und Freunden zeigen die mannigfachen Impulse, die von Friedrich Müller und seinem Werk ausgehen. Der Titel dieser Freundesgabe versucht das Charakteristikum dieses faszinierenden Werks zu erfassen.

Specifically written for students studying law, this revision guide will be suitable for all students taking Jurisprudence at Undergraduate level.

Encourages critical, responsible and creative thinking about law as a system of ideas and as a social institution. It explores the relationships between law, logic and science, examines the socio- economic role of law and asks what role the legal system plays in alleviating contemporary social problems.

Includes index.