This volume, first published in 2000, considers the intersection between objectivity in ethics an...

This is a book about the role that psychological impairment should play in a theory of criminal l...

When does a woman give valid consent to sexual relations? When does her consent render it morally...

When is it justifiable to exclude a person who wishes to enter a country? What are the acceptable...

This collection of new essays, written by some of the most eminent scholars in the field, examine...

This book explores the philosophical arguments about the nature of forgiveness, mercy and specifi...

Volume 11, the sixth of the historical volumes of A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Juri...

This major study advances an interpretation of criminal justification defenses that views them as...

This 1994 volume contains fifteen essays by leading philosophers exploring themes developed in th...

Leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law.

Differs from standard approaches by focusing on the language of deference instead of obedience.

Essays addressing a variety of issues in the theory and practice of contract law.

This book is concerned with the ethics of judging in courts of law. Professor Burton analyzes the...

Leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law.

This handbook addresses legal reasoning and argumentation from a logical, philosophical and legal...

This collection brings together new essays by some of the most prominent scholars currently writi...

This thought-provoking volume will help to shed light on the underexplored ground that lies betwe...

Do individuals have a positive right of self-defence? And if so, what are the limits of this righ...

This specially commissioned volume examines the issue of constitutionalism.

Plessy v Ferguson (1897) established racial segregationin American constitutional law for over fi...

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic theory of moral responsibility.

At once a lament-psalm and a love song, Grief's Liturgy records Gerald Postema's work and worship...

This analysis of the philosophical foundations of international criminal law focuses on the moral...

Puts forward the argument that the law cannot require us to do what morality forbids.

Differs from standard approaches by focusing on the language of deference instead of obedience.

This book examines the relationship between collective responsibility and individual guilt.

'This book is both a work of intellectual history and a contribution to legal philosophy. It repr...

This handbook addresses legal reasoning and argumentation from a logical, philosophical and legal...

Five legal theorists discuss a range of questions on the nature of the philosophy of criminal law.

This book was the first booklength treatment of the philosophical foundations of international cr...

Plessy v Ferguson (1897) established racial segregationin American constitutional law for over fi...

Examines responsibility and luck as these issues arise in tort law, criminal law, and distributiv...

This book is concerned with the ethics of judging in courts of law. Professor Burton analyzes the...

At once a lament-psalm and a love song, Grief's Liturgy records Gerald Postema's work and worship...

This second edition of a classic in Anglo-American legal philosophy reopens the dialogue between ...

A collection of essays reassessing Jeremy Bentham's strikingly original legal philosophy.

Gerald Postema presents the collected writings on legal, political, and moral theory of a key thi...

The rule of law, once widely embraced and emulated, now faces serious threats to its viability. T...

Volume 11, the sixth of the historical volumes of A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Juri...