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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “george letsas”
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  • Status in Law and Morality

    by George Letsas ...
    Series series Oxford Legal Philosophy
    The idea of status has long puzzled philosophers. Some people have higher social status than others, and some have distinct legal statuses, such as being an employee, a tenant, or a refugee. But why should that be the case? Why should some enjoy more esteem than others? And why should law pick out a class of persons, give it a label, and treat it differently? Status in Law and Morality provides a ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Philosophical Foundations of Contract Law

    Edited by Gregory Klass, George Letsas, Prince Saprai ...
    Series series Philosophical Foundations of Law
    In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the philosophical study of contract law. In 1981 Charles Fried claimed that contract law is based on the philosophy of promise and this has generated what is today known as 'the contract and promise debate'. Cutting to the heart of contemporary discussions, this volume brings together leading philosophers, legal theorists, and contract ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

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  • Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction

    by Raymond Wacks ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life, shaping the character of our community and underlying issues from racism and abortion to human rights and international war. But what actually is law? A set of naturally occurring moral principles, or simply rules agreed by a particular society? What is a 'right' and what rights should people actually have? Is law really colour ... Read more

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  • Ronald Dworkin

    Third Edition

    by Stephen Guest ...
    Series series Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
    Ronald Dworkin is widely accepted as the most important and most controversial Anglo-American jurist of the past forty years. And this same-named volume on his work has become a minor classic in the field, offering the most complete analysis and integration of Dworkin's work to date. This third edition offers a substantial revision of earlier texts and, most importantly, incorporates discussion of ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Punishment and Modern Society

    A Study in Social Theory

    by David Garland ...
    "An outstanding delineation of the sociology of punishment. . . . [A] first-class piece of scholarship." —Graeme Newman, C ontemporary SociologyIn this path-breaking book, David Garland argues that punishment is a complex social institution that affects both social relations and cultural meanings. Drawing on theorists from Durkheim to Foucault, he insightfully critiques the entire spectrum of ... Read more

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  • Minimizing Marriage

    Marriage, Morality, and the Law

    by Elizabeth Brake ...
    Series series Studies in Feminist Philosophy
    Even in secular and civil contexts, marriage retains sacramental connotations. Yet what moral significance does it have? This book examines its morally salient features -- promise, commitment, care, and contract -- with surprising results. In Part One, "De-Moralizing Marriage," essays on promise and commitment argue that we cannot promise to love and so wedding vows are (mostly) failed promises, ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Jurisprudence

    by Suri Ratnapala ...
    The third edition of Jurisprudence offers a logically structured, comprehensive, well-researched and accessible overview of legal theory and philosophy. Written primarily for undergraduate students, it examines and demystifies the discipline's major ideas, and promotes a richer understanding of the social, moral and economic dimensions of the law. By locating the major traditions of jurisprudence ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • The Sociology of Law

    Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

    by A. Javier Trevino ...
    Series series Law and Society
    The purpose of this book is to introduce the sociology of law by providing a coherent organization to the general body of literature in that field. As such, the text gives a comprehensive overview of theoretical sociology of law. It deals with the broad expanse of the field and covers a vast amount of intellectual terrain. This volume is intended to fill a gap in the literature. Most textbooks in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Institutions of Law

    An EsSay in Legal Theory

    by Neil MacCormick ...
    Series series Law, State, and Practical Reason
    Institutions of Law offers an original account of the nature of law and legal systems in the contemporary world. It provides the definitive statement of Sir Neil MacCormick's well-known 'institutional theory of law', defining law as 'institutional normative order' and explaining each of these three terms in depth. It attempts to fulfil the need for a twenty-first century introduction to legal ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism

    Edited by Ben Eggleston, Dale E. Miller ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Utilitarianism, the approach to ethics based on the maximization of overall well-being, continues to have great traction in moral philosophy and political thought. This Companion offers a systematic exploration of its history, themes, and applications. First, it traces the origins and development of utilitarianism via the work of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, and others. The ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • On the People's Terms

    A Republican Theory and Model of Democracy

    by Philip Pettit ...
    Series series The Seeley Lectures
    According to republican theory, we are free persons to the extent that we are protected and secured in the same fundamental choices, on the same public basis, as one another. But there is no public protection or security without a coercive state. Does this mean that any freedom we enjoy is a superficial good that presupposes a deeper, political form of subjection? Philip Pettit addresses this ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The State

    by Philip Pettit ...
    A major new account of the state and its importance by a leading political philosopherThe future of our species depends on the state. Can states resist corporate capture, religious zealotry, and nationalist mania? Can they find a way to work together so that the earth heals and its peoples prosper? Or is the state just not up to the task? In this book, the prominent political philosopher Philip ... Read more

    $17.99 USD