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33 produkter
Evidence, Inference and Enquiry
Av Dawid, Philip Dawid m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1728 kr
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Evidence - its nature and interpretation - is the key to many topical debates and concerns such as global warming, evolution, the search for weapons of mass destruction, DNA profiling, evidence-based medicine. In 2004 University College London launched a cross-disciplinary research programme …
Law in Context
Enlarging a Discipline
Inbunden, 1997
2122 kr
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The central theme of Twining's book is that law is a marvellous subject of study, but to do justice to its potential requires an enlargement of vision, multiple perspectives, and a radical reappraisal of the role, culture, and practices of law schools. Treating theory, education, scholarship, …
Human Rights, Southern Voices
Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi
Inbunden, 2009
1513 kr
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A just international order and a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law need to include perspectives that take account of the standpoints, interests, concerns and beliefs of non-Western people and traditions. The dominant scholarly and activist discourses about human rights have developed largely …
How to Do Things with Rules
Av William Twining, David Miers
Häftad, 2010
673 kr
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New to English law? Need to know how rules are made, interpreted and applied? This popular and well-established textbook will show you how. It simplifies legal method by combining examples with an account of rules in general: the who, what, why and how of interpretation. Starting with standpoint …
How to Do Things with Rules
Av William Twining, David Miers
Inbunden, 2010
1528 kr
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New to English law? Need to know how rules are made, interpreted and applied? This popular and well-established textbook will show you how. It simplifies legal method by combining examples with an account of rules in general: the who, what, why and how of interpretation. Starting with standpoint …
General Jurisprudence
Understanding Law from a Global Perspective
Inbunden, 2009
1198 kr
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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 …
Internet Law
Text and Materials
Av Chris Reed, William Twining m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
808 kr
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The common fallacy regarding cyberspace is that the Internet is a new jurisdiction, in which none of the existing rules and regulations apply. However, all the actors involved in an Internet transaction live in one or more existing jurisdictions, so rather than being unregulated, the Internet is …
Globalisation and Legal Theory
Av William Twining, William Twining m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
853 kr
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This work brings together eight linked essays which make the case for a revival of general jurisprudence in response to the challenges of globalisation, explores how far the heritage of Anglo-American jurisprudence and comparative law is adequate to meeting the challenges, and puts forward an …
Analysis of Evidence
Av Terence Anderson, David Schum m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
835 kr
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This extensively revised second edition is a rigorous introduction to the construction and criticism of arguments about questions of fact, and to the marshalling and evaluation of evidence at all stages of litigation. It covers the principles underlying the logic of proof; the uses and dangers of …
Rethinking Evidence
Exploratory Essays
Av William Twining, William Twining m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
1063 kr
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The Law of Evidence has traditionally been perceived as a dry, highly technical, and mysterious subject. This book argues that problems of evidence in law are closely related to the handling of evidence in other kinds of practical decision-making and other academic disciplines, that it is closely …
Who Believes in Human Rights?
Reflections on the European Convention
Av Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, William Twining m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
969 kr
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Many people believe passionately in human rights. Others - Bentham, Marx, cultural relativists and some feminists amongst them - dismiss the concept of human rights as practically and conceptually inadequate. This book reviews these classical critiques and shows how their insights are reflected in …
Law as a Means to an End
Threat to the Rule of Law
Av Brian Z. Tamanaha, William Twining m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
659 kr
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The contemporary US legal culture is marked by ubiquitous battles among various groups attempting to seize control of the law and wield it against others in pursuit of their particular agenda. This battle takes place in administrative, legislative, and judicial arenas at both the state and federal …
General Jurisprudence
Understanding Law from a Global Perspective
Häftad, 2009
958 kr
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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 …
Great Juristic Bazaar
Jurists' Texts and Lawyers' Stories
Inbunden, 2002
2526 kr
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Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs. William Twining believes that many jurists have been fascinating people struggling with questions that are both historically significant and relevant to contemporary issues. This book …
Bentham
Selected Writings of John Dinwiddy
Av John Dinwiddy, William Twining
Inbunden, 2003
685 kr
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Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, made a powerful impact on several major areas of thought and policy: ethics, jurisprudence, political and constitutional theory, and social and administrative reform. Yet from the start his ideas have been subject to misunderstanding and caricature. …
Evidence and Proof
Av William Twining, Alex Stein
Inbunden, 1992
2274 kr
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This volume brings together leading theoretical writings on legal fact-finding which are dispersed and not readily accessible.
Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement
Inbunden, 2012
1633 kr
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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 …
Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement
Häftad, 2014
778 kr
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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 …
Jurist in Context
A Memoir
Inbunden, 2019
1123 kr
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This is the engaging and accessible intellectual memoir of a leading jurist. It tells the story of the development of his thoughts and writings over sixty years in the context of three continents and addresses the complexities of decolonisation, the troubles in Belfast, the contextual turn in legal …
Jurist in Context
A Memoir
E-bok, 2019
499 kr
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This is the engaging and accessible intellectual memoir of a leading jurist. It tells the story of the development of his thoughts and writings over sixty years in the context of three continents and addresses the complexities of decolonisation, the troubles in Belfast, the contextual turn in legal …
Jurist in Context
A Memoir
E-bok, 2019
510 kr
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This is the engaging and accessible intellectual memoir of a leading jurist. It tells the story of the development of his thoughts and writings over sixty years in the context of three continents and addresses the complexities of decolonisation, the troubles in Belfast, the contextual turn in legal …
Jurist in Context
A Memoir
Häftad, 2019
523 kr
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This is the engaging and accessible intellectual memoir of a leading jurist. It tells the story of the development of his thoughts and writings over sixty years in the context of three continents and addresses the complexities of decolonisation, the troubles in Belfast, the contextual turn in legal …
Great Juristic Bazaar
Jurists'' Texts and Lawyers'' Stories
E-bok, 2017
2820 kr
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Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs. William Twining believes that many jurists have been fascinating people struggling with questions that are both historically significant and relevant to contemporary issues. This book …
Great Juristic Bazaar
Jurists'' Texts and Lawyers'' Stories
E-bok, 2017
2820 kr
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Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs. William Twining believes that many jurists have been fascinating people struggling with questions that are both historically significant and relevant to contemporary issues. This book …
Legal Theory and the Legal Academy
Volume III
Av William Twining, Maksymilian Del Mar
E-bok, 2017
4620 kr
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The third in a series of three volumes on Contemporary Legal Theory, this volume deals with four topics: 1) the role of legal theory in the legal curriculum; 2) the teaching of legal theory; 3) the relationship of legal theory to legal scholarship; and 4) the relationship of legal theory to …
Legal Theory and the Legal Academy
Volume III
Av William Twining, Maksymilian Del Mar
E-bok, 2017
4620 kr
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The third in a series of three volumes on Contemporary Legal Theory, this volume deals with four topics: 1) the role of legal theory in the legal curriculum; 2) the teaching of legal theory; 3) the relationship of legal theory to legal scholarship; and 4) the relationship of legal theory to …
Legal Fictions in Theory and Practice
Av Maksymilian Del Mar, William Twining
Inbunden, 2015
2179 kr
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This multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional collection offers the first ever full-scale analysis of legal fictions. Its focus is on fictions in legal practice, examining and evaluating their roles in a variety of different areas of practice (e.g. in Tort Law, Criminal Law and Intellectual …
Legal Fictions in Theory and Practice
Av William Twining, Maksymilian Del Mar
E-bok, 2015
2925 kr
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This multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional collection offers the first ever full-scale analysis of legal fictions. Its focus is on fictions in legal practice, examining and evaluating their roles in a variety of different areas of practice (e.g. in Tort Law, Criminal Law and Intellectual …
Legal Fictions in Theory and Practice
Av Maksymilian Del Mar, William Twining
Häftad, 2016
2179 kr
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This multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional collection offers the first ever full-scale analysis of legal fictions. Its focus is on fictions in legal practice, examining and evaluating their roles in a variety of different areas of practice (e.g. in Tort Law, Criminal Law and Intellectual …
Analysis of Evidence
How to Do Things with Facts Based on Wigmore's Science of Judicial Proof
Häftad, 1997
405 kr
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