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The Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Lawby Jan M. Smits
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 60.00The first of its kind, this comprehensive Encyclopedia on comparative law takes stock of present-day comparative law scholarship. Written by authorities in their respective fields, the contributions in this accessible book cover not only questions regarding the methodology of comparative law, but also specific areas of law (such as administrative law and criminal law) and specific topics (such as accident compensation and consideration). In addition, the Encyclopedia contains reports on a selected set of countries legal systems and as a whole presents an overview of the current state of affairs. more...
Law and Economics in Civil Law Countriesby Thierry Kirat; Bruno Deffains
Routledge 2003; US$ 180.00The aim of the book is to highlight the law and economics issues confronting civil law countries. more...
Legal Orderings and Economic Institutionsby Fabrizio Cafaggi; Antonio Nicita; Ugo Pagano
Routledge 2005; US$ 180.00The Siena Summer School has gained an impressive reputation over the years and the books which have resulted from this venture are always well received. This new book in the series is in the hot area of law and economics. more...
Law and Natureby David Delaney; Chris Arup; Martin Chanock; Pat O'Malley; Sally Engle Merry; Susan Silbey
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 118.00This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and legal thought and practice. Topics include forces of nature, endangered species, animal experiments and bestiality, and Delaney demonstrates throughout that nearly any construal of 'nature' entails an interpretation of what it is to be (distinctively) human. more...
Promoting Participationby Professor N Douglas Lewis
Routledge-Cavendish 1999; US$ 130.00The authors argue for constitutional reform which would facilitate British citizens' effective participation in the making of the decisions that set the basic pattern of their collective life. They assert that this failure of the British Constitution is unacceptable. more...
Psychology and Lawby Andreas Kapardis
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 33.00This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date discussion of contemporary debates at the interface between psychology and criminal law. International in its scope and broad-ranging in its research, this book is the authoritative work on psycho-legal enquiry for students and professionals in psychology, law, criminology, social work and law enforcement. more...
Law and Market Economyby Robin Paul Malloy
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 23.00This synthesis of law, philosophy and market theory provides a new jurisprudence of exchange. It presents a fundamental critique of the traditional economic analysis of law and an alternative approach through semiotic analysis, examining the market exchange process through the broader perspective of creativity and human relationships. more...
The Triumph of Venusby Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder
University of California Press 2004; US$ 80.00The theory of law and economics that dominates American jurisprudence today views the market as rational and individuals as driven by the desire to increase their wealth. It is a view riddled with misconceptions, as Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder demonstrates in this challenging work, which looks at contemporary debates in legal theory through the lens of psychoanalysis and continental philosophy. Through metaphors drawn from classical mythology and interpreted via Lacanian psychoanalysis and Hegelian philosophy, Schroeder exposes the hidden and repressed erotics of the market. Her work shows how the predominant economic analysis of markets and the standard romantic critique of markets are in fact mirror images, reflecting the misconception that... more...
The Life of the Lawby Laura Nader
University of California Press 2002; US$ 15.95Laura Nader, an instrumental figure in the development of the field of legal anthropology, investigates an issue of vital importance for our time: the role of the law in the struggle for social and economic justice. In this book she gives an overview of the history of legal anthropology and at the same time urges anthropologists, lawyers, and activists to recognize the centrality of law in social change. more...
Songs without Musicby Desmond Manderson
University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95In this pathbreaking and provocative analysis of the aesthetics of law, the historian, legal theorist, and musician Desmond Manderson argues that by treating a text, legal or otherwise, as if it were merely a sequence of logical propositions, readers miss its formal and symbolic meanings. Creatively using music as a model, he demonstrates that law is not a sterile, rational structure, but a cultural form to be valued and enhanced through rhetoric and metaphors, form, images, and symbols. To further develop this argument, the book is divided into chapters, each of which is based on a different musical form. Law, for Manderson, should strive for neither coherence nor integrity. Rather, it is imperfectly realized, constantly reinterpreted, and... more...









