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Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law
Springer 2011; US$ 109.99"Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law" is a summary of the author's 40 years of research in the fields of civil law and the philosophy of law. The main focus is on the two main tasks in the doctrinal study of law: the interpretation and systematisation of legal norms. In this regard, Professor Aarnio deals with the theory of argumentation... more...
Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00This timely volume explores the ways in which indigenous peoples across the world are challenged by climate change impacts, and discusses the legal resources available to confront those challenges. Indigenous peoples occupy a unique niche within the climate justice movement, as many indigenous communities live subsistence lifestyles that are severely... more...
Justice and Public Administration
University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 34.00Justice and Administration is an ambitious effort to grapple with justice as a theoretical component of the practice of public administration, yet with sufficient theoretical power to be meaningful in philosophy, political studies, and sociology. The time is ripe for such an effort, as the questions that gather under the labels of modernity,... more...
Elephant Treaties
University Press of New England 2014;Shows how the colonial origins of biodiversity conventions and conservation organizations impact their efficacy in modern times more...
Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 99.99In the critical period when Islamic law first developed, a new breed of jurists developed a genre of legal theory treatises to explore how the fundamental moral teachings of Islam might operate as a legal system. Seemingly rhetorical and formulaic, these manuals have long been overlooked for the insight they offer into the early formation of Islamic... more...
Psychology Policing
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 41.95Applied psychology has become increasingly important in the work of policing, police training and the academic study of policing. This book provides a highly accessible account of the way in which psychological principles and practices are applied to policing, reflecting the increasing attention being given to this area in the light of recent concerns... more...
Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis
Willan Publishing 2001; US$ 89.95Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis' provides a highly readable account of the subject -- and a picture of profiling which by no means accords with popular views and representations of what is involved. The book provides an overview of profiling techniques, offering some fascinating insights into the various approaches to profiling, and schools of... more...
Internet Child Pornography and the Law
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 124.95Critically assessing the problem of internet child pornography and its governance, this book investigates how effective implementation, enforcement and harmonization of laws could substantially help to reduce the availability and dissemination of child pornography on the Internet. more...
The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00America is driven by vengeance in Aladjem's timely analysis, and the fate of democratic justice hangs in the balance. more...
The Inherent Right of Self-Defence in International Law
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99Determining the earliest point in time at which international law authorises a state to exercise its inherent right of self-defence is an issue which has been debated, but unsatisfactorily reasoned, by scholars and states since the 1960's. Yet it remains arguably the most pressing question of law that faces the international community. This book... more...









