Lain menetelmät, teoria ja filosofia

The story of "natural law" - the idea that God has written a law on the human heart so that ethical norms derive from human nature - in twentieth-century Protestant ethics is one …

This book examines how the Roman, French and English legal systems have each dealt with the issue of unforeseen, supervening events which have rendered the performance of …

In this reprint of Law's Empire,Ronald Dworkin reflects on the nature of the law, its given authority, its application in democracy, the prominent role of interpretation in …

'A timely red alert that democratic values cannot be taken for granted' The Times 'Incisive and eloquent' The Telegraph A TIMES TOP LEGAL READ 2025 Across the globe, democracy is …

A landmark work of political and legal philosophy, Ronald Dworkin's Taking Rights Seriously was acclaimed as a major work on its first publication in 1977 and remains profoundly …

This short and accessible book provides a provocative re-assessment of the various tangled relationships between law and politics and in so doing examines legal and political …

"Among the important books in the history of American legal philosophy.  It includes insights into the relations between morality and law, and advances a theory of law of great …

This is a philosophical but non-technical analysis of the very idea of a rule. Although focused somewhat on the role of rules in the legal system, it is also relevant to the place …

Equality is the endangered species of political ideals. Even left-of-center politicians reject equality as an ideal: government must combat poverty, they say, but need not strive …

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 …