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Accessible and engaging, with a wide range of pedagogical features to help students to apply their knowledge and think critically about the law Learning supported by annotated documents, real-life examples, flowcharts, and diagrams, providing visual representations of concepts and processes Comprehensive content on employability, including CV preparation and transferable skills, alongside features like ''Practice tip'', ''What the professionals say'' and ''Selling your skills'' Expanded coverage on sentencing, the judiciary, new routes into the legal professions, and legal technology New content on retained EU law, following post-Brexit changes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent resource: this well-written book provides a good introduction and overview to a broad range of topics and skills for undergraduate students. * Dr Joe Atkinson, Lecturer in Law, University of Sheffield *\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive book covering the key aspects of the legal system, legal skills and employability skills--the employability section is particularly important and useful. * Dr Amy Elkington, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Chichester *\u003cbr\u003eThe quality of the book's content is generally very high. 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Maritain, who died in 1973, was a convert to Catholicism (this book collects material mostly from the early 1950s). Foot is an admirer of Aquinas and acknowledges a great intellectual debt to her former colleague Elizabeth Anscombe, a Catholic; but her own attitude to Christianity is ambiguous.This is Foot's long-awaited first book, published in her eightieth year.  The core idea animating these two slim volumes is that an agent's good consists in the realisation of one's proper nature. This does not mean that one should do just 'what comes naturally', but that one should do what pertains to one's nature as a member of a species with certain powers, most importantly that of reason. In short, one should act according to rational animal nature.  To ground morality in this way presupposes that we all share in a common human nature, and can extract duties from it. This is anathema to those who insist that values have nothing to do with facts; and it is likely to seem pre-Darwinian in suggesting that human nature has a specific purpose beyond mere adaptation. Foot effectively reasserts the Aristotelian view that each species has a rationally discernible fulfilment, whether it has arisen by accident or artifice. From this defence of natural value in general, she moves to the special case of human action and its relation to the end of human happiness. Such a notion as happiness, she confesses, is 'deeply problematic' because of the diversity of views about what constitutes human happiness; and because it is easy to slip into a utilitarian way of thinking in which the end justifies the means, even to the extent of permitting harm to be inflicted. Foot's response is to insist that the focus of moral evaluation is not states of affairs or outcomes but persons and their actions.  How, though, may we know what befits human flourishing? Foot writes of natural goodness largely from the standpoint of actions. In one of his essays, 'On Knowledge through Connaturality', Maritain introduces a different (and now largely neglected) perspective: because virtue is embodied in the person, 'a virtuous man may possibly be utterly ignorant in moral philosophy, and know as well - probably better - everything about virtues. . . '. Maritain argues that similar knowledge is involved in aesthetic and mystical experience. William Sweet is to be congratulated for editing this collection, which also relates natural goodness to the issues of justice and rights, and for providing a helpful introduction.  Gordon Graham's Evil and Christian Ethics and Terence Penelhum's Christian Ethics and Human Nature are avowedly religious in orientation. Human nature features again in both books. Both authors are Ang-lican and invoke Christian understandings while writing as professional philosophers. Penelhum keeps furthest from moral the-ology while Graham develops an argument designed to show that our experience of good and evil is best made sense of by Christianity. Graham is a lively writer, unhesitant in expressing challenging opinions: 'if Christianity is to have anything distinctive to say about morality. . . it must do so by connecting morality with Jesus as an agent of cosmic history rather than a teacher of precepts.' In other words, Jesus is not merely another 'moral teacher' but the Incarnation of God in human history, affording us a fuller understanding of our shared human nature.  Simon Blackburn and Richard Ryder, however, believe that religious ethics is undermined by the falsity of its foundational premise, namely the existence of God, and that morality must now be pursued on a secular basis. In Painism, Ryder seeks to show that you can have morality without God. Blackburn, by contrast, in Being Good, attends enthusiastically to exposing the repugnance of biblical ethics, as he sees it, and to demonstrating that appeals to divine commands are worse than irrelevant. Following Plato, he argues that moral justification for an action can never in itself be provided by appeal to its being the will of God.  Both Being Good and Painism are directed towards the general reader, and each is written from and addressed to post-religious sensibilities. Both favour an account of ethics as residing in sentiment, most particularly in compassion. Reason can determine appropriate evidence and maintain ethical consistency, but ultimately what we ought to do results from feelings we have (by nature) for ourselves and others. Both authors give attention to securing what Blackburn terms 'Freedom from the bad'; but whereas for him this is only a part of morality, 'too grey and neutral to excite our ambition and admiration', for Ryder it is the very essence of ethics: 'Pain (i.e. suffering) is the only evil' and the only moral objective 'is to reduce the pain of others'.  Ryder would have us adopt 'painism' as the name of the true morality. Unfortunately he supports his proposal with some dubious arguments, such as that one cannot weigh relative amounts of pain between groups and individuals because 'each individual is the boundary of its own consciousness'. Certainly one cannot pool pains in some sea of collective agony, without discrimination or quantification. But that does not show that comparative assessments cannot be made. After all, 20 single pound coins put into a scale tip the balance against a single pound coin on the other side even though each coin is 'the boundary of its own weight'. Likewise, since frustration is a form of pain as Ryder understands this, we can construct cases in which it will be justified to inflict pain on one person in order to relieve the frustrations of another. Painism all too easily slides back to utilitarianism.  It is hard to assess the state of popular sentiment concerning morality, though relativism seems to be the common currency: morality is then regarded as just a matter of variable convention, with 'live and let live' being the dominant maxim.  'Live and let live', however, tends to be offered as an absolute principle leading many philosophers to regard this kind of relativism as vulgar and self-refuting. I doubt that they can easily absolve themselves from any responsibility. After all, these ideas are common among those in positions where opinions are called for and attended to, and their main sources are popular academic presentations of moral subjectivism.  What emerges from this survey is that ethical theory still needs to be practised; that any adequate theory must relate good and evil to human nature; and that utilitarianism has still not gone away. 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To interpret or replace them, he proposes the original natural law that is always available to anyone who ponders the basic human experiences. That law, knowable and accessible in our time, is our guide to live for the best.” —Harvey C. Mansfield, Kenan Professor of Government, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pierre Manent’s book is a compact feast. 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This book is a treasure chest, for in a little more than 100 pages Manent lavishly offers gems of insight. His greatest jewel of wisdom is that modern man cannot win his fight against the natural law, for it is still part of him, deny it though he may.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Manent’s prescient critique of human rights may be the best tool at our disposal to interpret the weaknesses that COVID-19 has revealed. The modern politics of human rights is too individualistic, too theoretical, and too technical, Manent warns, all faults that poison our ability to deliberate the natural ends of man and make a real choices, take real actions.” —\u003ci\u003eThe American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It takes a bold man to offer public criticism of the idea of ‘human rights.’ . . . The western world is blessed to have such a man—bold, profound, and prudent—in Pierre Manent. All of these virtues are displayed in his excellent new book, \u003ci\u003eNatural Law and Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . The book is rich in insight, the fruit of Manent’s decades of deep meditation on the history of political philosophy and on the intellectual, moral, and political predicament of the modern world.” —\u003ci\u003ePublic Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Manent] details the need for our discourse on human rights to be reintegrated into what he calls an ‘archic’ understanding of human and political existence. Only by seeing rights as rooted in duties and by seeing them in light of the the natural moral law can we be both intellectually sound in our practical reasoning and well-grounded in our claims about human rights.” —\u003ci\u003eInternational Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a remarkable book titled \u003ci\u003eNatural Law and Human Rights: Toward a Recovery of Practical Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, Manent responds to Montaigne’s challenge. Here Manent persuasively defends the enduring relevance of the old cardinal virtues—courage, justice, prudence, and moderation—and of a conception of non-arbitrary conscience that can provide practical reason with rich moral content.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Manent helps us to see the deep chasm that lies between the modern human rights worldview and that of natural law.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe New Bioethics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Why Natural Law Matters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Counsels of Fear\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Order of the State without Right or Law\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Law, Slave to Rights\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Individual and the Agent\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Natural Law and Human Motives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Recovering Law’s Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400753750359,"sku":"9780268107222","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268107222.jpg?v=1730471480"},{"product_id":"southsouth-solidarity-and-the-latin-american-left-9780299336103","title":"SouthSouth Solidarity and the Latin American Left","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFacing repression, the Latin American left in the ‘60s and ‘70s found connection in transnational exchange, organising with activists in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. 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The work of deconstruction on the rhetoric of truth production revolving around genetics that the author sets up is impressive both for the range of the analysis and for the variety of theoretical instruments used in the investigation.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Jacopo Martire, Kings College London, Kings Law Journal, 21.1, 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The Production of Genetic Knowledge and the Rise of Genetics as New Perceptual Regime\u003c\/strong\u003e 1. The Production of Genetic Knowledge 2. Scientific and Economic Strength of Genetic Reductionism 3. Policy Implications: Discourses of Genetic Enlightenment as New Disciplinary Devices 4. Genetic Conceptualisations of ‘Normality’ and the Idea of Genetic Justice 5. Beyond Genetic Universality and Authenticity, the Lure of the ‘Genetic Underclass’ \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Socio-Economic Life of Genes - Genetic Risks and Insurance \u003c\/strong\u003e6. Commonalties and Variations in Regulation of Genetic Information Flows 7. Previews of the Future as Background 8. Economic and Actuarial Perspectives on Genetics and Insurance 9. Practical and Normative Arguments Against ‘Genetic Exceptionalist’ Legislation 10. The Changing Social Role of Private Insurance: ‘Risk’ as a New Representational Regime. Conclusions. 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Rehg's translation of \u003ci\u003eBetween Facts and Norms\u003c\/i\u003e is clear and precise and his Introduction helpful.' \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'In \u003ci\u003eBetween Facts and Norms,\u003c\/i\u003e Habermas offers an inspiring and intellectually stimulating diagnosis of the predicament of modern law ... his contribution will undoubtedly have a lasting influence on this crucially important debate.' \u003ci\u003eDemocratization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'For at least a generation Jurgen Habermas's work has made a significant impact on a variety of important debates in philosophy and the social sciences. \u003ci\u003eBetween Facts and Norms\u003c\/i\u003e ... brings together many of Habermas's earlier concerns and weaves them into a comprehensive and brilliant critical theory of actually existing democracy. 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Otfried Höffe, Universität Tübingen, Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJürgen Habermas has been awarded the prestigious 'Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels' prize for 2001\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Introduction. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Law as a Category of Social Mediation between Facts and Norms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Sociology of Law versus the Philosophy of Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. A Reconstructive Approach to Law I: The System of Rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. A Reconstructive Approach to Law II: The Principles of the Constitutional State. 5. The Indeterminacy of Law and the Rationality of Adjudication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Judiciary and Legislature: On the Role and Legitimacy of Constitutional Adjudication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. 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In the world of the post-economic collapse, \u003ci\u003ePlunder\u003c\/i\u003e is a painfully frightening roadmap decrying the dangers of the exact \"legal\" practices (derivatives, call options, etc.) that brought on the current economic crisis.\"  (\u003ci\u003eMultinational Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, Jan - Feb 2009)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  “Mattei and Nader note how win-win situations as ostensibly promoted by Alternative Dispute Resolution practices are in fact harmony ideologies that ‘may be used to suppress people's resistance, by socializing them toward conformity by means of consensus, cooperation, passivity, and docility, and by silencing people who speak out angrily.\" (\u003ci\u003eSwans Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003cp\u003e\"Without doubt this is an important book … Mattei and Nader have produced a courageous, intellectually refined, and superbly critical book about one of the main instruments of society-building in our culture. The book should find a wide audience in law classes, and in graduate courses of sociology, anthropology, and political sciences.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Plunder and The Rule of Law\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Anatomy of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder, Hegemony, and Positional Superiority.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw, Plunder, and European Expansionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutionalizing Plunder: The Colonial Relationship and the Imperial Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Story of Continuity: Constructing the Empire of Law (lessness).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Neo-liberalism: Economic Engine of Plunder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Argentinean Bonanza.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeo-Liberalism: An Economic Theory of Simplification and a Spectacular Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural Adjustment Programs and the Comprehensive Development Framework.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment Frameworks, Plunder, and the Rule of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Before Neo-Liberalism: a Story of Western Plunder\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe European Roots of Colonial Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fundamental Structure of US Law as a Post-Colonial Reception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Theory of Lack, Yesterday and Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore Neo-Liberalism: Colonial Practices and Harmonious Strategies—Yesterday and Now.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Plunder of Ideas and the Providers of Legitimacy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHegemony and legal Consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual Property as Plunder of Ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding Legitimacy: Law and Economics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding Legitimacy: Lawyers and Anthropologists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Constructing the Conditions for Plunder\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder of Oil: Iraq and Elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New World Order of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Only Iraq: Plunder, War, and Legal Ideologies of Intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutional Lacks as Conditions for Plunder: Real or Created?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDouble Standards Policy and Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty: Justification for Intervention and Consequence of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. International Imperial Law\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReactive Institutions of Imperial Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eU.S. Rule of Law: Forms of Global Domination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Globalization of the American Way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Ideological Institution of Global Governance: International Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolocaust Litigation: Back to the Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Swallowing of International Law by U.S. law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Power and the U.S. Courts as Imperial Agencies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Hegemony and Plunder. The Demise of the Rule of Law in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies to Subordinate the Rule of Law to Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder in High Places: Enron and its Aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder in Even Higher Places: Electoral Politics and Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder of Liberty: The War on Terror.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder Undisrupted: The Discourse of Patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Beyond an Illegal Rule of Law?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSumming Up: Plunder and The Global Transformation of the Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImperial Rule of Law or the People's Rule of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Future of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes to Text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocumentary Film Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407909495127,"sku":"9781405178945","price":29.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405178945.jpg?v=1730500926"},{"product_id":"plunder-9781405178952","title":"Plunder","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlunder\u003c\/i\u003e examines the dark side of the Rule of Law and explores how it has been used as a powerful political weapon by Western countries in order to legitimize plunder  the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actors victimizing weaker ones.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges traditionally held beliefs in the sanctity of the Rule of Law by exposing its dark side\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the Rule of Law''s relationship with ''plunder''  the practice of violent extraction by stronger political actors victimizing weaker ones  in the service of Western cultural and economic domination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides global examples of plunder: of oil in Iraq; of ideas in the form of Western patents and intellectual property rights imposed on weaker peoples; and of liberty in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDares to ask the paradoxical question  is the Rule of Law itself illegal?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Plunder is a detailed, well written autopsy of how law and our legal system further strengthens the already powerful, while decimating those already located outside the reach of power. In the world of the post-economic collapse, \u003ci\u003ePlunder\u003c\/i\u003e is a painfully frightening roadmap decrying the dangers of the exact \"legal\" practices (derivatives, call options, etc.) that brought on the current economic crisis.\"  (\u003ci\u003eMultinational Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, Jan - Feb 2009)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  “Without doubt this is an important book … Mattei and Nader have produced a courageous, intellectually refined, and superbly critical book about one of the main instruments of society-building in our culture. The book should find a wide audience in law classes, and in graduate courses of sociology, anthropology, and political sciences.” (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Society\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2008)  \u003cp\u003e“A profound work that will find its way into many disciplines. The book is less about plunder than about the ethics and values implicated in the clash between social justice and competitive economics. Mattei and Nader conclude with a call for strategies to increase historical awareness. This book is one of those strategies, and the more worth reading for it. Recommended.” (\u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Without doubt this is an important book … Mattei and Nader have produced a courageous, intellectually refined, and superbly critical book about one of the main instruments of society-building in our culture. The book should find a wide audience in law classes, and in graduate courses of sociology, anthropology, and political sciences.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Plunder and The Rule of Law\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Anatomy of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder, Hegemony, and Positional Superiority.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw, Plunder, and European Expansionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutionalizing Plunder: The Colonial Relationship and the Imperial Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Story of Continuity: Constructing the Empire of Law (lessness).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Neo-liberalism: Economic Engine of Plunder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Argentinean Bonanza.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeo-Liberalism: An Economic Theory of Simplification and a Spectacular Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural Adjustment Programs and the Comprehensive Development Framework.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment Frameworks, Plunder, and the Rule of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Before Neo-Liberalism: a Story of Western Plunder\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe European Roots of Colonial Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fundamental Structure of US Law as a Post-Colonial Reception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Theory of Lack, Yesterday and Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore Neo-Liberalism: Colonial Practices and Harmonious Strategies—Yesterday and Now.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Plunder of Ideas and the Providers of Legitimacy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHegemony and legal Consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual Property as Plunder of Ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding Legitimacy: Law and Economics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding Legitimacy: Lawyers and Anthropologists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Constructing the Conditions for Plunder\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder of Oil: Iraq and Elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New World Order of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Only Iraq: Plunder, War, and Legal Ideologies of Intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutional Lacks as Conditions for Plunder: Real or Created?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDouble Standards Policy and Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty: Justification for Intervention and Consequence of Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. International Imperial Law\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReactive Institutions of Imperial Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eU.S. Rule of Law: Forms of Global Domination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Globalization of the American Way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Ideological Institution of Global Governance: International Law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolocaust Litigation: Back to the Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Swallowing of International Law by U.S. law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Power and the U.S. Courts as Imperial Agencies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Hegemony and Plunder. The Demise of the Rule of Law in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies to Subordinate the Rule of Law to Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder in High Places: Enron and its Aftermath.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder in Even Higher Places: Electoral Politics and Plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder of Liberty: The War on Terror.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlunder Undisrupted: The Discourse of Patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. 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It placed great importance on the litigants’ rhetorical performances. Did this make it nothing more than a rhetorical contest judged by largely uneducated citizens that had nothing to do with law, a criticism that some, including Plato, have made?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Gagarin argues to the contrary, contending that the Athenians both controlled litigants’ performances and incorporated many other unusual features into their legal system, including rules for interrogating slaves and swearing an oath. The Athenians, Gagarin shows, adhered to the law as they understood it, which was a set of principles more flexible than our current understanding allows. The Athenians also insisted that their legal system serve the ends of justice and benefit the city and its people. 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It will be a valuable introduction to the Athenian legal system for many and a useful addition to the libraries of scholars and students working on the Athenian democracy. * Polis *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eDemocratic Law in Classical Athens\u003c\/i\u003e] does a very good and interesting job of exploring the Athenian judicial system in its wider civic context. * Sehepunkte *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eDemocratic Law in Classical Athens\u003c\/i\u003e] is a discerning overview of the workings of the Athenian judicial system with a crucial emphasis on the context of ancient democracy and culture. The writing is lucid, thorough, meticulously footnoted, well illustrated with copious ancient examples and informative for scholars of all levels...We must always remember that the ancients were regular people with a culture, world view and practice of self-government far different from our own. 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The author’s intelligent employment of comparisons between legal practices in Athens and in modern states, which helps him demonstrate the high degree of efficiency of the Athenian legal system, brings studies on Athenian law closer to comparative legal studies and, thus, to a readership not limited only to classicists...readers who are open to discovering a new perspective on Athenian law will be made to feel at ease by the clarity of his thought. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eDemocratic Law in Classical Athens\u003c\/i\u003e] provides an excellent overview of the relationship between law and democracy in Athens and serves as a testament to the great care and judgment with which Gagarin has studied the subject over many years. * Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Democracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Negotiation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Rhetoric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Rules and Relevance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Public Interest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. 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Among these questions, one is central: is there something about law which determines how it should be theorized?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Giudice presents the problem: several methods suggest themselves as suitable to understanding law; however, each method claims unique importance with no need of others. A solution is offered in two key claims. First, many conceptual theories of law are best understood not as the result of conceptual analysis, but as constructive conceptual explanations, emphasizing a crucial role for revision and expansion of ordinary concepts, in ways responsive to new problems and new phenomena. Second, conceptual theories of law can and ought to identify necessary as well as contingent features in the construction of conceptual explanations of law. This novel book explains the importance of conceptual explanation by situating its methods and goals in relation to, rather than in competition with, social scientific and moral theories of law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be of primary interest to both students and academics in legal, political, and moral philosophy. It will also be of interest to students and academics working in the social sciences who are interested in questions about the distinctive character of law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This is a superb book. Taking up the important debate on the role of conceptual analysis in legal theory, Giudice carefully articulates the competing positions and presents a clear-eyed and perspicuous account of conceptual analysis. This book is essential reading for anyone in legal theory.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Dennis Patterson, European University Institute, Italy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Preface  PART I. BEYOND CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS  1. Analytical Jurisprudence and its Discontents  2. Constructive Conceptual Explanation  3. Conceptual Explanation and Contingency  4. Analytical Jurisprudence and Necessity  PART II. ILLUSTRATIONS  5. The Contingent Relation Between Invalidity and Unconstitutionality  6. Conceptual Explanation of European Union Law  PART III. CONTINUITY IN LEGAL THEORY  7. Imperialism and Difference in Legal Theory  8. Participant Understanding and Legal Theory  9. Continuity in Legal Theory  Conclusion: A Look Back and a Look Forward   Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412139221335,"sku":"9781784718800","price":98.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784718800.jpg?v=1730515784"},{"product_id":"the-rule-of-law-economic-development-and-corporate-governance-9781789900729","title":"The Rule of Law, Economic Development, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrounded in history and written by a law professor, this book is a scholarly yet jargon-free explanation of the differences among the common and civil law concepts of the rule of law, and details how they developed out of two different cultural views of the relationships between law, individuals, and government. The book shows how those differences lead to differences in economic development, entrepreneurship, and corporate governance.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author considers the relationship among the ROL and economic development, the legal and economic differences between shareholder and stakeholder theory, and also offers insights into how to promote effective and sustainable change in law and business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Students and scholars of international business law, corporate governance, economics, and political economy will gain a general understanding of the topic in a way not previously presented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Nadia E. Nedzel's \u003c\/i\u003eThe Rule of Law, Economic Development, and Corporate Governance\u003ci\u003e applies the concepts of the rule of law to the real world and how it affects real lives through its impact on freedom, economic development, and even corporate governance. But she also shows us that asking law to do too much-trying to make people ''do good'' instead of ''not doing bad''-can threaten the rule of law itself. A splendid overview of the history, jurisprudence, and practical import of the rule of law.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Todd Zywicki, George Mason University, US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Preface:  1. Introduction: Two Different Western Models  2. The Growth of the English Rule of Law  3. The Development of the Continental Rule through Law  4. The United States, Checks and Balances, and a Commercial Republic – An Experiment  5. The Conflict between Rechtsstaat and the Rule of Law in the United States  6. Economic Development in Europe and the United States  7. Economic Freedom, Development, and Entrepreneurship: The Dominance of Common Law  8. Corporate Governance   Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412672160087,"sku":"9781789900729","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789900729.jpg?v=1730517559"},{"product_id":"social-construction-of-law-potential-and-limits-9781839103216","title":"Social Construction of Law: Potential and Limits","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis illuminating book explores the theme of social constructionism in legal theory. It questions just how much freedom and power social groups really have to construct and reconstruct law. Michael Giudice takes a nuanced approach to analyse what is true and what is false in the view that law is socially constructed. He draws on accounts of European Union law as well as Indigenous legal orders in North America to demonstrate the contingency of particular concepts of law. Utilising evidence from a range of social and natural sciences, he also considers how law may have a naturally necessary core. The book concludes that while law would not exist without beliefs, intentions, and practices, it must always exist as a social rule, declaration, or directive; much, but not all, of law is socially constructed. This book will be a valuable resource for academics and students of law and philosophy as well as researchers interested in the intersections between analytical legal theory, socio-legal studies, and empirical legal studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘This is an excellent overview of conceptual explanations of law, and a bold attempt to deal with one of the more well-established truisms within law and the humanities.’\u003c\/i\u003e -- Erin Buckley, Law in Context\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Giudice attempts to reconcile two positions seemingly in tension: that law is a social construction, yet it has a natural core. Law is both a social artifact and a natural kind (of a sort). When making this argument, he demonstrates that conceptual analysis must be supplemented by causal analysis, drawing on sociology, anthropology, behavioral neuroscience, and other scientific disciplines, as well as by moral and political analysis. His thesis and his method chart potentially fruitful paths for the next stage of analytical jurisprudence. This is a fascinating, ambitious, and important work.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Brian Z. Tamanaha, Washington University in St. Louis, US\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Michael Giudice shows again the subtlety and clarity of thought we have come to expect from his work. This book is indispensable for anyone interested in understanding law, whether and how it is socially constructed, the method for understanding it, or the relation between its nature and our concept of it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Kenneth M. Ehrenberg, Co-Director, Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy, UK\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'For many years now, Michael Giudice has been an important and unique voice, reforming analytical jurisprudence from the inside. With this astute new book, Giudice once again shows, with his customary clarity and elegance, why it is vital to balance and relate analytical, empirical and normative aspects of theorising law.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Maksymilian Del Mar, Queen Mary University of London, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Preface  1. Introduction  PART I THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF LEGAL SYSTEM  2. Social constructionism and legal theory  3. Conceptual views and political commitments  4. The idea of legal system: one thought too many?  PART II NATURAL LIMITS TO LAW’S SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION  5. Conceptual space for a natural core  6. Empirical evidence for social source normativity  7. Methodological implications  8. Conclusion   Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413249630551,"sku":"9781839103216","price":78.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781839103216.jpg?v=1730519522"},{"product_id":"economics-of-antitrust-law-9781845425135","title":"Economics of Antitrust Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis insightful two-volume set presents a careful selection of the most important published papers on the economics of antitrust law. The collection focuses on areas of major importance including market power, horizontal arrangements, and vertical arrangements and exclusionary behaviour. It includes seminal papers on topics such as oligopoly and collusion, horizontal mergers and joint ventures, exclusive dealing and tying and bundling. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economics of Antitrust Law\u003c\/i\u003e will be an essential source of reference for economists, lawyers and practitioners concerned with this important and controversial area of law and economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Antitrust law and policy now use economic analysis as the guiding star. This collection contains the seminal articles that influenced the shift to reliance on economics, as well more recent articles that are likely to influence antitrust’s future. Moreover, Klein and Lerner have written a highly useful introduction to guide the reader through the major developments of the last 30 years.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  Volume I  Acknowledgements  Introduction\tThe Role of Economics in the Development of Antitrust Law Benjamin Klein and Andres V. Lerner  PART I\tMARKET POWER    1. Harold Demsetz (1973), ‘Industry Structure, Market Rivalry, and Public Policy’ 2. William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1981), ‘Market Power in Antitrust Cases’ 3. Franklin M. Fisher and John J. McGowan (1983), ‘On the Misuse of Accounting Rates of Return to Infer Monopoly Profits’ 4. Thomas G. Krattenmaker, Robert H. Lande and Steven C. Salop (1987), ‘Monopoly Power and Market Power in Antitrust Law’ 5. Jonathan B. Baker and Timothy F. Bresnahan (1992), ‘Empirical Methods of Identifying and Measuring Market Power’ 6. Benjamin Klein (1993), ‘Market Power in Antitrust: Economic Analysis after Kodak’  PART II\t HORIZONTAL ARRANGEMENTS    A\tOligopoly and Collusion 7. George J. Stigler (1964), ‘A Theory of Oligopoly’ 8. Donald F. Turner (1962), ‘The Definition of Agreement under the Sherman Act: Conscious Parallelism and Refusals to Deal’ 9. Richard A. Posner (1969), ‘Oligopoly and the Antitrust Laws: A Suggested Approach’ 10. Franklin M. Fisher (1989), ‘Games Economists Play: A Noncooperative View’ 11. Jonathan B. Baker (1993), ‘Two Sherman Act Section 1 Dilemmas: Parallel Pricing, the Oligopoly Problem, and Contemporary Economic Theory’  B\tHorizontal Mergers and Joint Ventures 12. Oliver E. Williamson (1968), ‘Economies as an Antitrust Defense: The Welfare Tradeoffs’ 13. Janusz Ordover and Robert D. Willig (1983), ‘The 1982 Department of Justice Merger Guidelines: An Economic Assessment’ 14. Joseph Farrell and Carl Shapiro (1990), ‘Horizontal Mergers: An Equilibrium Analysis’ 15. Jonathan B. Baker (2002), ‘Mavericks, Mergers, and Exclusion: Proving Coordinated Competitive Effects Under the Antitrust Laws’ 16. Thomas M. Jorde and David J. Teece (1990), ‘Innovation and Cooperation: Implications for Competition and Antitrust’ 17. Carl Shapiro and Robert D. Willig (1990), ‘On the Antitrust Treatment of Production Joint Ventures’  Name Index   Volume II  Acknowledgements  Introduction\tThe Role of Economics in the Development of Antitrust Law Benjamin Klein and Andres V. Lerner  PART I\tVERTICAL ARRANGEMENTS  1. Aaron Director and Edward H. Levi (1956), ‘Law and the Future: Trade Regulation’ 2. Frank H. Easterbrook (1984), ‘The Limits of Antitrust’  A\tTying and Bundling 3. Ward S. Bowman, Jr. (1957), ‘Tying Arrangements and the Leverage Problem’ 4. George J. Stigler (1963), ‘United States v. Loew’s Inc.: A Note of Block-Booking’ 5. William James Adams and Janet L. Yellen (1976), ‘Commodity Bundling and the Burden of Monopoly’ 6. Benjamin Klein and Lester F. Saft (1985), ‘The Law and Economics of Franchise Tying Contracts’ 7. Michael D. Whinston (1990), ‘Tying, Foreclosure, and Exclusion’ 8. Dennis W. Carlton and Michael Waldman (2002), ‘The Strategic Use of Tying to Preserve and Create Market Power in Evolving Industries’ 9. Barry Nalebuff (2004), ‘Bundling as an Entry Barrier’  B\tResale Price Maintenance and Exclusive Territories 10. Lester G. Telser (1960), ‘Why Should Manufacturers Want Fair Trade?’ 11. Benjamin Klein and Kevin M. Murphy (1988), ‘Vertical Restraints as Contract Enforcement Mechanisms’ 12. Pauline M. Ippolito (1991), ‘Resale Price Maintenance: Empirical Evidence From Litigation’  C\tExclusive Dealing 13. Howard P. Marvel (1982), ‘Exclusive Dealing’ 14. Philippe Aghion and Patrick Bolton (1987), ‘Contracts as a Barrier to Entry’ 15. Eric Rasmusen, J. Mark Ramseyer and John S. Wiley, Jr. (1991), ‘Naked Exclusion’ 16. Benjamin Klein and Andres Lerner (2007), ‘The Expanded Economics of Free-Riding: How Exclusive Dealing Prevents Free-Riding and Creates Undivided Loyalty’  PART II\tUNILATERAL EXCLUSIONARY BEHAVIOR  A\tPredatory Pricing 17. John S. McGee (1958), ‘Predatory Price Cutting: The Standard Oil (N.J.) Case’ 18. Phillip Areeda and Donald F. Turner (1975), ‘Predatory Pricing and Related Practices under Section 2 of the Sherman Act’ 19. Janusz A. Ordover and Robert D. Willig (1981), ‘An Economic Definition of Predation: Pricing and Product Innovation’  B \tRaising Rivals’ Costs 20. Thomas G. Krattenmaker and Steven C. Salop (1986), ‘Anticompetitive Exclusion: Raising Rivals’ Costs to Achieve Power Over Price’ 21. Elizabeth Granitz and Benjamin Klein (1996), ‘Monopolization by “Raising Rivals’ Costs”: The Standard Oil Case’  Name Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413532746071,"sku":"9781845425135","price":579.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845425135.jpg?v=1730520484"},{"product_id":"rule-of-law-reform-and-development-charting-the-fragile-path-of-progress-9781847207548","title":"Rule of Law Reform and Development: Charting the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis important book addresses a number of key issues regarding the relationship between the rule of law and development. It presents a deep and insightful inquiry into the current orthodoxy that the rule of law is the panacea for the world's problems. The authors chart the precarious progress of law reforms both in overall terms and in specific policy areas such as the judiciary, the police, tax administration and access to justice, among others. They accept that the rule of law is necessarily tied to the success of development, although they propose a set of procedural values to enlighten this institutional approach. The authors also recognize that states face difficulties in implementing this institutional structures and identify the probable impediments, before proposing a rethink of law reform strategies and offering some conclusions about the role of the international community in the rule of law reform.\u003cp\u003eReviewing the progress in the rule of law reform in developing countries, specifically four regions - Latin America, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia - this book makes a significant contribution to the literature. It will be of great interest to scholars and advanced students, as well as practitioners in the field, including international and bilateral aid agencies working on rule of law reform projects, and international and regional non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that focus on rule of law reform as a major aspect of their mandate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Rule of Law Reform and Development\u003ci\u003e stands out as an important contribution. Michael Trebilcock and Ronald Daniels have produced an ambitious, comprehensive, and persuasive book that will be of interest to both rule of law practitioners and academics. . . the book's overall strengths as a near-encyclopaedic appraisal of law and development will ensure its standing as a key resource for this still rapidly evolving field.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Irina Ceric, Canadian Journal of Law and Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This book offers a sophisticated yet pragmatic account of the proper purposes of rule of law reform, the obstacles to achieving it, and the role that the international community can play. The procedural conception of the rule of law offers an appealing alternative to both one-size-fits-all universalism on the one hand and unconstrained relativism on the other.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Kevin Davis, New York University School of Law, US\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This is the book that I have been waiting for. Even though \"rule of law\" has become the new mantra in development, its meaning remains elusive and its operational content unclear. This book helps us think systematically about it. Grounded in a procedural conceptualization of the rule of law, and supported by detailed case studies, Trebilcock and Daniels' analysis lays out a theoretically sophisticated, yet practical agenda for making progress with rule-of-law reforms.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, US\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This is a book on the role of legal institutions in economic development that is rich in institutional analysis and nuanced in terms of sensitivity to social, historical and political-economy issues that arise in the implementation of the rule of law. I particularly value its major focus on the need for balance between \"independence\" and \"accountability\" that afflict any rule of law reform: a balance which is missing in more one-sided accounts in the literature. I believe the book will be widely read and appreciated.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Pranab Bardhan, University of California, Berkeley, US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: 1. The Relationship of the Rule of Law to Development  2. The Judiciary   3. Police  4. Prosecution  5. Correctional Institutions  6. Tax Administration  7. Access to Justice  8. Legal Education  9. Professional Regulation  10. Rethinking Rule of Law Reform Strategies   Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413655724375,"sku":"9781847207548","price":131.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781847207548.jpg?v=1730520941"},{"product_id":"economics-of-ancient-law-9781848444331","title":"Economics of Ancient Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor this wide-ranging collection, Professor Miller has drawn on the work of the best-known scholars in this field to explore the relationship between economics and law in ancient societies. Topics covered include: the methodology of ancient economic law; the genesis, structure and limitations on liability in ancient law; the law and economics of the family; the economic structure of land law in ancient times; the management of criminal behavior; the regulation of contracts and commercial transactions; economic markets and institutions of ancient times; bankruptcy and risk; and the economics of constitutional and administrative law in ancient legal systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  Acknowledgements  Introduction     Geoffrey P. Miller  PART I\tGENERAL APPROACHES    1. Richard A. Epstein (1997), ‘The Modern Uses of Ancient Law’ 2. Saul Levmore (1986), ‘Rethinking Comparative Law: Variety and Uniformity in Ancient and Modern Tort Law’ 3. Richard Posner (1983), ‘A Theory of Primitive Society, with Special Reference to Law’  PART II\tLIABILITY SYSTEMS   4. Francesco Parisi and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci (2004), ‘The Rise and Fall of Communal Liability in Ancient Law’ 5. Francesco Parisi (2001), ‘The Genesis of Liability in Ancient Law’ 6. Saul Levmore (1995), ‘Rethinking Group Responsibility and Strategic Threats in Biblical Texts and Modern Law’  PART III\tFAMILY LAW     7. Maristella Botticini and Aloysius Siow (2003), ‘Why Dowries?’ 8. Rick Geddes and Paul J. Zak (2002), ‘The Rule of One-Third’  PART IV\tLAND LAW    9. M.I. Finley (1953), ‘Land, Debt, and the Man of Property in Classical Athens’ 10. Robert C. Ellickson and Charles DiA. Thorland (1995), ‘Ancient Land Law: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel’ 11. Francesco Parisi (2004), ‘The Origins and Evolution of Property Rights Systems’  PART V\tCRIMINAL LAW   12. James Lindgren (1996), ‘Why the Ancients May Not Have Needed a System of Criminal Law’ 13. Thomas J. Miceli and Kathleen Segerson (2007), ‘Punishing the Innocent along with the Guilty: The Economics of Individual versus Group Punishment’  PART VI\tCOMMERCIAL LAW    14. David Daube (1979), ‘Money and Justiciability’ 15. Geoffrey P. Miller (1993), ‘Contracts of Genesis’ 16. Geoffrey P. Miller (1993), ‘Ritual and Regulation: A Legal-Economic Interpretation of Selected Biblical Texts’  PART VII\tECONOMIC MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS   17. Peter Temin (2001), ‘A Market Economy in the Early Roman Empire’ 18. Keith Sharfman (2007), ‘The Law and Economics of Hoarding’ 19. Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman and Richard Squire (2006), ‘Law and the Rise of the Firm’  PART VIII\tBANKRUPTCY AND RISK    20. Robert J. Aumann (2003), ‘Risk Aversion in the Talmud’ 21. Robert J. Aumann and Michael Maschler (1985), ‘Game Theoretic Analysis of a Bankruptcy Problem from the Talmud’  PART IX\tCONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW   22. Robert K. Fleck and F. 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Michael Trebilcock and Ronald Daniels have produced an ambitious, comprehensive, and persuasive book that will be of interest to both rule of law practitioners and academics. . . the book's overall strengths as a near-encyclopaedic appraisal of law and development will ensure its standing as a key resource for this still rapidly evolving field.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Irina Ceric, Canadian Journal of Law and Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This book offers a sophisticated yet pragmatic account of the proper purposes of rule of law reform, the obstacles to achieving it, and the role that the international community can play. The procedural conception of the rule of law offers an appealing alternative to both one-size-fits-all universalism on the one hand and unconstrained relativism on the other.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Kevin Davis, New York University School of Law, US\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This is the book that I have been waiting for. 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They critically address the practice of dividing social from private tenure; situating subjects such as the purpose and financing of social housing, the regulation of its providers and occupiers and its relationship to changing perceptions of private renting and owner-occupation, within the context of an argument that all housing tenures form part of an understanding of social housing. They also take up the ways in which social housing is regulated through the invocation and manipulation of obscure notions of housing ‘need’ and ‘affordability’, and finally, they consider how social housing has provided a focus for debates about sustainable communities and for concerns about anti-social behaviour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRegulating Social Housing\u003c\/em\u003e provides a rich and insightful analysis that will be of value to legal scholars, criminologists and other social scientists with interests in housing, urban studies and contemporary forms of regulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This important work epitomises the strengths of soci-legal research. It moves beyond a law-in-context approach, drawing on social theory to inform and elaborate upon interpretations of statute and case law and their implications for social housing.\" - Helen Carr, Kent Law School, University of Kent \"The real strength of the book lies in the application of Cowan and McDermont's theoretical analysis to their chosen topics... Regulating Social Housing is admirably ambitious in its scope and will repay close reading by anyone who wants to further their understanding of current housing policies, regulation theory, or key arguments about the construction of social housing.\" - Sarah Blandy, Housing Studies 22:4 (July 2007) \"The success of the book is in drawing out a number of themes through subject-specific chapters... 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Architecture, art, ritual and scholarship were deployed to defend the existence of their dynasties. The present volume, from a team of international experts, examines royal methods and ideologies. It treats the courts of the Ptolemies, Seleucids, Attalids, Antigonids and of lesser dynasties. It also explores the influence, on Greek-speaking courts, of non-Greek culture, of Achaemenid and other Near Eastern royal institutions. It studies the careers of courtesans, concubines and 'friends' of royalty, and the intellectual, ceremonial, and artistic world of the Greek monarchies. The work demonstrates the complexity and motivations of Hellenistic royal civilisation, of courts which governed the transmission of Greek culture to the wider Mediterranean world - and to later ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.         Court, Kingship, and Royal Style in the Early Hellenistic Period             Shane Wallace (TCD, Dublin) 2.         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