A biography that explores the forces that shaped the life of H L A Hart, as one of the greatest legal philosophers. But behind his public success, his Jewish background, ambivalent sexuality, and unco...
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H L A Hart was the pre-eminent legal philosopher of the twentieth century. This is both an intellectual and a psychological biography, following his life from modest origins as the son of Jewish tailo...
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An examination of the institutional preconditions for a tolerant criminal justice system. 2 b/w illus. 1 table...
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This book draws on law, literature, philosophy and social history to explore fundamental changes in ideas of selfhood, gender and social order in 18th and 19th Century England. Lacey argues that these...
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Truly groundbreaking textbook exploring traditional and broader fields of criminal law and justice to give full perspective on the subject. 7 tables...
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Criticizes the fundamental liberal philosophical assumptions underlying much of the modern tradition of theorizing about punishment. Instead, this text argues that the social functions of criminal law...
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In this volume, legal scholars each apply a 'regulatory perspective' to their own area of law. The volume examines the collision of regulation by law with regulation by other means and provides an inn...
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Provides an introduction to jurisprudence and legal theory. This book sets out a course of study that offers a series of introductions into a variety of theories and theoretical perspectives, from tra...
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