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This outline of the rules and principles of private international law in England demonstrates how this offspring of the common law is still developing relatively free from the influence of statute.

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This book explores the impact of recent law reform related to gender-based violence in Pakistan.

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This study traces American deviations from English common law doctrine over the past two centuries in developing theories to overcome traditional impediments to recovery presented by the law of prior obligations.

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Contributions based on a Public Law conference in September 2014 at the University of Cambridge.

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People punished by law are treated in ways that we consider immoral in other contexts. This text develops a theory of punishment that, instead of justifying it on the basis of deterrence or retribution, constructs in as analogous to individual self-defence.

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Presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation. This book argues that an alternative approach - purposive interpretation - allows jurists and scholars to approach all legal texts in a similar manner while remaining sensitive to the important differences.

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Family law is a site of social conflict and the erasure of non-traditional families. This book explores how conservative religious and progressive queer groups can cooperatively work together to expand family laws recognition beyond the traditional state-sponsored family. This book also looks to future arenas of queer and religious political cooperation beyond family law.

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Family law is a site of social conflict and the erasure of non-traditional families. This book explores how conservative religious and progressive queer groups can cooperatively work together to expand family laws recognition beyond the traditional state-sponsored family. This book also looks to future arenas of queer and religious political cooperation beyond family law.

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Examines the contemporary battle for gay and lesbian rights in the United States, tracing the evolution of issues from same sex marriage and private rights to military service and employment discrimination. This work provides the comprehensive analysis of queer rights in law and policy.

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The Concept of Law remains the most important work of legal philosophy in the English-speaking world. In this volume, written for both students and specialists, thirteen leading scholars look afresh at Hart's great book.

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This is the first collection of essays examining Paul Ricoeur's writings on law, bringing together eminent Ricoeur scholars from around the world to demonstrate the importance of Ricoeur's philosophy for the juridical field while offering new paths to extend and build on his work.

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This book documents and reveals new information about the anthrax attacks of 2001. Decker provides first-hand perspective detailing the new science, microbial forensics, and parts of the investigation unknown to the public.

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Examination of the way the rule of law is constructed in societies facing extreme political stress.

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Extradition often priorities international comity and state rights over individual protections. This can create unfairness and concerns about extraditee welfare. Using case studies, this book explores these issues and argues that defendant-centered reforms are needed to adjust these unequal levels of authority.

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This book examines the way homosexuality snaked through expert discourse in Soviet courts, prisons, science and education, helping us understand the history of sexuality in Russia and the USSR.

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This collection explores debates on global capitalism and its regulation. It integrates three areas: Karl Polanyi's economic sociology, regulation studies and socio-legal studies of transnational risks.

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Using value analysis, the authors uncover the undercurrents of famous United States Supreme Court rulings. Value inquiry reveals surprising and alarming agendas while opening up a fertile ground for debate, scholarship, and an assessment of the values at the heart of a country.

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The essays in this volume are devoted to the ideas of Tony Honor,one of the most important legal thinkers of his generation.

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The book highlights the interconnections between three framing concepts in the development of modern western law: religion, race, and rights.