Dit boek is een inleiding in de rechtsfilosofie, gericht op actuele problemen. Het biedt geen kant en klare oplossingen, maar prikkelt tot nadenken. Voor iedereen die hart heeft voor de toekomst van democratie en rechtsstaat.
Offering the first comprehensive account of the history and function of the common law's most legendary character, the book argues that the reasonable person is best understood as a legal device inviting those who apply it to take the perspective of an imaginary other. Meer
This Element, The Nature of Authority theory explains the nature of authoritative guidance. It posits that authoritative tellings are given by personal beings, rationally competent beings, under a plausible claim of right, imposed by beings with power, create obligations, and are backed by a reasonable threat of detriment to deter noncompliance. Meer
This book focuses on the legal origins of the antislavery movement in Colombia, revealing how slaves, former slaves, magistrates and legal workers called for freedom and citizenship during trials and litigation. Meer
This Element defends and clarifies the thesis that the legality of a system of rules depends on its moral features. Law is an artifact whose existence depends on adequately performing an essentially normative function. Meer
This Element aims to survey these views and others, situate them in a broader context of theories about the nature of law, and subsequently suggest a path forward based on the methodological continuity between analytical, evaluative, and empirical approaches to law's normativity. Meer
This Element explores legal and moral rights, their holding, and justificatory foundations, combining analytical and ethical theses in a complex pattern within legal, political, and moral philosophy. Meer
The Covid 19 pandemic has revealed the need to verify the existing principles of functioning of public authorities, in relation to various decision-making processes, both at the conceptual level and at law implementation. Meer
The Covid 19 pandemic has revealed the need to verify the existing principles of functioning of public authorities, in relation to various decision-making processes, both at the conceptual level and at law implementation. Meer
This Element offers an accessible introduction to theoretical writing on the rule of law for anyone who wants to understand more about how we think and write about this central idea of legal and political thought. Meer
This book analyses the dichotomy between the goal of social inclusion and the effect of social exclusion through over-indebtedness since 2008 in Europe. Meer
Recent decades have brought international and municipal courts much closer together and induced meaningful cooperation. This holds true also for the International Court of Justice and domestic judicial institutions as they engage actively in an inter-judicial dialogue, particularly on the normative level. Meer
Critical and contextual approach to the subject
The book’s critical and comtemporary approach to the subject matter distinguish it from more black-letter competitors and make it the most suitable text for courses with a critical or sociolegal emphasis
Useful Pedagogy that complements the chapter coverage
Focused and carefully chosen suggestions for further reading are provided throughout to support and encourage student research
Chapter Tutorial questions give students the opportunity to think about the application of their knowledge in assessment. Meer
Now it its second edition, The Law of Yachts and Yachting is a comprehensive treatise on the law relating to yachts and provides its readers with a thorough analysis of maritime law as relevant to the superyacht sector. Meer
A solicitor with offices in Scarborough, William Otter Woodall (1837–1914) was a prominent member of the local community. This work, edited by Woodall and first published in 1873, brings together reports of seven notable and intriguing nineteenth-century civil and criminal trials as case studies for the benefit of the legal profession. Meer
Taking a fresh and modern approach to the subject, this fully revised and restructured textbook provides everything necessary to gain a good understanding of international commercial litigation. Meer
The purpose of this book is to explore what role ethical discourse plays in public and private international law. The book seeks (1) to delineate the role of ethical investigation in creating, sustaining, challenging and changing international law and (2) to open up a conversation between two related disciplines - public and private international law - that frequently labor in different vineyards. Meer
EU Criminal Justice and the Challenges of Diversity examines how questions of cultural difference between Member States' legal traditions are being constructed, addressed, and resolved in the development of the European Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice. Meer
The world of dementia care can be a difficult one for carers to navigate, posing new challenges at every stage from diagnosis to end of life. In her ground-breaking investigation, rooted in original empirical data, Rosie Harding explores the regulatory and legal dimensions of caring for a person with dementia. Meer
The number of armed conflicts featuring extreme violence against the civilian population in areas with no or little state authority has risen significantly since the early 1990s. Meer