Jurisprudence & General Issues Books

New and Published Books

1. Weak Constitutionalism

   Democratic Legitimacy and the Question of Constituent Power

   By Joel Colón-Ríos

   Series: Routledge Research in Constitutional Law

   It has been frequently argued that democracy is protected and realized under constitutions that protect certain rights and establish the conditions for a functioning representative democracy. However, some democrats still find something profoundly unsettling about contemporary constitutional...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. Dynamics in the French Constitution

   Decoding French Republican Ideas

   By David Marrani

   Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

   In 2008, France celebrated the fifty years of the promulgation of the Fifth Republic Constitution. It was also the year of the largest modification of the Constitution, the so called ‘modernisation’. If 2008 was a key moment in French constitutional history, dynamics of the Fifth Republic...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Risk and the Law

   Edited by Gordon Woodman, Diethelm Klippel

   Natural and man-made risks have long been recognised as vital conditioning factors in the formation of social institutions and the conduct of social life. In this volume internationally recognised experts examine in detail the implications in practice of the modern concept of risk in particular...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
4. The Fragility of Law

   Constitutional Patriotism and the Jews of Belgium, 1940–1945

   By David Fraser

   The Fragility of Law examines the ways in which, during the Second World War, the Belgian government and judicial structure became implicated in the identification, exclusion and killing of its Jewish residents, and in the theft - through Aryanization - of Jewish property. David Fraser...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
5. Jurisprudence

   Themes and Concepts, 2nd Edition

   By Scott Veitch, Emilios Christodoulidis, Lindsay Farmer

   Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts offers an original introduction to, and critical analysis of, the central themes studied in jurisprudence courses. The book is presented in three parts each of which contains General Themes, Advanced Topics, tutorial questions and guidance on further reading:...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Reform of UK Personal Property Security Law

   Comparative Perspectives

   Edited by John de Lacy

   There has been much discussion in the last ten years about the need to reform the law governing company charge registration, with many bodies including the Department of Trade and Industry and Law Commissions considering the case for reform of this area in the context of a wider scheme of personal...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
7. Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical

   By Amy Swiffen

   Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical explores the idea that legal authority is no longer related to national sovereignty, but to the ‘moral’ attempt to nurture life. The book argues that whilst the relationship between law and ethics has long been a central concern in legal studies, it is now the...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
8. Jurisdiction in Deleuze: The Expression and Representation of Law

   By Edward Mussawir

   Jurisdiction in Deleuze: The Expression and Representation of Law explores an affinity between the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and jurisprudence as a tradition of technical legal thought. The author addresses and reopens a central aesthetic problem in jurisprudence: the difference between the...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Local Government in Europe

   The ‘Fourth Level’ in the EU Multi-Layered System of Governance

   Edited by Carlo Panara, Michael R. Varney

   Series: Routledge Research in European Union Law

   This book offers a comparative study of the structure of the local government in the countries within the European Union from a public law perspective. The book provides a detailed analysis of the state of local government in fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland,...

   Published April 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Law and Bioethics

    Intersections Along the Mortal Coil

    By George P. Smith II

    George P. Smith, II is a leading figure in the world of medical law and ethics. During his long career he has addressed some of the most important issues in bioethics and has contributed much original thought to debates in the field. This book celebrates his contribution to scholarship in this area...

    Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge