Legal Theory Books

New and Published Books

1. The Rule of Reason in European Constitutionalism and Citizenship

   By Yuri Borgmann-Prebil

   Series: Discourses of Law

   Identifying crucial deficiencies in the legal theories of Hart and Dworkin, The Rule of Reason in European Constitutionalism and Citizenship draws on the work of Habermas and Alexy in order to elaborate a new juridical conception of citizenship. Taking Europe as its focus, the central substantive...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Althusser and Law

   Edited by Laurent de Sutter

   Series: Nomikoi Critical Legal Thinkers

   Althusser & Law is the first book specifically dedicated to the place of law in Louis Althusser’s philosophy. The growing importance of Althusser’s philosophy in contemporary debates on the left has - for practical and political, as well theoretical reasons - made a sustained&...

   Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. Law and Art

   Justice, Ethics and Aesthetics

   Edited by Oren Ben-Dor

   In engaging with the full range of 'the arts', contributors to this volume consider the relationship between law, justice, the ethical and the aesthetic. Art continually informs the ethics of a legal theory concerned to address how theoretical abstractions and concrete oppressions overlook...

   Published February 19th 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish
4. Justice as Improvisation

   The Law of the Extempore

   By Sara Ramshaw

   Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York City cabaret laws. Discourses around improvisation often imprison it in a quasi-ethical relationship with the authentic, singular ‘other’. The same can be...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Habermas and Rawls

   Disputing the Political

   Edited by James Gordon Finlayson, Fabian Freyenhagen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Habermas and Rawls are two heavyweights of social and political philosophy, and they are undoubtedly the two most written about (and widely read) authors in this field. However, there has not been much informed and interesting work on the points of intersection between their projects, partly...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Law and the Question of the Animal

   A Critical Jurisprudence

   Edited by Yoriko Otomo, Edward Mussawir

   Series: Law, Justice and Ecology

   This book addresses the problem of ‘animal life’ in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals. The discourse of animal rights is one that increasingly occupies the political, ethical and intellectual terrain of modern society. But, although the question of the status of...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
7. Rethinking Law as Process

   Creativity, Novelty, Change

   By James MacLean

   Rethinking Law as Process draws on insights from 'process philosophy' in order to rethink the nature of legal decision-making. While there have been significant developments in the application of ‘process’ thought across a number of disciplines, little notice has been taken of Whiteheadian...

   Published February 4th 2013 by Routledge
8. The Politics of Imagination

   Edited by Chiara Bottici, Benoît Challand

   Series: Birkbeck Law Press

   The Politics of Imagination offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the contemporary relationship between politics and the imagination. What role does our capacity to form images play in politics? And can we define politics as a struggle for people’s imagination? As a result of the increasingly...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Birkbeck Law Press
9. The Digital Evolution of an American Identity

   By C. Waite

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   The Digital Evolution of an American Identity details how the concept of American individualism is challenged by the digital revolution. As digital media alter our print-dominant culture, assumptions regarding the relationship of the individual to the larger community become increasingly...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
10. On the Right of Exclusion

    Law, Ethics and Immigration Policy

    By Bas Schotel

    On the Right of Exclusion: Law, Ethics and Immigration Policy addresses Western immigration policies regarding so-called ‘normal migrants’, i.e. migrants without a legal right to admission. The book argues that if authorities cannot substantially justify the exclusion of a normal migrant, the...

    Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge