Critical Concepts in Law
Some of our backlist titles will appeal to those interested in Asian Law, Legal Theory, International Law and Economic Law.

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Law and Institutions of Modern China
Series: Critical Concepts in Law
In the past three decades, the Chinese legal system has undergone a substantial transformation, reflecting the economic, social, culture, administrative, and political changes taking place in China. Compared with the situation in the early 1950s when the newly established People’s Republic of China...
Published June 16th 2011 by Routledge
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Intellectual Property Rights
Series: Critical Concepts in Law
Countries with innovative local industries almost invariably have laws to foster innovation by regulating the copying of inventions, identifying symbols and creative expressions. These laws encompass four separate and distinct types of intangible property – patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade...
Published December 14th 2005 by Routledge
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Law and Economics
Series: Critical Concepts in Law
Edited and introduced by a leading academic in the field, this is a new Routledge Major Work in the Critical Concepts in Law series. Law and Economics is a five-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research on the application of economic theory - primarily microeconomics and the basic...
Published August 29th 2007 by Routledge
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International Economic Law
Series: Critical Concepts in Law
The legal foundations of the international economy—which underpin both the actions of sovereign states, as well as the conduct of individuals and business entities engaged in cross-border transactions—are now more than ever a crucial site for scholarly exploration. Indeed, with the growing impact...
Published July 13th 2010 by Routledge
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Feminist Legal Studies
Series: Critical Concepts in Law
A close engagement with law has long been a core dimension of feminist activism. However, it is only since the late twentieth century that a distinct and vital body of academic literature addressing the nature, effects, and limits of that engagement has emerged. In particular, from the 1980s...
Published January 7th 2009 by Routledge
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Critical Legal Theory
Series: Critical Concepts in Law
Critical Legal Theory has conventionally been traced to the social, political, and philosophical movements of the 1960s and, before that, to the early-twentieth-century ‘realist’ critique of modern jurisprudence. In truth, however, its origins go back to classical and pre-modern thought, and to...
Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
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International Law
Series: Critical Concepts in Law
This Critical Concepts series (a Routledge Major Work) is an anthology of influential works on international law. The collection covers the principal facets of both classical and contemporary international law. In making their selection, J.H.H. Weiler and Alan T. Nissel consulted with a wide range...
Published June 30th 2011 by Routledge



