Bøger i Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory serien

How should the state face the challenge of radical pluralism? How can constitutional orders be changed when they prove unable to regulate society? Santi Romano, Carl Schmitt, and Costantino Mortati, the leading figures of Continental legal institutionalism, provided three responses that deserve our full attention today. Mariano Croce and Marco Goldoni introduce and analyze these three towering figures for a modern audience. Romano thought pluralism to be an inherent feature of legality and envisaged a far-reaching reform of the state for it to be a platform of negotiation between autonomous normative regimes. Schmitt believed pluralism to be a dangerous deviation that should be curbed through the juridical exclusion of alternative institutional formations. Mortati held an idea of the constitution as the outcome of a basic agreement among hegemonic forces that should shape a shared form of life.The Legacy of Pluralism explores the convergences and divergences of these towering jurists to take stock of their ground-breaking analyses of the origin of the legal order and to show how they can help us cope with the current crisis of national constitutional systems.

An up-to-date, clear, and comprehensive introduction to the complexities and depth of Ronald Dworkin's entire philosophical work, including a discussion of Dworkin's monumental work Justice for Hedgehogs.

This, the first comprehensive account of Philip Selznick's writings on many of the major issues in social science and public policy, explores his particular subjects and ideas, his overarching preoccupation with the conditions that frustrate and favor attainment of ideals, and the specific texture and character of his distinctive moral-intellectual outlook.

This book offers a critical analysis of the complex theory of law and democracy developed by celebrated German philosopher and public intellectual Jurgen Habermas.

A substantially revised second edition of the classic book that discusses the work of H.L.A. Hart and analyzes his important contributions to analytical jurisprudence.

In a series of vivid essays, this book discusses the judges, law books, and historical events that shaped the common law - from its origins in the twelfth century to its arrival in the new American colonies.

Hegel's Laws, an accessible introduction to Hegel's ideas on the nature of law, examines whether state-centric domestic and international laws are binding upon autonomous individuals.

Legal Realism Revisited presents a comparison between two schools of American Legal theory - American Legal Realism and Critical Legal Studies - and argues that Legal Realism still holds the most promise for understanding and reforming law.

Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, made a powerful impact on several major areas of thought and policy, yet his ideas have always been prone to misunderstanding. Dinwiddy introduces Bentham's ideas, examining the various components of his philosophy.

The second edition of Stephen Guest's important study of this seminal thinker. Fully updated and with substantial additional material, this is a lucid and comprehensive introduction and critical assessment of Dworkin's prolific contributions to legal and political philosophy.