On Law And Justice

Author : Alf Ross
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Jurisprudence
ISBN : 9781584774884

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On Law and Justice by Alf Ross Pdf

Ross, Alf. On Law and Justice. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. xi, 383 pp. Reprint available December 2004 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-488-6. Cloth. $90. * In this influential and oft-cited study Ross discounted the theories of natural law, positivism and legal realism. In their stead, he proposed the abandonment of "ought-propositions" for the "is-propositions" employed by other empirical sciences, thereby envisioning lawyers that serve merely as "rational technologists." Less bound by tradition, and traditional notions of justice, jurisprudence then becomes "not only a beautiful mental activity per se, but also an instrument which may benefit any lawyer who wants to understand what he is doing and why" (Preface).

Author : Jennifer Balint,Julie Evans,Nesam McMillan,Mark McMillan
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472131686

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Keeping Hold of Justice by Jennifer Balint,Julie Evans,Nesam McMillan,Mark McMillan Pdf

Keeping Hold of Justice focuses on a select range of encounters between law and colonialism from the early nineteenth century to the present. It emphasizes the nature of colonialism as a distinctively structural injustice, one which becomes entrenched in the social, political, legal, and discursive structures of societies and thereby continues to affect people’s lives in the present. It charts, in particular, the role of law in both enabling and sustaining colonial injustice and in recognizing and redressing it. In so doing, the book seeks to demonstrate the possibilities for structural justice that still exist despite the enduring legacies and harms of colonialism. It puts forward that these possibilities can be found through collaborative methodologies and practices, such as those informing this book, that actively bring together different disciplines, peoples, temporalities, laws and ways of knowing. They reveal law not only as a source of colonial harm but also as a potential means of keeping hold of justice.

Author : Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780520971585

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Law and Justice around the World by Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur Pdf

Law and Justice around the World is designed to introduce students to comparative law and justice, including cross-national variations in legal and justice systems as well as global and international justice. The book draws students into critical discussions of justice around the world today by: taking a broad perspective on law and justice rather than limiting its focus to criminal justice systems examining topics of global concern, including governance, elections, environmental regulations, migration and refugee status, family law, and others focusing on a diverse set of global examples, from Europe, North America, East Asia, and especially the global south, and comparing the United States law and justice system to these other nations continuing to cover core topics such as crime, law enforcement, criminal courts, and punishment including chapter goals to define learning outcomes sharing case studies to help students apply concepts to real life issues Instructor resources include discussion questions; suggested readings, films, and web resources; a test bank; and chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides with full-color maps and graphics. By widening the comparative lens to include nations that are often completely ignored in research and teaching, the book paints a more realistic portrait of the different ways in which countries define and pursue justice in a globalized, interconnected world.

Author : Trevor C.W. Farrow,Lesley A. Jacobs
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774863605

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The Justice Crisis by Trevor C.W. Farrow,Lesley A. Jacobs Pdf

Unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in much of the Canadian justice system. The Justice Crisis assesses what is and isn’t working in efforts to strengthen a fundamental right of democratic citizenship: access to civil and family justice. Contributors to this wide-ranging overview of recent empirical research address key issues: the extent and cost of unmet legal needs; the role of public funding; connections between legal and social exclusion among vulnerable populations; the value of new legal pathways; the provision of justice services beyond the courts and lawyers; and the need for a culture change within the justice system.

Author : H. L. Ho
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199228300

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A Philosophy of Evidence Law by H. L. Ho Pdf

This book examines the legal and moral theory behind the law of evidence and proof, arguing that only by exploring the nature of responsibility in fact-finding can the role and purpose of much of the law be fully understood. Ho argues that the court must not only find the truth to do justice, it must do justice in finding the truth.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:248265417

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A Consolidation of the Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Markus Dirk Dubber
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814719732

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The Sense of Justice by Markus Dirk Dubber Pdf

In The Sense of Justice, distinguished legal author Markus Dirk Dubber undertakes a critical analysis of the “sense of justice”: an overused, yet curiously understudied, concept in modern legal and political discourse. Courts cite it, scholars measure it, presidential candidates prize it, eulogists praise it, criminals lack it, and commentators bemoan its loss in times of war. But what is it? Often, the sense of justice is dismissed as little more than an emotional impulse that is out of place in a criminal justice system based on abstract legal and political norms equally applied to all. Dubber argues against simple categorization of the sense of justice. Drawing on recent work in moral philosophy, political theory, and linguistics, Dubber defines the sense of justice in terms of empathy—the emotional capacity that makes law possible by giving us vicarious access to the experiences of others. From there, he explores the way it is invoked, considered, and used in the American criminal justice system. He argues that this sense is more than an irrational emotional impulse but a valuable legal tool that should be properly used and understood.

Author : William J. Chambliss
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781412978576

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Courts, Law, and Justice by William J. Chambliss Pdf

Examines topics relevant to criminal justice, including DNA evidence, eyewitness accuracy, polygraphs, the jury system, plea bargaining, victim rights and restitution, and restorative justice

Author : Faith Gordon,Daniel Newman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000367355

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Leading Works in Law and Social Justice by Faith Gordon,Daniel Newman Pdf

This book assesses the role of social justice in legal scholarship and its potential future development by focusing upon the ‘leading works’ of the discipline. The rise of socio-legal studies over recent decades has led to a more interdisciplinary approach to the study of law, which prioritises placing law into its wider social context. Recognising the role that culture, economics and politics play in the development of law is important in order to fully understand the position and impact of law in society. Innovative and written in an engaging way, this collection includes leading and emerging scholars from across the world. Each contributor has been invited to select and analyse a ‘leading work’, a publication which has for them shed light on the way that law and social justice are interlinked and has influenced their own understanding, scholarship, advocacy, and, in some instances, activism. The book also includes a specially written foreword and afterword, which critically reflect upon the contributions of the 'leading works' to consider the role that social justice has played in law and legal education and the likely future path for social justice in legal scholarship. This book will be an essential resource for all those working in the areas of social justice, socio-legal studies and legal philosophy. It will be of wider interest to the social sciences more generally.

Author : Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer,Nuno M.M.S. Coelho
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789400760318

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Aristotle and The Philosophy of Law: Theory, Practice and Justice by Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer,Nuno M.M.S. Coelho Pdf

The book presents a new focus on the legal philosophical texts of Aristotle, which offers a much richer frame for the understanding of practical thought, legal reasoning and political experience. It allows understanding how human beings interact in a complex world, and how extensive the complexity is which results from humans’ own power of self-construction and autonomy. The Aristotelian approach recognizes the limits of rationality and the inevitable and constitutive contingency in Law. All this offers a helpful instrument to understand the changes globalisation imposes to legal experience today. The contributions in this collection do not merely pay attention to private virtues, but focus primarily on public virtues. They deal with the fact that law is dependent on political power and that a person can never be sure about the facts of a case or about the right way to act. They explore the assumption that a detailed knowledge of Aristotle's epistemology is necessary, because of the direct connection between Enlightened reasoning and legal positivism. They pay attention to the concept of proportionality, which can be seen as a precondition to discuss liberalism.

Author : Michael Huemer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030675431

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Justice before the Law by Michael Huemer Pdf

America’s legal system harbors serious, widespread injustices. Many defendants are sent to prison for nonviolent offenses, including many victimless crimes. Convicts often serve draconian sentences in crowded prisons rife with abuse. Almost all defendants are convicted without trial because prosecutors threaten defendants with drastically higher sentences if they request a trial. Most Americans are terrified of encountering any kind of legal trouble, knowing that both civil and criminal courts are extremely slow, unreliable, and expensive to use. This book explores the largest injustices in the legal system and what can be done about them. Besides proposing institutional reforms, the author argues that prosecutors, judges, lawyers, and jury members ought to place justice before the law – for example, by refusing to enforce unjust laws or impose unjust sentences. Issues addressed include: · The philosophical basis for judgments about rights and justice · The problems of overcriminalization and mass incarceration · Abuse of power by police and prosecutors · The injustice of plea bargaining · The appropriateness of jury nullification · The authority of the law, or the lack thereof Justice Before the Law is essential reading for everyone interested in legal ethics, the rule of law, and criminal justice. It is also ideal for students of legal philosophy.

Author : Chris Ashford,Paul McKeown
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781527525641

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Social Justice and Legal Education by Chris Ashford,Paul McKeown Pdf

Recent years have seen social justice emerge as a powerful driver for work, both in law schools and the legal services sector. However, questions remain about how that term is understood and given meaning within the legal academy and beyond. This edited collection explores the meanings that have emerged and might subsequently be developed, together with a practical exploration of projects that have sought to bring the social justice agenda to life in law schools and in communities around the world. Over the course of eighteen chapters, this volume engages with a range of social justice and legal education themes, including clinical legal education, innocence projects, access to justice, cause lawyering, LGBTQ identities, and sustainability in law schools. In addition, it also explores themes of ethics and values in contemporary legal education in Africa, Australia, North America, and the UK.

Author : Ashley Pearson,Thomas Giddens,Kieran Tranter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781351470506

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Law and Justice in Japanese Popular Culture by Ashley Pearson,Thomas Giddens,Kieran Tranter Pdf

In a world of globalised media, Japanese popular culture has become a signifi cant fountainhead for images, narrative, artefacts, and identity. From Pikachu, to instantly identifi able manga memes, to the darkness of adult anime, and the hyper- consumerism of product tie- ins, Japan has bequeathed to a globalised world a rich variety of ways to imagine, communicate, and interrogate tradition and change, the self, and the technological future. Within these foci, questions of law have often not been far from the surface: the crime and justice of Astro Boy; the property and contract of Pokémon; the ecological justice of Nausicaä; Shinto’s focus on order and balance; and the anxieties of origins in J- horror. This volume brings together a range of global scholars to refl ect on and critically engage with the place of law and justice in Japan’s popular cultural legacy. It explores not only the global impact of this legacy, but what the images, games, narratives, and artefacts that comprise it reveal about law, humanity, justice, and authority in the twenty-first century.

Author : Emily Van der Meulen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1552668916

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Gender, Law & Justice by Emily Van der Meulen Pdf

A custom text book compiled from previously published Fernwood material intended for courses focusing on gender and criminal justice studies.

Author : H Rasmussen
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1986-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004639966

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On Law and Policy in the European Court of Justice by H Rasmussen Pdf