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Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics is especially relevant for law, which is grounded in the interpretation of authoritative texts. This collection considers the importance of Gadamer's philosophy for disputes in legal theory. It provides an overview of the connections between law and Gadamer's hermeneutical philosophy.

This volume introduces and collects some of the leading articles on noted economist and philosopher Amartya Sen's contributions to law and jurisprudence.

Locke and Law presents for the first time in one collection the most important contemporary writings exploring John Locke's many contributions to legal theory. These articles and essays deal with a variety of issues, such as natural law, natural rights, property, abortion, constitutional law, the relationship between law and society, punishment, toleration, and civil disobedience.

The essays collected for this volume represent the best scholarly literature on Hugo Grotius available in the English language. The focus is on Grotius' contribution to political concepts such as liberty and property and to issues in international law and the laws of war. Grotius's work, especially De Jure Belli ac Pacis.

This volume collects some of the best recent writings on St. Thomas's philosophy of law. It includes a critical examination of Aquinas's theory of the relation between law and morality, his natural law theory, as well as the modern reformulation of his approach to natural rights.

Contains the modern writings on Cicero's major law related works, such as the "Republic", "On Law", "On Oratory", along with a bibliography of writings on Cicero's legal works. This book reveals the influence of Cicero's writings upon the history of legal thought including St Thomas, the Renaissance, Montesquieu and the US Founding fathers.

Presents articles by thinkers who consider how Nietzsche's philosophical and rhetorical interventions illuminate the failures of contemporary legal theory. This work considers the connections between law, political philosophy and Nietzsche's genealogy. It also provides competing interpretations of Nietzsche's relevance for legal hermeneutics.

St Augustine and Roman law are the two bridges from Athens and Jerusalem to the world of modern law. This title describes the life and world of Augustine and the ways in which he conceived both justice and law. It discusses the little recognized Augustinian contributions to the field of modern hermeneutics.

Presents articles that affirms Marx's continuing relevance to debates on the role of law. This work addresses issues such as: the implications of Marx's analysis of law for understanding the form and functions of law, justice and injustice, the critique of liberal legalism, the ideological nature of law, and international human rights law.

John Locke is one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy. This book presents the most important contemporary writings exploring his many contributions to legal theory. These articles and essays deal with a variety of issues, such as natural law, natural rights, property, abortion, constitutional law, toleration, and more.

A collection of modern writings on Plato and the Law that argues that Plato's work offers insights for resolving modern jurisprudential problems. It interprets Plato's dialogues, showing that knowledge of the functions of law, based upon intelligible principles, can be reformulated for relevance to our age.

John Rawls (1921-2002) is widely held to be amongst the most important political philosophers for over a century. This volume features articles on a wide range of subjects including constitutionalism, democratic theory, egalitarianism, feminism, global justice, political liberalism, the rule of law, and public reason.

There has been a huge upsurge in Hume research over the years. However, one area that has not received its due share of attention is Hume's legal thought where the research has been fragmented and often un-championed. This collection of essays that focuses on Hume's legal ideas - celebrates the diversity of Hume's contributions to jurisprudence.

Few thinkers can have had a more diverse or a more contested impact on theorizing law than Michel Foucault. This title reflects the wide range of Foucault's work in four sections: Epistemologies; Political philosophy; Embodiment, difference, sexuality and the law; and, the subject of rights and ethics.