Books in the Philosophers and Law series

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.

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.

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

Collects some of the best writings on Spinoza's philosophy of law and includes a critical examination of Spinoza's theory of the types of law, his natural law theory, as well as the modern reformulation of his approach to the nature of laws and to natural rights.

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.

Wittgenstein is described in the Oxford Companion to Philosophy as 'the leading analytical philosopher of the twentieth century, whose two major works altered the course of the subject'. This exceptional reference volume highlights and explores the extensive influence of Wittgenstein's work on contemporary legal philosophy.

Thomas Hobbes developed a sustained and detailed approach to law and legal questions. The essays collected here provide an excellent survey of the various legal questions Hobbes addressed.

This work brings together a collection of essays on the contemporary relevance of, and outstanding issues in, Hegel's legal theory. Particular attention is paid to the different parts of the legal curriculum which Hegelian analysis could contribute to in a positive manner.

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.

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.

Collects what the editors believe to be the very best of articles on Immanuel Kant's legal theory, with an emphasis on his "Metaphysics of Morals" of 1797. In particular the articles relate to: the nature of law and justice, private law, public law, criminal law, international law, and cosmopolitan law.