Books in the Philosophers and Law series

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.