Christopher Bennett presents a theory of punishment grounded in the practice of apology, and in particular in reactions such as feeling sorry and making amends. He argues that offenders have a 'right to be punished' - that it is part of taking an offender seriously as a member of a normatively demanding relationship (such as friendship or collegiality or citizenship) that she is subject to retributive attitudes when she violates the demands of that relationship. However, while he claims that punishment and the retributive attitudes are the necessary expression of moral condemnation, his account of these reactions has more in common with restorative justice than traditional retributivism. He argues that the most appropriate way to react to crime is to require the offender to make proportionate amends. His book is a rich and intriguing contribution to the debate over punishment and restorative justice.

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закон -- покарання

In this book, legal scholars, philosophers, historians, and political scientists from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States analyze the common law through three of its classic themes: rules, reasoning, and constitutionalism. Their essays, specially commissioned for this volume, provide an opportunity for thinkers from different jurisdictions and disciplines to talk to each other and to their wider audience within and beyond the common law world. This book allows scholars and students to consider how these themes and concepts relate to one another. It will initiate and sustain a more inclusive and well-informed theoretical discussion of the common law's method, process, and structure. It will be valuable to lawyers, philosophers, political scientists, and historians interested in constitutional law, comparative law, judicial process, legal theory, law and society, legal history, separation of powers, democratic theory, political philosophy, the courts, and the relationship of the common law tradition to other legal systems of the world.

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право

This introductory book targets the reader who has the ambition to apply economic analysis but may be missing a technical introduction to its mathematical techniques or seeks a structured elaboration of its philosophical principles. The text juxtaposes economic analysis with moral philosophy, political theory, egalitarianism, and other methodological principles and then progresses to the details of methods such as model-building, derivatives, differential equations, statistical tests, and the use of computer programs.

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моральна філософія -- політична теорія

A landmark in the development of modern jurisprudence, the pure theory of law defines law as a system of coercive norms created by the state that rests on the validity of a generally accepted Grundnorm, or basic norm, such as the supremacy of the Constitution. Entirely self-supporting, it rejects any concept derived from metaphysics, politics, ethics, sociology, or the natural sciences. Beginning with the medieval reception of Roman law, traditional jurisprudence has maintained a dual system of "subjective" law (the rights of a person) and "objective" law (the system of norms). Throughout history this dualism has been a useful tool for putting the law in the service of politics, especially by rulers or dominant political parties. The pure theory of law destroys this dualism by replacing it with a unitary system of objective positive law that is insulated from political manipulation. Possibly the most influential jurisprudent of the twentieth century, Hans Kelsen [1881-1973] was legal adviser to Austria's last emperor and its first republican government, the founder and permanent advisor of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Austria, and the author of Austria's Constitution, which was enacted in 1920, abolished during the Anschluss, and restored in 1945. The author of more than forty books on law and legal philosophy, he is best known for this work and General Theory of Law and State. Also active as a teacher in Europe and the United States, he was Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna and taught at the universities of Cologne and Prague, the Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Harvard, Wellesley, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Naval War College. Also available in cloth.

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право

Intellectual property rights have undergone a significant expansion over the last half century, particularly since the Copyright Act of 1976. In The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Law, William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (AEI Press; July 1, 2004) attempt to explain this expansion of intellectual property rights, and how it could have coincided with the deregulation movement. Should intellectual property be thought of as a form of regulation? Why did the movement for greater protection of intellectual property coincide with the deregulation movement? Landes and Posner apply public-choice theory to the growth and character of intellectual property protection over the last half-century. The authors argue that public-choice theory alone cannot explain the coincidence of the deregulation movement and the rapid growth of intellectual property protection. Political forces and ideological currents associated with the deregulation movement, combined with interest-group pressures, best explain the increases in intellectual property protection since 1976. The authors urge caution in equating intellectual property rights to physical property rights. They counsel skeptics of government to hesitate before extending a presumption of efficiency to a process by which government grants rights to exclude competition.

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авторське право

The role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election raised questions in the minds of many Americans about the relationships between judges and political influence; the following years saw equally heated debates over the appropriate role of political ideology in selecting federal judges. Legal scholars have always debated these questions—asking, in effect, how much judicial systems operate on merit and principle and how much they are shaped by politics. The Japanese Constitution, like many others, requires that all judges be "independent in the exercise of their conscience and bound only by this Constitution and its laws." Consistent with this requirement, Japanese courts have long enjoyed a reputation for vigilant independence—an idea challenged only occasionally, and most often anecdotally. But in this book, J. Mark Ramseyer and Eric B. Rasmusen use the latest statistical techniques to examine whether that reputation always holds up to scrutiny—whether, and to what extent, the careers of lower court judges can be manipulated to political advantage. On the basis of careful econometric analysis of career data for hundreds of judges, Ramseyer and Rasmusen find that Japanese politics do influence judicial careers, discreetly and indirectly: judges who decide politically charged cases in ways favored by the ruling party enjoy better careers after their decisions than might otherwise be expected, while dissenting judges are more likely to find their careers hampered by assignments to less desirable positions. Ramseyer and Rasmusen's sophisticated yet accessible analysis has much to offer anyone interested in either judicial independence or the application of econometric techniques in the social sciences.

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суд -- політика

Natural law theory is enjoying a revival of interest in a variety of scholarly disciplines including law, philosophy, political science, and theology and religious studies. This volume presents twelve original essays by leading natural law theorists and their critics. The contributors discuss natural law theories of morality, law and legal reasoning, politics, and the rule of law. Readers get a clear sense of the wide diversity of viewpoints represented among contemporary theorists, and an opportunity to evaluate the arguments and counterarguments exchanged in the current debates between natural law theorists and their critics. Contributors include Hadley Arkes, Joseph M. Boyle, Jr., John Finnis, Robert P. George, Russell Hittinger, Neil MacCormick, Michael Moore, Jeffrey Stout, Joseph Raz, Jeremy Waldron, Lloyd Weinreb, and Ernest Weinrib.

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теорія права -- філософія права

This book grew out of discussions with Dr. Rainer Moufang, my long-time friend from the Max Planck Institute for German and International Intellectual Property (The institute has been renamed as the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law). On a cold, quiet afternoon in Munich in 2006, we sat in his office discussing the need for a comprehensive review of fundamental and contemporary patent issues as they relate to the protection of both traditional and new technologies. We envisioned a book that would appeal to both academics and practitioners, and we selected experts from three major patent jurisdictions – the United States, Europe and Japan – who could write on each topic. Although we granted these authors complete freedom with regard to writing style, we strongly encouraged them to analyze their topics from the comparative law perspective.

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патентування -- інтелектуальна власність

The language of rights is utilized frequently in debates over contemporary social issues—a fetus’s “right to life” versus a woman’s “right to choose,” for example. Because these debates pertain to what our social policies should be, it is clear that the rights in question are moral rights, and that existing legal rights ought to be changed or maintained accordingly. The problem, however, is that moral rights require moral justification. In Conflicts of Rights, John Rowan takes this next step, and investigates possible moral justifications for rights alleged to exist in four contexts: abortion, affirmative action, welfare, and pornography freedoms. In doing so, he reaches conclusions about the morally appropriate policy for each issue, and also about the effectiveness of rights language in general.

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права людини -- суспільна мораль -- цензура

The prohibition of alcohol was a mistake—a historic policy gaffe and a political fi asco. In the language of policy studies, it was a “suboptimal” policy option: a bad idea when compared with the more effective alternatives available. Novelist, historian, and social critic H. G. Wells famously lampooned “the crowning silliness of making prohibition a part of the Constitution of the United States” as the Eighteenth Amendment begot rampant corruption, bootlegging, and crime, eroded respect for law, and eliminated a valuable stream of government revenue by decimating an entire industry while miserably failing to achieve its purported aims of national sobriety, economic productivity, and communal moral salvation

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сухий закон -- заборона

Pedophilia, defined as a persistent sexual interest in prepubescent children, is an emotional and controversial topic. For many people, the mention of pedophilia brings images to mind of sexual predators1 who pursue and violate unknown children, although the reality is quite different. The public's perceptions of sexual offenses against children are influenced by media stories focusing on sensational cases that involve child abductions, killings, or individuals with long histories of sexually offending against many children (see Cheit, 2003; Jenkins, 1998). Parents are understandably worried about the safety and well-being of their children, and many others are concerned that children they know might be exploited or harmed by adults. In this preface, I discuss the social, political, and legal contexts for studying pedophilia to provide readers a framework for understanding the social, political, and legal responses to pedophilia and the associated problem of sexual offending against children.

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педофілія -- розбещення неповнолітніх -- сексуальна експлуатація -- суспільна мораль

The book is a pleasure to read for its learning and sophistication. Nottage and Wolff also deserve high praise for their light touch as editors and translators. David Nelken, University of Cardiff, UK and University of Macerata, Italy This important book translates seven landmark essays by one of Japan s most respected and influential legal thinkers. While Takao Tanase concedes that law might not matter as much in Japan as it does in the United States, in a provocative challenge to socio-legal researchers and comparative lawyers, he asks: why should it? The issue, he contends, is not whether law matters to society; it is how society matters to law. Developing a descriptive and normative theory of community and the law, the author directly challenges the view that legal liberalism represents the pinnacle of legal achievement. He criticises liberalism for destroying community in the United States and for offering false hope for a delayed modernity in Japan. By applying a distinctive interpretivist methodology, he constructs a communitarian model of law and society that serves as an alternative to legal liberalism. The book challenges conventional understandings of such legal sociological staples as torts, lawyers ethics, family law, human rights, constitutionalism and litigiousness. This fascinating book will prove a stimulating, thought provoking read for researchers and scholars of law, Japanese and American studies, sociology and jurisprudence.

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теорія суспільства -- теорія права -- правопорушення -- конституціоналізму

Книга представляет собой итог многолетней работы автора по теоретическим проблемам права. Обобщая данные ранее изданных трудов, настоящее издание содержит ряд новых материалов, отражающих в системном изложении поиск и постановку вопросов о таких подходах к праву, которые обосновывают его высокое место в современной жизни общества, в жизни каждого человека. Книга имеет проблемный, по ряду пунктов постановочный, дискуссионный характер. Издание рассчитано на научных работников, преподавателей, аспирантов, студентов юридических и неюридических вузов — на всех, у кого есть интерес к проблемным разработкам о состоянии и развитии права в современном мире, его месте и роли в жизни людей, в судьбе человеческого общества.

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теорія держави і права

Даний підручник є першою спробою у вітчизняній юриспруденції висвітлити основи гендерного права України. Розкрито теоретико-методологічні засади гендерної юриспруденції як нового напряму правової науки. Розглянуто гендерне право як нову комплексну галузь права. Підручник призначений для застосування в навчальному процесі вищих навчальних закладів при вивченні таких дисциплін, як «Теорія держави та права; - та «Гендерне право». Видання можуть використовувати практикуючі юристи, а також всі, хто цікавиться гендерною проблематикою.

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гендерне право -- теорія держави та права

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У збірці представлено наукові статті учасників Міжнародного круглого столу «Антропологія права: філософський та юридичний виміри (стан, проблеми, перспективи)», який відбувався на юридичному факультеті Львівського національного університету імені Івана Франка 4-5 грудня 2009 року, а також деякі матеріали Міжнародної програми підвищення кваліфікації вузівських викладачів «Сучасна теорія права» на 2007 – 2009 рр. Матеріали друкуються в авторській редакції.

Пропонований посібник має оригінальну структуру — складається з двох взаємопов'язаних частин: схем і визначень з теорії держави і права. Поданий у вигляді схем теоретичний матеріал сприятиме цілісному, логічно послідовному і системному його сприйняттю; розміщені після цього визначення розкривають зміст наведених схем. Для студентів, викладачів і широкого загалу читачів, які цікавляться теорією держави і права.

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юриспруденція -- законодавство -- законодавство -- демократія

В настоящую книгу включены наиболее значимые и интересные работы выдающегося ученого – цивилиста, доктора юридических наук, профессора, заслуженного деятеля науки РК, одного из основателей казахстанской школы гражданского права Ю.Г. Басина. В книгу также включены отзывы и воспоминания о Ю.Г. Басине его друзей, учеников и коллег и интервью Ю.Г. Басина различным изданиям.

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теорія держави і права

Настоящая работа посвящена исследованию уголовно-процессуальных функций. В монографии анализируется исторические, философско-правовые и методологические аспекты проблемы, включенные автором в общую часть. Предлагаются пути дальнейшего развития теории процессуальных функций. Преподавателям, аспирантам и магистрантам юридических вузов и факультетов.

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право кримінальне -- теорія держави і права

До збірника увійшли тези студентів та молодих вчених, присвячених проблемам становлення громадянського суспільства і правової держави, які вміщують в себе такі напрями: 1. Теорія та історія держави і права. Історія політичних і правових вчень. Філософія права. 2. Конституційне право. Міжнародне право. Муніципальне право. 3. Цивільне право та сімейне право. Цивільний процес. 4. Кримінальне право. Кримінологія. Кримінально-виконавче право. 5. Адміністративне право. Адміністративне процесуальне право. Митне та податкове право. 6. Трудове право та право соціального забезпечення. 7.Екологічне, земельне та аграрне право. 8. Фінансове право. Банківське право. 9. Господарське право та господарський процес. 10. Право інтелектуальної власності. Інформаційне право. 11. Проблеми боротьби зі злочинністю. Національна, регіональна та міжнародна безпека.

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теорія та історія держави і права -- конституційне право -- міжнародне право -- муніципальне право