Editors:
- Provides a clear concise expert definition and explanation of the key concepts in the field
- An essential reference for experts and newcomers alike
- Includes traditional questions, more recent developments and significantly updates
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Table of contents (833 entries)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This encyclopedia covers all topics in the philosophy of law and social philosophy, including the history, theory, and leading theorists in both fields. Featuring specially commissioned entries by an international team of the world's most respected scholars, including more than 700 entries ensuring its place as the definitive reference work on the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.
The encyclopedia provides: 1) a clear concise expert definition and explanation of the key concepts in the field, written by leading scholars; 2) an essential reference for experts and newcomers alike, with entries ranging from short definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics; 3) an investigation of questions that have traditionally defined the field, but also more recent developments, significantly updating the fields of the philosophy of law and social philosophy; 4) introductions to theories and research developed in all the world's languages and legal traditions.
Keywords
- Analytical Jurisprudence
- Critical Legal Studies
- Feminist Legal Theory
- Global Justice
- International Legal Theory
- Interpretivism
- Law and Economics
- Legal Formalism
- Legal Pluralism
- Legal Positivism
- Legal Realism
- Legal Realism
- Natural Law
- Normative Jurisprudence
- Philosophy of Law
- Social Philosophy
- The Rule of Law
- Virtue Jurisprudence
Editors and Affiliations
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Regents Professor of the University, System of Maryland and Director of the University of Baltimore Center for International and Comparative Law, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, USA
Mortimer Sellers
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Professor for Legal and Social Philosophy, Department of Legal Theory International and European Law, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Stephan Kirste
About the editors
Mortimer Sellers is Regents Professor of the University System of Maryland and past President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR). He is also editor of two Springer book series: "Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice" and "AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice".
Stephan Kirste holds the Chair for the Philosophy of Law and Head of the Department for Legal Theory, International and European Law at the University of Salzburg, Professor Colaborador at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and member of the Council of the German Speaking International Andrássy University, Budapest.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
Editors: Mortimer Sellers, Stephan Kirste
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6519-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Science + Business Media B.V., Dordrecht. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6518-4Published: 05 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6519-1Published: 15 December 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LVI, 3677
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: in 5 volumes, not available separately
Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Business Law