Law / Philosophy and sociology

Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror

by Benjamin Wittes

An authoritative assessment of the new laws of war and a sensible and sophisticated roadmap for the future of liberty in the Age of Terror

America is losing a crucial front in the ongoing war on terror. It is...

The Ontological Foundation of Ethics, Politics, and Law

by Francesco Belfiore

In this revised edition, Belfiore adds new concepts and discusses the views of additional thinkers. He gives an ontological foundation to ethics, politics, and law and shows how his thought can reinterpret the...

Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture

by Jack Drescher & Kenneth J Zucker

Defenders and critics of the controversial Spitzer study analyze its methodologies and findings

In 2001, Robert L. Spitzer, MD, presented his study on sexual conversion therapy with its controversial findings...

Gay Ethics: Controversies in Outing, Civil Rights, and Sexual Science

by Timothy F Murphy

Gay Ethics is an anthology that addresses ethical questions involving key moral issues of today--sexual morality, outing, gay and lesbian marriages, military service, anti-discrimination laws, affirmative action...

The Ashgate Research Companion to Ethics and International Relations

by Patrick Hayden

This indispensable research companion widens the perspective of moral consideration in international relations from 'ethics and international relations' to 'ethics in international relations', redressing the...

Stories About Science in Law: Literary and Historical Images of Acquired Expertise

by David S. Caudill

The book presents examples of how literary sources can provide a supplement to our understanding of science in law. Challenging the view that law and science are completely different, insofar as the former is...

Power and Principle in the Market Place: On Ethics and Economics

by Jacob Dahl Rendtorff

In the global financial crisis, the need to develop a new kind of economy with a closer relation between ethics and economics has become an important challenge to the international society. This book contributes...

Ethical Issues of Human Genetic Databases: A Challenge to Classical Health Research Ethics?

by Bernice Elger

This book compares the new area of biobanking with the tradition of ethically accepted classical research and highlights the distinctive features of existing databases and guidelines. The volume identifies areas...

Integrity Systems for Occupations

by Andrew Alexandra & Seumas Miller

An integrity system is an integrated assemblage of institutional mechanisms, the purpose of which is the prevention and reduction of ethical misconduct and the promotion of ethical health in institutions, organizations,...

Bioequity - Property and the Human Body

by Nils Hoppe

This book advances a new approach, based on existing law, to constructing entitlements in human tissue and resolving resulting property conflicts. A new methodology is also put forward for abstracting different...

Ethics, Law and Society: Volume IV

by Jennifer Gunning & Søren Holm

This volume brings together selected papers commissioned and published by the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law & Society and includes contributions from international experts on topics including agriculture, ethics...

Re-envisioning Sovereignty: The End of Westphalia?

by Trudy Jacobsen & Charles Sampford

This volume explores a wide range of issues that have altered the theory and practice of state sovereignty. Interdisciplinary in its analysis, the book discusses the contemporary meaning and relevance of sovereignty...

Ethics, Law and Society: Volume III

by Jennifer Gunning & Soren Holm

This volume brings together selected papers commissioned and published by the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law & Society. It includes contributions from a group of international experts along with a selection...

Law and Leadership: Integrating Leadership Studies into the Law School Curriculum

by Paula Monopoli & Susan McCarty

This book examines whether and how to integrate the theory and practice of leadership studies into legal education and the legal profession. With contributions from legal educators and practitioners, the book...

From Positivism to Idealism: A Study of the Moral Dimensions of Legality

by Coyle

Illuminating the idea of legality by a consideration of its moral nature, this book explores the emergence and development of two rival traditions of legal thought (those of 'positivism' and 'idealism') which...

Law's Practical Wisdom: The Theory and Practice of Law Making in New Governance Structures in the European Union

by Sideri

This book presents a theory of law making in the European Union, focusing on new governance structures which promote deliberation, proceduralization, and dialogue. The empirical substantiation of the argument...

Bioethics: Methods, Theories, Domains

by Marcus Düwell

This book is a philosophically-oriented introduction to bioethics. It offers the reader an overview of key debates in bioethics relevant to various areas including; organ retrieval, stem cell research, justice...

Ethical Issues in Aviation

by Elizabeth A. Hoppe

Ethical Issues in Aviation focuses on current concerns and trends, to reflect the changes that have occurred in this deregulated era. The book provides the reader with an overview of the major themes in civil...

The Enlightened Shareholder Value Principle and Corporate Governance

by Andrew Keay

The enlightened shareholder value principle (ESV) was formulated during the comprehensive review of UK company law by the Company Law Steering Group in the late 1990s and early 2000's and requires directors...

Law, Ethics and Compromise at the Limits of Life: To Treat or not to Treat?

by Richard Huxtable

A conflict arises in the clinic over the care of a critically ill, incapacitated patient. The clinicians and the patient's family confront a difficult choice: to treat or not to treat? Decisions to withdraw...