This second edition includes enhanced discussion of the rise of legal positivism within the context of the rise of the modern state, the changing role of natural and human rights discourse, concepts of justice in and beyond the nation state, the impact of emergency doctrines in contemporary legal regulation, and challenges to the rule of law in light of shifting and competing demands for new types of social solidarity.
Accessible, interdisciplinary, and socially informed this book has been revised to take into account the latest developments in jurisprudential scholarship.
Emilios Christodoulidis is a Professor in Legal Theory at the University of Glasgow. Lindsay Farmer is Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow. Scott Veitch is Professor of Jurisprudence and the University of Hong Kong