Legal Republicanism: National and International Perspectives (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199559169)

Interest in republicanism as a political theory has burgeoned in recent years, but its implications for the understanding of law have remained largely unexplored. Legal Republicanism is the first book to offer a comprehensive, critical survey of the potential for creating republican accounts of fundamental issues in law and legal theory.

Bringing together contributors with backgrounds in political and legal philosophy, the essays in the volume assess republicanism's historical traditions, conceptual coherence, and normative proposals. The collection offers a valuable insight into new debates taking place in republican political and legal theory. It also analyzes potential republican approaches to concrete issues arising in areas of law such as criminal, constitutional and international law. Finally, the book includes comparisons between republican legal traditions and how they react to contemporary challenges. The book will be of value to political and democratic theorists, to legal philosophers and constitutional theorists, and all those interested in the legitimacy of decision-making in national and international settings.

Author: Samantha Besson
ISBN-10: 0199559163
ISBN-13: 9780199559169
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2009
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.10d