{"product_id":"legal-rights-and-the-institutional-hamish-ross-9781509979004","title":"Legal Rights and the Institutional Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book presents a contemporary perspective on legal rights centred on the longstanding will theory-interest theory debate. Starting with classical rights literature, central aspects of the debate in its modern idiom are contextualised within a social theory setting developed from the writings of Max Weber.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book explores the idea that the institutional and coercive character of legal enforcement necessitates viewing legal rights as a locus of social power residing within the 'institutional imagination': that is, in the decision-making of key institutional actors such as judges, prosecutors, police, governmental authorities - and ultimately supreme court judges - who routinely mobilise coercive mechanisms towards the enforcement of legal rights and powers. This marks a departure from the trend of rights literature to view legal rights largely from the standpoint of the right-holder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book also touches on whether the emerging perspective points towards a 'third way' beyond the traditional two theoretical approaches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major task of the study is the construction of an archetypal supreme court judge - personifying the 'institutional imagination' - fashioned, via Weberian sociology, from a critique of Ronald Dworkin's 'Herculean' judge and measured against doctrinal exegesis that draws on sources which include UK higher appellate court judgments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hamish Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150997900X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509979004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Hamish Ross","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241948721407,"sku":"9781509979004","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8da3581-b52d-427b-a17c-9b2cd1ca4a36.jpg?v=1772656723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/legal-rights-and-the-institutional-hamish-ross-9781509979004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}