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A liberal state is a representative democracy constrained by the rule of law. Richard Posner argues for a conception of the liberal state based on pragmatic theories of government. He views the actions of elected officials as guided by interests rather than by reason and the decisions of judges by discretion rather than by rules. He emphasizes the institutional and material, rather than moral and deliberative, factors in democratic decision making.

Posner argues that democracy is best viewed as a competition for power by means of regular elections. Citizens should not be expected to play a significant role in making complex public policy regarding, say, taxes or missile defense. The great advantage of democracy is not that it is the rule of the wise or the good but that it enables stability and orderly succession in government and limits the tendency of rulers to enrich or empower themselves to the disadvantage of the public. Posner's theory steers between political theorists' concept of deliberative democracy on the left and economists' public-choice theory on the right. It makes a significant contribution to the theory of democracy--and to the theory of law as well, by showing that the principles that inform Schumpeterian democratic theory also inform the theory and practice of adjudication. The book argues for law and democracy as twin halves of a pragmatic theory of American government.

An Introduction to Islamic Law presents a broad account of our present knowledge of the history and outlines of the system of Islamic law. It is not intended in the first place for specialists, although it is hoped that it will attract study to this particularly rewarding branch of Islamic studies, but for students and interested general readers. Islamic law is the key to understanding the essence of one of the great world religions, it still casts its spell over the laws of contemporary Islamic states, and it is in itself a remarkable manifestation of legal thought. This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Muslim/Islamic law.

Architectural Building Codes by James G. Scott All architects must have a solid working knowledge of building codes. Noncompliance means facing strained schedules and budgets at best, and lawsuits at worst. Yet until now, no resource has been available to professionals that demystifies architectural building codes in straightforward, easy-to-understand language, with a unique graphic presentation. James G. Scott’s Architectural Building Codes slices through the technical, legal, and bureaucratic jargon of building codes with a direct, engaging style. Beginning with the assumption that building codes are by nature complex and difficult to understand, Mr. Scott provides both the theoretical principles and practical grounding all architectural professionals need to efficiently incorporate code regulations into their designs. The author bridges the gap between theory and application, turning the arcane, impenetrable rules of building codes into usable concepts. The material is cogently organized from general to specific ideas, leading the reader on a logical progression through the maze of code regulation. Comprehensive in scope, this book covers building codes with a refreshingly broad perspective. Architectural Building Codes is a complete user’s guide that covers a wide range of topics, including:

• accessibility standards and the Americans with Disabilities Act
• fire-resistant materials
• building limitations
• means of egress
• roofing, interior finishes, floor and wall coverings
• occupancy
• building materials
• plumbing and mechanical codes
• elevators

This book provides an introduction to the laws of the Middle East, defining the contours of a field of study that deserves to be called 'Middle Eastern law'. It introduces Middle Eastern law as a reflection of legal styles, many of which are shared by Islamic law and the laws of Christian and Jewish Near Eastern communities. It offers a detailed survey of the foundations of Middle Eastern law, using court archives and an array of legal sources from the earliest records of Hammurabi to the massive compendia of law in the Islamic classical age through to the latest decisions of Middle Eastern high courts. It focuses on the way legislators and courts conceive of law and apply it in the Middle East. It builds on the author's extensive legal practice, with the aim of introducing the Middle Eastern law's main sources and concepts in a manner accessible to non-specialist legal scholars and practitioners alike. The book begins with an exploration of the depth and variety of Middle Eastern law, introducing the concepts of shari'a, fiqh, and qanun, (which all mean 'law'), and dwelling on Islamic law as the 'common law' of the Middle East. It provides a historical introduction to the contemporary Middle East, exploring political systems, constitutional law, judicial review, the laws of tort and obligations, commercial law (including Islamic banking, company law, capital markets, and commercial arbitration); and examines legislative reform in family law and the position of women in the legal system. The author considers the interaction between Islamic and Western laws and includes a bibliography designed for further research into the jurisdictions and themes explored throughout the book.

Die Biomedizinkonvention des Europarates erlasst volkerrechtlich verbindliche Regelungen fur die Human- und Embryonenforschung, Organtransplantation, Genanalyse und -therapie. In Deutschland ist die Konvention ausserst umstritten. Aus Angst, das verfassungsrechtlich gebotene und gesetzlich gewahrleistete Schutzniveau konnte unterlaufen werden, wird ein Beitritt uberwiegend abgelehnt. Die vorliegende Schrift analysiert, untersucht und vergleicht. "

Seit der Kodifizierung des Rechts der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung im Sozialgesetzbuch, Funfter Teil, ist zu beobachten, dass der Bund immer haufiger und detaillierter in Regelungsbereiche eingreift, die traditionell der Landerkompetenz unterliegen. Die Autoren weisen nach, dass zahlreiche Vorschriften des Vertragsarztrechts gegen die grundgesetzliche Verteilung der Gesetzgebungskompetenzen verstossen. Nach einem Uberblick uber die Zustandigkeitsverteilung im Gesundheitsbereich und den einfachgesetzlichen Normenbestand arbeiten die Verfasser die Kompetenzproblematik an ausgewahlten Beispielen heraus: Qualitatssicherung, Trennung der haus- und facharztlichen Versorgung, Notdienst, Datenschutz, Weiterbildung und versicherungsfremde Leistungen. Die Studie basiert auf einem verfassungsrechtlichen Gutachten, das auch in der Presse grosse Beachtung gefunden hat."

Seit 1997 liegt das "Menschenrechtsubereinkommen zur Biomedizin" des Europarates vor, das inzwischen von 11 Mitgliedstaaten des Europarates ratifiziert wurde. Zu diesem Ubereinkommen wurde nunmehr der Entwurf eines Zusatzprotokolls uber biomedizinische Forschung zur offentlichen Diskussion in den Mitgliedstaaten freigegeben. Die hier vorgelegte Untersuchung, die aus einem Gutachten im Auftrag des BMBF hervorgegangen ist, unterzieht den Entwurf des Forschungsprotokolls einer kritischen Wurdigung, um zu klaren, inwieweit die Bestimmungen des Forschungsprotokolls mit dem deutschen und europaischen Recht sowie dem Volkerrecht vereinbar sind. Daruber hinaus sollen Anregungen fur Verbesserungen des Entwurfs gegeben werden. Nicht zuletzt steht im Hintergrund die Frage, ob Deutschland dem Forschungsprotokoll spater beitreten sollte. Die Untersuchung kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass der Entwurf in mehrfacher Hinsicht modifizierungsbedurftig ist."

This book examines the functions and effectiveness of law in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The emphasis is on the interplay between law, social norms, human values and informal practices in particular. The book deepens our understanding both of how law works in the societies under consideration, and of the post-communist transition as whole

Das Dogma der fehlenden Waffengleichheit im Arzthaftungsprozess begrundet die Rechtsprechung mit einem gegebenen Wissensgefalle zwischen den Parteien. Die Autoren dieses Bandes beleuchten Voraussetzungen und Folgen dieser Annahme und gehen der Frage nach, ob die eingefuhrten Verfahrensmodifikationen Chancengleichheit zwischen den Parteien tatsachlich herstellen oder der Erganzung bedurfen. Die Verfasser thematisieren die Mitwirkungsrechte und -pflichten der Beteiligten und die Neutralitat des medizinischen Sachverstandigen.
Den deutschen Arzthaftungsprozess kennzeichnet das Alles-oder-Nichts-Prinzip, was leicht zu unbilligen Ergebnissen fuhren kann. Um so mehr ist in den letzten Jahren die Notwendigkeit erkannt worden, Waffengleichheit im Sinne von Chancengleichheit zwischen Arzt und Patient auch im aussergerichtlichen Bereich zu institutionalisieren. Dem widmen sich die Praxisberichte im zweiten Teil des Buches."

Die Entwicklung des Rechts der Risikoaufklarung spaltet die im Medizinrecht tatigen Anwalte ebenso wie die AErzteschaft in Lager. Beklagt wird einerseits eine nach wie vor ungenugende Bereitschaft der AErzte, Patienten uber die mit medizinischer Behandlung verbundenen Risiken und Gefahren aufzuklaren. Beklagt wird andererseits eine ausgeuferte Rechtsprechung, die im Bereich der Medizin noch Risiken fur aufklarungspflichtig halte, die weit unterhalb der Schwelle von jedermann allgemein in Kauf genommener Risiken liege. Die Beitrage liefern neben einer Analyse der bisherigen Rechtsentwicklung Anregungen fur die Rechtsanwendung und Rechtsfortbildung.

Das Dienstunfahigkeitsrecht gehoert zu den umstrittensten und wegen der Vielzahl vorzeitiger Ruhestandsversetzungen zu den fur die Praxis bedeutsamsten Materien des Beamtenrechts. Erstmals liegt jetzt eine Gesamtdarstellung vor, die sich mit dem Rechtsbegriff der dauernden Dienstunfahigkeit, dem Verfahren ihrer Feststellung und den sich daran knupfenden Rechtsfolgen eingehend auseinandersetzt. Eroertert werden u.a. Prallelen zum Rentenversicherungsrecht, Voraussetzungen und Grenzen amtsarztlicher Untersuchungen und die rechtlichen Moeglichkeiten, unter denen andere AEmter und Funktionen zur Vermeidung von Ruhestandsversetzungen ubertragen werden koennen. Der Stoff orientiert sich am tatsachlichen Geschehensablauf bei der Dienstunfahgkeitsfeststellung und berucksichtigt zahlreiche Rechtsprechungsnachweise, die das Buch fur die beamtenrechtliche Praxis unentbehrlich machen.

Pension fund assets are truly astronomical. But little is known about their functions, structures, and modes of decision making. This book attempts to fill the gap through a theoretically informed account of Anglo American pension funds set in context with current debates about the role of government policy and the roles and responsibilities of pension funds

The main aim of this book is to present a basic guide to the current doctrine of precedent in England, set in the wider context of the jurisprudential problems which any treatment of this topic involves. Such problems include the nature of the "ratio decidendi" of a precedent and of its binding force, the significance of precedents alongside other sources of law, their role in legal reasoning and the account which must be taken of them by any general theory of law. In examining these matters, the late Sir Rupert Cross expounded a fairly traditional practitioners view, and this approach has been preserved in the fourth edition, although references are included to competing answers, taking into account developments in the literature since the third edition. Re-writing has been undertaken to update case-law and take account of the possible implications for the doctrine of precedent of the impact of European Community Law, making it a source of reference for readers interested in the past history, present state and future developments of the English rules of precedent.

For the last sixty years, American foreign and defense policymaking has been dominated by a network of institutions created by one piece of legislation--the 1947 National Security Act. This is the definitive study of the intense political and bureaucratic struggles that surrounded the passage and initial implementation of the law. Focusing on the critical years from 1937 to 1960, Douglas Stuart shows how disputes over the lessons of Pearl Harbor and World War II informed the debates that culminated in the legislation, and how the new national security agencies were subsequently transformed by battles over missions, budgets, and influence during the early cold war.

Stuart provides an in-depth account of the fight over Truman's plan for unification of the armed services, demonstrating how this dispute colored debates about institutional reform. He traces the rise of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the transformation of the CIA, and the institutionalization of the National Security Council. He also illustrates how the development of this network of national security institutions resulted in the progressive marginalization of the State Department.

Stuart concludes with some insights that will be of value to anyone interested in the current debate over institutional reform.

As Western Europe expanded its empires in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it came to dominate many peoples, especially in America, whose cultures and legal systems differed dramatically from its own. The resulting conflicts of both law and custom posed difficult problems: How could these conflicting laws and customs be adjusted within a common political administration? And, in particular, how could legal remedy be provided for groups of lesser political weight? Woodrow Borah vividly depicts one of the more unusual institutions that arose in response to these problems-the General Indian Court of New Spain. In what is today Mexico, the conquering Spaniards had at first attempted to preserve such Indian customs as were deemed not contrary to reason or Christianity. However, as interpreted by Spanish judges, so much turned out to be "contrary" to these standards that native customs were soon recast in largely Spanish norms. At the same time, the conquered Indians discovered the uses of the Spanish courts, unleashing a flood of litigation. The ensuing social and economic upheaval sparked great concern among Spanish administrators and jurists. The result was the establishment of the General Indian Court, a remarkably innovative special jurisdiction vested in the viceroy and corps of legal aides. Expenses were paid from a small contribution by each Indian family-in effect, legal insurance. Woodrow Borah analyzes the kinds of cases that came before this court, the decisions it reached, and the policies underlying these decisions. He enriches this study by examining the separate but parallel structures in the Yucatan peninsula and on the seigneurial estate of Hernan Cortes, and by comparing the General Indian Court to the tribunals of Guadalajara, which had no similar special arrangements. The development of the General Indian Court and the relation of the legal aides to their Indian clients and to other lawyers form a complicated story of both service and exploitation and contribute an important chapter to the history of colonial Mexico. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

This book restores to us an understanding that was once settled in the "moral sciences": that there are propositions, in morals and law, which are not only true but which cannot be otherwise. It was understood in the past that, in morals or in mathematics, our knowledge begins with certain axioms that must hold true of necessity; that the principles drawn from these axioms hold true universally, unaffected by variations in local "cultures"; and that the presence of these axioms makes it possible to have, in the domain of morals, some right answers. Hadley Arkes restates the grounds of that older understanding and unfolds its implications for the most vexing political problems of our day. The author turns first to the classic debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. After establishing the groundwork and properties of moral propositions, he traces their application in such issues as selective conscientious objection, justifications for war, the war in Vietnam, a nation's obligation to intervene abroad, the notion of supererogatory acts, the claims of "privacy," and the problem of abortion.

The new Liberty Fund edition of "The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke" includes selections from the four volumes of the "Institutes" and cases from the "Reports," and several of Coke's speeches in Parliament. Taken together, these writings delineate the origin and nature of the modern common law and indicate the profound interrelationship in the English tradition of custom, common law, authority (of both Crown and Commons), and individual liberty. Coke's great law books and speeches are well represented on Magna Carta, citizenship, habeas corpus, freedom from wrongful search and arrest, the origins of law, judicial review, administrative law, judging, criminal law, the moral obligations of officials, the powers of King, Parliament, church, and the law, property and rights, and the profession and study of law. "The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke" is the first anthology of his works ever published.Steve Sheppard is a professor at the School of Law, University of Arkansas. He writes on constitutional history and theory, legal history, property law, and general jurisprudence, and he has edited "The History of Legal Education" (Salem Press, 1998).Click here for a pdf of the "Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke" brochure

This volume concerns the rights and obligations of the individual in three critically important contexts: employment relations, family relations and the ownership of immovable property. The development of these legal institutions has helped to transform economic and social relations in contemporary China. In this volume, the articles illustrate firstly a shift away from close state control towards greater freedom for enterprises to use human and natural resources to achieve economic growth and for citizens to pursue their personal lives. More recently, the government has responded to public demands for greater security in employment, home ownership and agricultural land rights with new primary legislation, including the Employment Contract Law and Property Rights Law. Yet, as this volume also shows, the Communist Party has been reluctant to allow empowerment of the individual to threaten other public policy goals, such as the state's ultimate control over the conditions of employment or land use.

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This book introduces students to the great debates in EU law. Rather than simply presenting traditional approaches that provide descriptions (often in historical order) of substantive and constitutional elements of Union law, this book clusters material around these debates in an engaging and lively way. By offering concise analyses of core dilemmas and tensions in EU law, the book provides a different kind of introduction, one that helps students place the discussions within a boarder context and narrative. The authors have found in their teaching that students often struggle with individual aspects and materials without understanding broader narratives, which are traditionally developed in monographs or journal articles that are beyond the reach of undergraduate readers.

""Literary Criticisms of Law" shows what can happen when two shrewd law professors take the time and have the theoretical sophistication to master the wide variety of today's state-of-the-art literary criticism. This absorbing book both maps efforts in the last two decades to understand law as a kind of literature and makes a compelling case for the most productive way to do so. Avoiding the twin traps of radical skepticism and moralizing sentimentality that have snared even some of the best work in the field, Binder and Weisberg demonstrate how law shapes culture and vice versa."--Brook Thomas, author of "Cross-Examinations of Law And Literature, The New Historicism and Other Old-Fashioned Topics," and "American Literary Realism and the Failed Promise of Contract"

"No other work attempts what this one does, a synthetic account of all the genres within the field of law and literature. As a synthesis, this book is first-rate. It not only summarizes but also puts to work a strong, acerbic critical intelligence, clarifying what the authors think is valuable in some approaches and deficient in others. The ability to provoke argument is one of the qualities that makes "Literary Criticisms of Law" consistently interesting. It is more theoretically sophisticated, historically informed, and deeply reflective than any similar work in its field."--Robert W. Gordon, Yale Law School

"A very impressive book. Each chapter contains numerous original, sweeping, and, for the most part, convincing arguments about large swaths of current legal intellectual history. As the first and only attempt so far to synthesize and assess this interdisciplinary field, the book will be extremely useful to manyscholars in the humanities and social sciences."--Robin West, Georgetown University Law Center

An examination of the conflict between the entrenched legal orthodoxy and the Progressive movement. Horwitz traces the crystallization of Progressive thought, and in so doing, charts the modern development of American Law.