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Gender, Crime, and Justice - Learning through Cases (Paperback): Erin Katherine Krafft, Jo-Ann Della Giustina, Susan T. Krumholz Gender, Crime, and Justice - Learning through Cases (Paperback)
Erin Katherine Krafft, Jo-Ann Della Giustina, Susan T. Krumholz
R1,555 Discovery Miles 15 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gender and Justice is a unique core textbook that introduces key concepts through case studies. Each chapter opens with a compelling case study that illustrates key concepts, followed by a narrative chapter that builds on the case study to introduce essential elements. Each chapter features pedagogical elements-learning objectives, key terms, review and study questions, and suggestions for further learning and exploration. In addition to the unique case study approach, this book is distinctive in its inclusion of LGBTQ experiences in crime, victimization, processing, and punishment. Gender and Justice also addresses masculinity and the role it plays in defining offenders and victims, as well as challenges posed by the gender gap in offending.

Unjust Borders - Individuals and the Ethics of Immigration (Paperback): Javier S. Hidalgo Unjust Borders - Individuals and the Ethics of Immigration (Paperback)
Javier S. Hidalgo
R1,372 Discovery Miles 13 720 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

States restrict immigration on a massive scale. Governments fortify their borders with walls and fences, authorize border patrols, imprison migrants in detention centers, and deport large numbers of foreigners. Unjust Borders: Individuals and the Ethics of Immigration argues that immigration restrictions are systematically unjust and examines how individual actors should respond to this injustice. Javier Hidalgo maintains that individuals can rightfully resist immigration restrictions and often have strong moral reasons to subvert these laws. This book makes the case that unauthorized migrants can permissibly evade, deceive, and use defensive force against immigration agents, that smugglers can aid migrants in crossing borders, and that citizens should disobey laws that compel them to harm immigrants. Unjust Borders is a meditation on how individuals should act in the midst of pervasive injustice.

Routledge Handbook of Law and Theory (Paperback): Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Routledge Handbook of Law and Theory (Paperback)
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
R1,513 Discovery Miles 15 130 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This handbook sets out an innovative approach to the theory of law, reconceptualising it in a material, embodied, socially contextualised and politically radical way. The book consists of original contributions authored by prominent academics, all of whom provide a valuable overview of legal theory as a discipline. The book contains five sections: * Spatiotemporal * Sense * Body * Text * Matter Through this structure, the handbook brings the law into active discussion with other disciplines, as well as supra-disciplinary debates on the areas of spatiality, temporality, materiality, corporeality and sensorial studies, capturing the most exciting developments in current legal theory, and anticipating future research in the area. The handbook is essential reading for scholars and students of jurisprudence, sociology of law, critical legal studies, socio-legal theory and interdisciplinary legal studies, as well as those people from other disciplines interested in the way the law converses with interdisciplinarity. Chapter 21 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138956469_oachapter21.pdf

Exploring the Province of Legislation - Theoretical and Practical Perspectives in Legisprudence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022):... Exploring the Province of Legislation - Theoretical and Practical Perspectives in Legisprudence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Francesco Ferraro, Silvia Zorzetto
R4,240 Discovery Miles 42 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Legisprudence considers a variety of perspectives and relies on contributions from numerous different disciplines. Rather than providing examples of the various possible approaches to legisprudential studies, this book - bringing together lawyers and legal theorists from seven different countries - highlights two aspects of the many disciplines involved. Firstly, it discusses theoretical abstraction, which borders on, or enters into the realm of full-fledged philosophical speculation. Secondly, it examines empirical observation of specific cases, precisely situated regarding their spatial or historical collocation, or referring to a particular species of legislative policy. Focusing on legislation both as a process and as a result, the aim of the book is twofold: on the one hand, it demonstrates that, far from being a purely theoretical and exclusively academic intellectual enterprise, legisprudence can offer criteria for both assessing and improving the quality of real-world legislation. On the other hand, it shows how lawmaking is at least as interesting and legitimate a field of inquiry as adjudication and interpretation of laws for legal theorists and philosophers of law, and that they are already equipped with extremely valuable intellectual tools for fruitful legisprudential inquiry. The book is organized in two parts. The first part comprises legal-theoretical accounts on general aspects of legislation as a process and as a result. The second part presents contributions focusing on specific experiences of evaluations of legislative quality and contributions to the legislature's work on the part of the public, as well as on particular legislative policies, methodologies in lawmaking, and problems regarding legislation as an instrument.

Teaching the Essentials of Law and Economics (Paperback): Antony W. Dnes Teaching the Essentials of Law and Economics (Paperback)
Antony W. Dnes
R1,039 Discovery Miles 10 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Teaching the Essentials of Law and Economics covers the core areas of law and economics, also known as the economic analysis of law, in non-technical terms with guiding notes throughout the text. Replete with cases and illustrations, it may be used both as a lecture guide for instructors, and as a basic text for students. The author provides an up-to-date and succinct account of the application of economic analysis to legal doctrines, institutions and legal reform. Classic cases taken from Anglo-American common law, with some consideration of civil law, along with more recent material, are used to illustrate the analysis. The book has a non-technical, built-in system designed to guide teaching as well as private study of the material. Professors and instructors teaching this growing field of inquiry as well as legal scholars interested in the influence of economics on American law, economists analyzing the incentive structure of legal systems and doctrines, public-policy students considering legal reform and judges and legal personnel seeking a succinct treatment of economics of law will be indebted to the author for this guide to Teaching Essentials of Law and Economics.

The Collected Essays of John Finnis - Volumes I-V (Multiple copy pack): John Finnis The Collected Essays of John Finnis - Volumes I-V (Multiple copy pack)
John Finnis
R4,168 Discovery Miles 41 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For over forty years John Finnis has pioneered the development of a new classical theory of natural law, a systematic philosophical explanation of human life that offers an integrated account of personal identity, practical reason, morality, political community, and law. The core of Finnis' theory, articulated in his seminal work Natural Law and Natural Rights, has profoundly influenced later work in the philosophy of law and practical reason, while his contributions to the ethical debates surrounding nuclear deterrence, abortion, and sexual morality have been a powerful, and controversial exposition of the practical implications of his theory of natural law. The Collected Essays of John Finnis brings together 122 papers. Thematically arranged, the five volumes provide ready access to his contributions across central areas of modern practical philosophy - the philosophy of practical reason; the philosophy of personal identity and intention; political philosophy; the philosophy of law; and the philosophy of revelation and the role of religion in public life. Fully cross-referenced, cross-indexed, and introduced by the author, the Collected Essays reveal the connections and coherence of the different branches of Finnis' work, showing the full picture of his philosophical contribution for the first time. Covering topics from the nature of divine revelation, the morality of abortion, to the adoption of Bills of Rights, the work in these volumes offer a unique insight into the intellectual currents and political debates that have transformed major areas of public morality and law over the last half century. Together with the new edition of Natural Law and Natural Rights, they will be an essential resource for all those engaged with the philosophy of law and broader questions in practical philosophy.

Paradigms in Modern European Comparative Law - A History (Hardcover): Balazs Fekete Paradigms in Modern European Comparative Law - A History (Hardcover)
Balazs Fekete
R2,692 Discovery Miles 26 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book uses the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn to provide a new vision of the development of European comparative law that will challenge and inspire scholars in the field. With the 'empathic' use of some ideas from Kuhn's theories on the history of science - paradigm, paradigm-shift, puzzle-solving research and incommensurability - the book rethinks the modern history of European comparative law from the late 19th century to the modern day. It argues that three major paradigms determine modern comparative law: - historical and comparative jurisprudence, - droit compare, and - post-World War II comparative law. It concludes that contemporary methodological trends are not signs of a paradigm-shift toward a postmodern and culturalist understanding of comparative law, but that the new approach spreads the idea of methodological plurality.

A Regulatory Framework for the Art Market? - Authenticity, Forgeries and the Role of Art Experts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023):... A Regulatory Framework for the Art Market? - Authenticity, Forgeries and the Role of Art Experts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Anna Bolz
R4,635 Discovery Miles 46 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book addresses practical issues in connoisseurship and authentication, as well as the legal implications that arise when an artwork's authenticity is challenged. In addition, the standards and processes of authentication are critically examined and the legal complications which can inhibit the expression of expert opinions are discussed. The notion of authenticity has always commanded the attention of art market participants and the general art-minded public alike. Coinciding with this, forgery is often considered to be the world's most glamorous crime, packed with detective stories that are usually astonishing and often bizarre. The research includes findings by economists, sociologists, art historians, lawyers, academics and practitioners, all of which yield insights into the mechanics and peculiarities of the art business and explain why it works so differently from other markets. However, this book will be of interest not only to academics, but to everyone interested in questions of authenticity, forgery and connoisseurship. At the same time, one of its main aims is to advocate best practices in the art market and to stress the importance of cooperation among all disciplines with a stake in it. The results are intended to offer guidance to art market stakeholders, legal practitioners and art historians alike, while also promoting mutual understanding and cooperation.

Judicial Decision-Making - Integrating Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Piotr Bystranowski,... Judicial Decision-Making - Integrating Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Piotr Bystranowski, Bartosz Janik, Maciej Prochnicki
R4,109 Discovery Miles 41 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book shares state-of-the-art insights on judicial decision-making from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. It offers in-depth coverage of the forefront of the field and reviews the most important issues and discussions connected with an empirical approach to judicial decision-making. It also addresses the challenges of judicial psychology to the ideal of rule of law and explores the promise and perils of applying artificial intelligence in law. In closing, it offers empirically-driven guidance on ways to improve the quality of legal reasoning.

In the shade of an African Baobab - Tom Bennett's legacy (Paperback): Christa Rautenbach In the shade of an African Baobab - Tom Bennett's legacy (Paperback)
Christa Rautenbach
R778 R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Save R75 (10%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

In the Shade of an African Baobab: Tom Bennett's Legacy is a collection of essays published to honour and thank Tom Bennett for his generous contribution to scholarly work over the years in the field of legal pluralism and African jurisprudence, as well as for his mentorship and friendship. The book brings together a collection of work by esteemed scholars from multidisciplinary fields, though the work is focused on aspects of law, culture and religion. The common thread through all the contributions is Tom. His scholarly influence, visible in each of the contributions, can be compared to the mighty Baobab tree: a large iconic, culturally important and majestic tree indigenous to Africa.

An Existential Phenomenology of Law: Maurice Merleau-Ponty (Hardcover, 1987 ed.): William S. Hamrick An Existential Phenomenology of Law: Maurice Merleau-Ponty (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)
William S. Hamrick
R3,020 Discovery Miles 30 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The following pages attempt to develop the main outlines of an existential phenomenology of law within the context of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phe nomenology of the social world. In so doing, the essay addresses the rather narrow scholarly question, If Merleau-Ponty had written a phenomenology of law, what would it have looked like? But this scholarly enterprise, although impeccable in itself, is also transcended by a more complicated concern for a very different sort of question. Namely, if Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological descriptions of the social world are correct-as I believe they largely are-then what are the philosophical consequences for an adequate understanding of law? Such a project may well occasion a certain surprise amongst observers of the contemporary philosophical landscape, at least in what concerns the terrain of continental thought, and for two different reasons. The first is that, although interest in Merleau-Ponty's work remains strong in the. United States and Can ada, his philosophical standing in his own country has been largely eclipsed by that of, first, his friend/estranged acquaintance, Jean-Paul Sartre; by various Marxist philosophies and critical social theories; and finally by those doing her meneutics of language. In my view, current neglect of Merleau-Ponty's thought in France is most regrettable."

Constitutional Reform and Brexit (Hardcover): Gary Wilson Constitutional Reform and Brexit (Hardcover)
Gary Wilson
R4,167 Discovery Miles 41 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the extent to which Brexit has impacted upon the operation of the British constitution, prompting in turn consideration of how some of the factors which contributed towards the outcome of the 2016 referendum, as well as the event of Brexit itself, might inform debates surrounding constitutional reform moving forward. The work seeks to make sense of the constitutional implications of Brexit and to revisit some of the key debates to have taken place in respect of particular constitutional reform proposals in order to assess the extent to which recent Brexit related developments inform the perspectives which are taken upon their merits and prospects. The book is divided into two parts. The first provides some context for the substantive treatment of the potential impact of Brexit on constitutional reform debates which is to be found in part two. Part two centres on various specific constitutional reform themes or issues, which are explored further within the context of Brexit. For each such issue, the main parameters of the debates which have taken place are sketched out before moving on to consider how it has informed, or may come to be informed, by the phenomenon of Brexit. By so doing, it looks to some future directions for constitutional reform which take account of the factors driving the discourses which gave rise to the referendum outcome and subsequent developments, as well as offering meaningful responses to these. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of constitutional law, constitutional politics, philosophy and history.

Sport, Law and Philosophy - The Jurisprudence of Sport (Hardcover): Miroslav Imbrisevic Sport, Law and Philosophy - The Jurisprudence of Sport (Hardcover)
Miroslav Imbrisevic
R4,169 Discovery Miles 41 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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Law as Passion - Systems Theory and Constitutional Theory in Peripheral Modernity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Miguel Nogueira de... Law as Passion - Systems Theory and Constitutional Theory in Peripheral Modernity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Miguel Nogueira de Brito, Carina Calabria, Fabio Portela L. Almeida
R4,585 Discovery Miles 45 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Inspired by the works of Professor Marcelo Neves, in this book colleagues come together to explore how their research has been influenced by non-European and post-colonial approaches. With a foreword by Karl-Heinz Ladeur, it features essays written by leading scholars in the fields of sociology of law and constitutional theory - including Hauke Brunkhorst, Dario Rodrigues, Kimmo Nuotio and Pablo Holmes. The content is divided into four sections, the first of which, "Law, State, and Global Crisis," covers topics related to the modern constitutional state, the crisis of global capitalism, and the global rule of law. The second, "Symbolic Constitutionalization," analyzes challenges to constitutionalism in the "Peripheral Modernity." The authors in the third section examine how the concept of "Transconstitutionalism" can shed new light on contemporary debates concerning global public law. In turn, the last section of the book, "Systems Theory and Public Law," addresses systems theory issues in the fields of legal history and administrative law. The book presents a relevant and original discussion encompassing such diverse fields as constitutional theory, international law, systems theory, and sociology of constitutions.

Brewing Legal Times - Things, Form, and the Enactment of Law (Hardcover): Emily Grabham Brewing Legal Times - Things, Form, and the Enactment of Law (Hardcover)
Emily Grabham
R1,730 Discovery Miles 17 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Much socio-legal scholarship assumes that even if experiences of law and time differ, people and laws exist within an overarching, shared timeframe. In Brewing Legal Times, Emily Grabham boldly departs from this assumption, drawing on perspectives from actor-network theory, feminist theory, and legal anthropology to advance our understanding of law and time. Grabham argues that human, material, and legal relationships constantly generate new temporalities because of human and nonhuman interactions. By engaging with the creative potential of "things" such as cells, viruses, reports, legal documents, and more, our understanding of law and time is subject to change. In challenging the scholarship on the materiality of time and law, Brewing Legal Times encourages us to confront the multiple and mundane ways in which time is enacted through legal networks.

Chinese Lawmaking: From Non-communicative to Communicative (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Peng He Chinese Lawmaking: From Non-communicative to Communicative (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Peng He
R3,809 R3,527 Discovery Miles 35 270 Save R282 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dr Peng He in her book addresses various issues, drawing on Western and Chinese sources for her argument for a 'communicative' theory of law making. This book is both timely and important in the Chinese context. Her argument depends upon the insight that what is important in societies is not just representative democracy but 'voice' - the opportunity for individuals to be heard and bring their input into official systems. More than that, she argues that this can also take further the idea of living by the rules as something that is not to be seen as narrow Legalism but as something more akin to living 'righteously' - a view which is resonant with parts of Chinese legal thought. This book is also important in the present Chinese context in another way. The developing economy necessitates substantial legal reform. But applying Western models to China can often be naive and not fully fulfil their intended purpose. Peng He's work addresses this by looking at the process of legislation in connection with legal reform. It is grounded in a sound theoretical reflection of both the process of legal transplantation and the process of law making, and looks both at Western and Chinese sources. Such an approach needs to draw from several intellectual traditions and it is this interdisciplinary, foundational research that is the task Dr He has set herself in her project. Her theory will provide an abstract theoretical framework that is sensitive to local conditions, while at the same time incorporating insights on law reform from a broad range of disciplines. Her research is of direct practical relevance for reforming the legislative process in China. --Professor Zenon Bankowski The University of Edinburgh

Evidence, Respect and Truth - Knowledge and Justice in Legal Trials (Hardcover): Liat Levanon Evidence, Respect and Truth - Knowledge and Justice in Legal Trials (Hardcover)
Liat Levanon
R3,197 Discovery Miles 31 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Can we rely solely on statistics when we judge what is true and just? This book takes a holistic approach to addressing this question. It considers the legal trial as its paradigmatic case study before analysing a wide range of different cases, including profiling, the use of algorithms to predict students' grades, and the authorisation of automated cars. The book suggests that when we make judgements about the truth or about justice, approximations are not good enough. Truth and justice are uncompromising. They must be so, because the value that underlies them both is respect; and respect takes no compromise. Thus, in the search for truth as in the search for justice, a body of evidence that imposes a statistical compromise will not do. Only evidence that in principle allows reaching the truth and doing justice is good evidence. Once such evidence has been traced, the burden is on us to make good use of the evidence and reach truth and justice. We might or might not succeed, but once we have done our best on evidence that allows success, our judgements are justified; and as such, they can resolve conflicts over the truth and over justice.

Analytical Legal Naturalism (Paperback): S. Zinaich Analytical Legal Naturalism (Paperback)
S. Zinaich
R1,043 Discovery Miles 10 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In legal jurisprudence, the phenomenon of "hard cases" presents itself as a dilemma between the legal positivists and the natural law realists. Of the former, without the metaphysical underpinnings of an objective legal or moral standard, the legal positivists cannot supply convincing arguments to supplant the sovereign as the origin and authority of law. The natural law realists face the problem of justifying the natural law. Against both views, S. Zinaich Jr. defends a middle position, Analytical Legal Naturalism (ALN). It represents an analytic norm, both necessarily true and known a posteriori. Against the legal positivists, it supplies an objective legal standard by removing--at least for hard cases--the necessity of the will of a sovereign authority. Against the natural law realists, ALN provides a nonmoral standard which, because of its analyticity and necessity, avoids the need for metaethical speculation. Finally, ALN provides a standard that not only supplies the universalizable punch to avoid political subjectivism, but does so in a conventional manner. Thus, ALN does not require a moral or modal reality as truth-making characteristics. Rather, it makes what is legally valuable or disvaluable dependent upon empirically verifiable facts that are legally relevant.

Lyrics in the Law - Music's Influence on America's Courts (Paperback): Mark W. Klingensmith Lyrics in the Law - Music's Influence on America's Courts (Paperback)
Mark W. Klingensmith
R1,146 Discovery Miles 11 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In addition to citing case law, Judges have traditionally used recognized legal maxims or treatise citations to support their rulings. But today's judiciary is becoming more apt to use pop culture, modern music, as well as humor in their decisions. This book gives examples of how songs and their lyrics have influenced judges, provided themes for their decisions, and helped make existing law more accessible to lay persons. Mark W. Klingensmith examines the clever ways judges have used them to enhance their judicial writings and how modern day musical lyrics that have effectively become recognized legal maxims by the courts. judicial writings.

Affect and Legal Education - Emotion in Learning and Teaching the Law (Paperback): Caroline Maughan, Paul Maharg Affect and Legal Education - Emotion in Learning and Teaching the Law (Paperback)
Caroline Maughan, Paul Maharg
R1,766 Discovery Miles 17 660 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The place of emotion in legal education is rarely discussed or analysed, and we do not have to seek far for the reasons. The difficulty of interdisciplinary research, the technicisation of legal education itself, the view that affect is irrational and antithetical to core western ideals of rationality - all this has made the subject of emotion in legal education invisible. Yet the educational literature on emotion proves how essential it is to student learning and to the professional lives of teachers. This text, the first full-length book study of the subject, seeks to make emotion a central topic of research for legal educators, and restore the power of emotion in our teaching and learning. Part 1 focuses on the contribution that neuroscience can make to legal learning, a theme that is carried through other chapters in the book. Part 2 explores the role of emotion in the working lives of academics and clinical staff, while Part 3 analyses the ways in which emotion can be used in learning and teaching. The book, interdisciplinary and wide-ranging in its reference, breaks new ground in its analysis of the educational lifeworld of situations, communities, actors and interactions in legal education.

Legal Intellectuals in Conversation - Reflections on the Construction of Contemporary American Legal Theory (Hardcover, New):... Legal Intellectuals in Conversation - Reflections on the Construction of Contemporary American Legal Theory (Hardcover, New)
James R. Hackney
R1,740 Discovery Miles 17 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this unique volume, James Hackney invites readers to enter the minds of 10 legal experts that in the late 20th century changed the way we understand and use theory in law today. True to the title of the book, Hackney spent hours in conversation with legal intellectuals, interviewing them about their early lives as thinkers and scholars, their contributions to American legal theory, and their thoughts regarding some fundamental theoretical questions in legal academe, particularly the law/politics debate. Legal Intellectuals in Conversation is a veritable "Who's Who" of legal thought, presented in a sophisticated yet intimate manner.

The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2010 Volume I (Hardcover): Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2010 Volume I (Hardcover)
Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo
R5,493 Discovery Miles 54 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2010 Volume II (Hardcover): Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2010 Volume II (Hardcover)
Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo
R5,496 Discovery Miles 54 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rethinking the Jurisprudence of Cyberspace (Paperback): Chris Reed, Andrew Murray Rethinking the Jurisprudence of Cyberspace (Paperback)
Chris Reed, Andrew Murray
R1,011 Discovery Miles 10 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Cyberspace is a difficult area for lawyers and lawmakers. With no physical constraining borders, the question of who is the legitimate lawmaker for cyberspace is complex. Rethinking the Jurisprudence of Cyberspace examines how laws can gain legitimacy in cyberspace and identifies the limits of the law?s authority in this space. Two key questions are central to the book: Who has authority to make laws within cyberspace and how do laws in cyberspace achieve legitimacy? Chris Reed and Andrew Murray answer these questions by examining the jurisprudential principles that explain law in the physical world and rethinking them for the cyberworld. In doing so they establish that cyberlaw is more similar to traditional law than previously thought, but that establishing legitimate authority is quite different. This book provides the first thorough examination of the jurisprudence of cyberspace law, asking why any law should be obeyed and how the rule of law is to be maintained there. Academics and researchers who are interested in the regulation of cyberspace will find this to be a compelling study. More broadly, it will appeal to those researching in the fields of transnational legal studies, jurisprudence and legal thought.

Developmental Local Government - A Case Study of South Africa (Paperback): Jaap De Visser Developmental Local Government - A Case Study of South Africa (Paperback)
Jaap De Visser
R1,956 Discovery Miles 19 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book concerns the role of the state in achieving development. In many developing countries conventional wisdom concluded that development is best achieved through a centralised development strategy. The failure of this centralised development strategy has brought about the emergence of decentralisation to local government as one of the means to turn the tide of underdevelopment. This book presents decentralisation not only as a manifestation of 'good governance', but also as an indispensable tool towards development. The central question, however, is the following: how should the transitional state convert this into constitutional and legal arrangements? The author proposes a model for capturing the developmental role of local government in institutional arrangements. The new design for local government, put forward in South Africa's 1997 Constitution, is based on the notion that local government should be the epicentre of development. This has prompted the author to use this South African concept as well as the first experiences with the implementation of the new local government dispensation as a case study.The importance of the book thus lies in the fact that it produces an institutional model for developmental local government that is not only based on development and decentralisation theories but is also tested in practice. It is hoped that those with an interest in the role of the state in development will find the arguments and conclusions useful. The book also provides a comprehensive overview of the South African design for local government, which is of interest to lawyers, policy makers and other parties involved in the implementation of the South African decentralisation strategy. Jaap de Visser teaches public law at the Law Faculty of Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Until the end of 2002, he worked as a researcher for the Community Law Centre (University of the Western Cape), specialising in local government law.

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