.... Therefore, the CRPD is a unique treaty that heralds a new queer rights era. convention on the rights of persons with disabilities disabilities queer legal theory crip theory interpretation of rights Ishay begins their account of the history of human rights by defining rights as ‘held by individuals...

.... Third, it proposes a political approach to the debate, advancing a framework to explore the intricate links between these legal fields. labour rights human rights politicization social justice political economy critical legal theory The shift towards human rights represents a significant area...

... deterred since it internalises criminal sanctions as costs. criminal law artificial intelligence legal theory law and economics deterrence responsibility Machines powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly integrated in our society, taking over tasks once performed directly...

.... Paradoxically, the route to a more universal international law requires us first to understand the ways in which it is plural. British tradition common law Corfu Channel self-defence international legal theory One of the contemporary challenges for those engaging with international law is to understand its...

... of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Some recent work in legal theory argues that legal questions boil down to moral...

... digital assets are getting more and more significant in the contemporary world. Entry into force of legal regulations in this area should be preceded by creation of legal theory of digital succession. Therefore, it is necessary to consider fundamental principles of digital asset inheritance system...

... for determining what we owe each other in different spheres of interaction, and propose how this might illume certain questions of private law theory. Interpersonal justice private law legal theory In the battle for the soul of private law, one principal flashpoint has been the citadel of ‘interpersonal...

..., allowing the values underpinning the historical conception of love to continue to influence the law. human rights family law immigration law love sexuality legal theory The constancy of love as a theme in music and literature shows its importance to us. Human rights recognise and protect our equal...

...Javier Gallego Broadly speaking, then, both Raz and Dyzenhaus believe that legal theory should reconstruct law as institutional action morally justifiable to each person. But at the same time, Dyzenhaus believes that Raz did not push this idea of justifiability far enough. The idea that law’s...

... in relation to areas of law as such. special jurisprudence areas of law philosophical foundations legal theory Legal theorists, for the most part, used to confine themselves to the enterprise of understanding the nature of law and related phenomena generally. Only relatively recently has...

... the legal persons, by preventing the attribution of any other rights and obligations to these persons and, finally, by tracing who is ultimately addressed by the relevant rights and obligations. legal theory public law positivism Kelsen comparative law In 2014, the New Zealand Parliament adopted...

... of law remains. normativity practical reasoning legal theory jurisprudence legal philosophy Raz Let me tell you something you probably already know: most articles with a yes/no question in their title give a negative answer. This paper is no exception. In Legal Directives and Practical...

... textuality and the distinct types of dualism they reveal, this article makes a plea for a greater embrace of international poetics by international lawyers, and thus for a complete remoulding of international lawyers’ dualist patterns of thought. international law international legal theory interpretation...

... presented at the Cambridge Forum for Legal and Political Philosophy, the Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group, and the Jurisprudence Discussion Group in Oxford. I am grateful to the conveners and the participants for their helpful feedback, and owe special thanks to Tom Adams, John Adenitire, Trevor...

... that such criminalisation individualises, differentiates and instrumentalises the regulatory subject, placing them outwith the bounds of civic equality as established by the Rule of Law. ad hominem criminalisation Rule of Law legal theory knife crime regulation Arts and Humanities Research Council 10.13039...

... bellum war international legal theory compliance The UN Charter turned 75 this year. When it was signed in the final months of World War II, it was an absolute game-changer for the jus ad bellum—the body of international law that governs when states may use force across national borders...

... and participants at the University of Melbourne legal theory workshop, the Global Perspectives on Fiduciary Law conference held at IDC Herzliya and the ninth annual meeting of the Association of Law, Property, and Society, held at the University of Maastricht, for comments on an earlier draft, as well...

... engendered by repeated enactments of these deeply engrained juridical juxtapositions. This analysis provides an innovative, relational understanding of international law with analytical value beyond the scope of this particular debate. World Bank human rights performativity Socio-Legal Theory Throughout...

... choose; everyone could rationally choose a rule placing the burden of risk for mistake with payees, if that rule does not make any such payee worse off than she was prior to the impugned transaction. unjust enrichment restitution private law legal theory contractualism For three decades, much...