Advanced Introduction to Private Law Theory
Hanoch Dagan

‘Hanoch Dagan is one of the gurus of modern private law theory. This is an impressive book on an important topic by one of the most erudite and skilled exponents of it. The fact that Dagan also brings an immense humanity and a generosity of spirit only helps his treatment of this topic. I am in awe.’

– Mitu Gulati, University of Virginia, USA

Instructors, access your examination copy and discover why our Advanced Introductions are a popular choice for course adoption. Also available for your library through the Advanced Introductions to Law online resource.

Morality in the Unitary Patent System
A Universal Method of Legal Interpretation
Joanna Wisniowska

‘We live in fascinating times, as a unique legal system with a distinct structure unfolds before our eyes - posing both challenges and opportunities for IP scholars. Joanna Wiśniowska tackles the morality clause in patent law with an incisive and methodical approach, turning it into a springboard for a bold and original interpretative framework.’

– Anna Tischner, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Research Handbook on Epistemologies of Law
Edited by Luca Siliquini-Cinelli and Joshua Neoh

‘Siliquini-Cinelli and Neoh’s Research Handbook on Epistemology of Law contains chapters authored by researchers keen on, and capable of, bridging the disciplinary boundaries and going beyond the approaches associated with the traditional schools of legal thought. Anyone interested in the epistemological dimension of legal systems and practices should read this engaging, intriguing, comprehensive, and insightful collection.’

– Stefano Bertea, University of Messina, Italy

Research Handbook on Law and Systems Theory 
Edited by Ralf Rogowski

This Research Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the significance of systems theory for analysing law in modern society. Expert contributors examine key theoretical developments and core approaches to systems theory, illustrating the strengths of this transdisciplinary theoretical framework across research fields and areas of law.

Research Handbook on Legal Argumentation
Edited by Luís Duarte d’Almeida, Ruth Chang, Lilian Bermejo-Luque, Euan MacDonald and Fábio Perin Shecaira

‘This Handbook provides a tremendously valuable and wide-ranging exploration of the nature of legal argumentation, its aims, constraints, and techniques. The wide range of contributors from common law and civil law jurisdictions adds a critically valuable range of perspectives and intellectual resources. The volume will serve as an essential resource for advanced researchers and a helpful guide to the subject for beginning scholars. Moreover, the clear and accessible writing will engage legal practitioners and promote reflection on the arguments they routinely offer in their everyday legal practice.’

– Michelle Madden Dempsey, Villanova University, USA

Research Handbook on Law, Governance and Bioethics
Edited by Deryck Beyleveld, Roger Brownsword and Marcus Düwell

‘Handbooks tend to be outdated when they appear. This Handbook is different. It courageously faces the challenges of the future of biomedicine and deploys the options open to national and international legal systems to deal with them.’

– Dieter Birnbacher, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany

Laws of Caring
The Right to Marry Defended
Bartosz Biskup

‘In Laws of Caring, Bartosz Biskup offers an important and valuable challenge to conventional ways of thinking about marriage. Biskup’s provocative proposal is that justice requires us to rethink marriage, to reframe it as an institution less focused on romantic love and more broadly focused on all adult relationships of care and vulnerability.’

– Brian H. Bix, University of Minnesota, USA

Human Rights and other International Law
Priorities, Conflict and Possible Convergence
Tom Hadden, Emeritus Professor, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

‘Tom Hadden has written a provocative and compelling book that forces the reader to reckon with multiple global challenges and asks fundamental questions about how well equipped human rights is to deal with them. From pandemics, to conflict, and water rights to self-determination Hadden pulls apart the core of the human rights field and offers genuinely new thinking. This is a fresh and compelling vision on how to advance human rights in an age of challenge.’

– Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons), University of Minnesota Law School, USA

Ethics of Institutional Beliefs
From Theoretical to Empirical
Edited by Adam Dyrda, Maciej Juzaszek, Bartosz Biskup and Cuizhu Wang   

‘This is a terrific and timely contribution to the study of institutional beliefs. It is a success in interdisciplinarity, which integrates ethics and epistemology; historical and modern perspectives; and empirical and theoretical methods. I highly recommend this volume both to those seeking an introduction to the philosophy of institutional beliefs and specialists interested in the most cutting-edge debates, including those within experimental jurisprudence.’

– Kevin Tobia, Georgetown University, USA

Journal of Legal Philosophy

The Journal of Legal Philosophy is an international journal publishing theoretical work relating to law and legal studies. It continues the Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy, which has been published continuously for more than 30 years. The journal aims to be inclusive, innovative and socially engaged. Its main focus is on legal philosophy or jurisprudence, but it also publishes work in ethical, political and social theory that considers questions relevant to law.