The powerful private sectors of the world economy remain unconstrained by fundamental constitutional rules, leading to human rights abuses on a massive scale. This book examines how the values of constitutional governance can be applied to the private sphere in the modern world, through a network of constitutional fragments.
Offering a comprehensive overview of Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, this book guides readers through a diverse range of legal perspectives. It covers both traditional theories like Natural Law and contemporary approaches including Feminist Theory, Economic Analysis of Law, and Foucault's insights on law. The structured course of study is designed to make complex concepts accessible, making it an ideal resource for those seeking to understand the evolution and breadth of legal thought.
The first English-language collection of the work of one of Europe's top legal sociologists, introducing his influential theories of societal constitutionalism and legal autopoiesis. -- .
Over the last two decades, and in the wake of increases in recorded crime and other social changes, British criminal justice policy has become increasingly politicised as an index of governments' competence. New and worrying developments, such as the inexorable rise of the US prison population and the rising force of penal severity, seem unstoppable in the face of popular anxiety about crime. But is this inevitable? Nicola Lacey argues that harsh 'penal populism' is not the inevitable fate of all contemporary democracies. Notwithstanding a degree of convergence, globalisation has left many of the key institutional differences between national systems intact, and these help to explain the striking differences in the capacity for penal tolerance in otherwise relatively similar societies. Only by understanding the institutional preconditions for a tolerant criminal justice system can we think clearly about the possible options for reform within particular systems.