Overview
- Compares European and American viewpoints
- Considers the practical applications of the value of autonomy
- Clarifies the conception of autonomy in the law
Part of the book series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 1)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Autonomy in the Law considers one of the most important benefits of the rule of law. Juxtaposing European and American conceptions of autonomy in the law of families, capital punishment and, criminal trials reveals the common values that justify all legal systems. Law protects the autonomy of individuals and associations by defending the boundaries of their own self-rule. This book illuminates the fundamental purpose of law by examining how European and American lawyers, judges and citizens do and should apply legal autonomy to the practical circumstances of litigation, legislation and the law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Autonomy in the Law
Editors: Mortimer Sellers
Series Title: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6490-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8284-9Published: 27 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6489-0Published: 19 September 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6490-6Published: 30 August 2007
Series ISSN: 1534-6781
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9902
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 179
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy, general, Fundamentals of Law, Public International Law