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  • The Social Contract Rediscovered

    Consent’s Onto-Epistemological Integrity in the Late 20th Century

    by Wenwei Guan ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Law
    The Social Contract Rediscovered conducts a critical analysis of the historical evolution of legitimacy, tracing its development from natural law to positive law and finally to post-modern critiques. It fills a scholarly gap by addressing the overlooked aspect of the consent process.The book begins with a recap of the historical development of social contract theory. It draws from a broad base of ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • WTO Jurisprudence

    Governments, Private Rights, and International Trade

    by Wenwei Guan ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Law
    This book offers a critical examination of the jurisprudence of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an emancipatory international social contract on trade.The book suggests that the WTO is an international organization built and operating on member states’ attribution of authority through consent with legislative, administrative, and adjudicative functions – three functions in one triune ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Intellectual Property Theory and Practice

    A Critical Examination of China’s TRIPS Compliance and Beyond

    by Wenwei Guan ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book explains China’s intellectual property perspective in the context of European theories, through a critical examination of intellectual property theory and practice focused on China’s compliance with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The author’s critical review of contemporary intellectual property philosophy suggests that justifying ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Origin of Copyright

    Expression as Knowing in Being and Copyright Onto-Epistemology

    by Wenwei Guan ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Legal Philosophy
    Contemporary copyright was born in a heroic era of human history when technologies facilitated idea dissemination through the book trade reaching out mass readership. This book provides insights on the copyright evolution and how proprietary individual expression’s copyright protection forms an integral part of our knowing in being, driven by the advances of technology through the proliferating ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

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  • The Moral Foundations of Politics

    by Ian Shapiro ...
    When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? Ian Shapiro explores this most enduring of political dilemmas in this innovative and engaging book. Building on his highly popular Yale courses, Professor Shapiro evaluates the main contending accounts of the sources of political legitimacy. Starting with theorists of the Enlightenment, he examines the arguments put ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Open Democracy

    Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century

    by Hélène Landemore ...
    "Open Democracy envisions what true government by mass leadership could look like."—Nathan Heller, New YorkerHow a new model of democracy that opens up power to ordinary citizens could strengthen inclusiveness, responsiveness, and accountability in modern societiesTo the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Idea of Human Rights

    by Charles R. Beitz ...
    The international doctrine of human rights is one of the most ambitious parts of the settlement of World War II. Since then, the language of human rights has become the common language of social criticism in global political life. This book is a theoretical examination of the central idea of that language, the idea of a human right. In contrast to more conventional philosophical studies, the ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Democracy When the People Are Thinking

    Revitalizing Our Politics Through Public Deliberation

    by James S. Fishkin ...
    Democracy requires a connection to the 'will of the people'. What does that mean in a world of 'fake news', relentless advocacy, dialogue mostly among the like-minded, and massive spending to manipulate public opinion? What kind of opinion can the public have under such conditions? What would democracy be like if the people were really thinking in depth about the policies they must live with? If ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Theories of International Relations

    by Dr. Richard Devetak, Jacqui True ...
    This introductory textbook on international relations theory brings together a selection of leading experts to offer an unparalleled insight into the main paradigms and latest developments in the discipline.Presenting a full range of theories, from realism and liberalism to institutionalism and green theory, the sixth edition of this book has been extensively revised to offer a more global ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Legal Literacy

    An Introduction to Legal Studies

    by Archie Zariski ...
    Series series OPEL (Open Paths to Enriched Learning)
    To understand how the legal system works, students must consider the law in terms of its structures, processes, language, and modes of thought and argument—in short, they must become literate in the field. Legal Literacy fulfills this aim by providing a foundational understanding of key concepts such as legal personhood, jurisdiction, and precedent, and by introducing students to legal research ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • A Politics of Patent Law

    Crafting the Participatory Patent Bargain

    by Kali Murray ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
    There has been much written on the impact of international treaties like the Trade Related Aspects on Intellectual Property (TRIPS), which laments the failure of patent systems to respond to the interests of a diverse set of non-profit, public interest, and non-corporate entities. This book examines how patent law can accommodate what James Boyle terms a "politics", that is, "a conceptual map of ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century

    An Introduction

    Edited by Martin Griffiths ...
    International relations theory has been the site of intense debate in recent years. A decade ago it was still possible to divide the field between three main perspectives – Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism. Not only have these approaches evolved in new directions, they have been joined by a number of new ‘isms’ vying for attention, including feminism and constructivism.International Relations ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD