Featured Books in Law and Philosophy

The following is a selection of recent books published by faculty at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in the area of Law and Philosophy.

	Kant and the Law of War Arthur Ripstein Oxford University Press, 2021 ISBN: 9780197604205 Offers a major intervention into just war theory, building upon Kantian foundations to develop a political/legal reconceptualization of the duties of the state and the norms governing war. Publisher's web page
	Rules for Wrongdoers: Law, Morality, War Arthur Ripstein and Edited by Saira Mohamed Oxford University Press, 2021 ISBN: 9780197553978 First book to bring Kant's political philosophy into discussion with just war theory. Publisher's web page
	Jurisdictional Exceptionalisms: Islamic Law, International Law and Parental Child Abduction (Law in Context) Anver Emon and Urfan Khaliq Cambridge University Press, 2021 ISBN: 978-1108837255 Jurisdictional Exceptionalisms examines the legal issues associated with a parent's forced removal of their children to reside in another country following relationship dissolution or divorce. Publisher's web page
	Faces of Inequality: A Theory of Wrongful Discrimination (Oxford Legal Philosopies) by Sophia Moreau Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN: 978-0190927301 This book defends an original and pluralist theory of when and why discrimination wrongs people. Publisher's web page
	The Owl and the Rooster: Hegel's Transformative Political Science Alan Brudner Cambridge University Press, 2017 ISBN: 9781107197541 This book presents a faithful, non-deflationary reading of Hegel's political thought that is nevertheless clear and free of his forbidding language. Publisher's web page
	Private Wrongs Arthur Ripstein Harvard University Press, 2016 ISBN 9780674659803 Tort law can seem puzzling: sometimes people are made to pay damages when they are barely or not at fault, while at other times serious losses go uncompensated. In this pioneering book, Arthur Ripstein brings coherence and unity to the baffling diversity of tort law in an original theory that is philosophically grounded and analytically powerful. Publisher's web page
	From Recognition to Reconciliation Patrick Macklem and Douglas Sanderson, editors University of Toronto Press, 2016 ISBN: 9781442628854 More than thirty years ago, section 35 of the Constitution Act recognized and affirmed “the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada.” In From Recognition to Reconciliation, twenty leading scholars reflect on the continuing transformation of the constitutional relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state. Publisher's web page
	Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Law David Dyzenhaus and Malcolm Thorburn, editors Oxford University Press, 2016 ISBN: 9780198754527 In a collection of essays bringing together scholars from several constitutional systems and disciplines, Philosophical Foundations of Constitutional Law unites the debate in a study of the philosophical issues at the very foundations of the idea of a constitution. Publisher's web page
	The Sovereignty of Human Rights Patrick Macklem Oxford University Press, 2015 ISBN: 978-0-19-026731-5 The Sovereignty of Human Rights advances a legal theory of international human rights that defines their nature and purpose in relation to the structure and operation of international law. Publisher's web page
	What's Wrong with Copying? Abraham Drassinower Harvard University Press, 2015 ISBN: 9780674743977 Challenging this widely accepted view, What’s Wrong with Copying? disentangles copyright theory from its focus on the economic value of an authored work as a commodity or piece of property. In his analysis of copyright doctrine, Abraham Drassinower frames an author’s work as a communicative act and asserts that copyright infringement is best understood as an unauthorized appropriation of another person’s speech. Publisher's web page
	The Politics of Citizenship in Immigrant Democracies: The Experience of the United States, Canada and Australia Ayelet Shachar and Geoffrey Brahm Levey, editors Routledge, 2015 ISBN: 9781138886247 This book brings together scholars from various disciplines to explore current issues and trends in the rethinking of migration and citizenship from the perspective of three major immigrant democracies – Australia, Canada, and the United States. Publisher's web page
	Private Law and the Rule of Law Lisa Austin and Dennis Klimchuk, editors Oxford University Press, 2014 ISBN: 978-0-19-872932-7 The rule of law is widely perceived to be a public law doctrine, concerned with the way in which governmental authority conforms to the dictates of law. The goal of this book is to challenge this presumption. The chapters in this volume all consider the idea that the rule of law concerns the nature of law generally and the conditions under which any relationship - that among citizens as well as that between citizens and the state - becomes subject to law. Publisher's web page
	Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue Anver Emon Oxford University Press, 2014 ISBN: 978-0-19-870660-1 This book is an examination of natural law doctrine, rooted in the classical writings of our respective three traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic. Each of the authors provides an extensive essay reflecting on natural law doctrine in his tradition. Publisher's web page
	Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law Edited by Sophia Moreau and Deborah Hellman Oxford University Press, 2014 ISBN: 9780199664313 This volume takes a fresh look at the philosophy of discrimination law, identifying points of discussion in need of further study. It addresses how we are to understand and justify laws prohibiting discrimination. Publisher's web page
	The Unity of the Common Law Second edition Alan Brudner Oxford University Press, 2013 ISBN: 9780199592807 This thoroughly revised and rewritten edition of Alan Brudner's classic contribution to the theory of private law develops an account of private law that overturns the traditional divide between functionalism and formalism in explaining and justifying the law. Publisher's web page
	Corrective Justice Ernest J. Weinrib Oxford University Press, 2012 ISBN: 9780199660643 This work from one of the world's pre-eminent legal philosophers presents a major development of his central ideas. It develops a unifying account of the foundations of private law grounded in the major doctrines of tort, contract, property, unjust enrichment, and remedies - deepening the understanding of the law. Publisher's web page