It is commonly believed that international law originated in relations among European states that respected one another as free and equal. In fact, as Jennifer Pitts shows, international law was forged at least as much through Europeans’ domineering relations with non-European states and empires, leaving a legacy still visible in the unequal structures of today’s international ...(展开全部)

It is commonly believed that international law originated in relations among European states that respected one another as free and equal. In fact, as Jennifer Pitts shows, international law was forged at least as much through Europeans’ domineering relations with non-European states and empires, leaving a legacy still visible in the unequal structures of today’s international ...(展开全部)

Nearly twenty years after its original publication, The Idea of Private Law is widely recognized as a seminal contribution to legal philosophy, and one of the leading attempts to explain and justify the moral foundations of private law. Rejecting the functionalism popular among legal scholars, Ernest Weinrib advances the provocative idea that private law is an autonomous and no...(展开全部)

Nearly twenty years after its original publication, The Idea of Private Law is widely recognized as a seminal contribution to legal philosophy, and one of the leading attempts to explain and justify the moral foundations of private law. Rejecting the functionalism popular among legal scholars, Ernest Weinrib advances the provocative idea that private law is an autonomous and no...(展开全部)

The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to consider returning to a traditional American judicial-legislative balance in which courts would enlarge the common law and would also decide when a rule of law has seen its day and should be revised.

盖多·卡拉布雷西，1932年生于意大利米兰，后随父母移居美国。早年求学于耶鲁大学和牛津大学，曾任《耶鲁法学》编辑和美国联邦最高法院胡果·布莱克大法官的秘书。1959年起执教于耶鲁大学法学院，1985年起任院长。1994年被任命为联邦第二巡回上诉法院法官。

盖多·卡拉布雷西，1932年生于意大利米兰，后随父母移居美国。早年求学于耶鲁大学和牛津大学，曾任《耶鲁法学》编辑和美国联邦最高法院胡果·布莱克大法官的秘书。1959年起执教于耶鲁大学法学院，1985年起任院长。1994年被任命为联邦第二巡回上诉法院法官。

The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to consider returning to a traditional American judicial-legislative balance in which courts would enlarge the common law and would also decide when a rule of law has seen its day and should be revised.

汉斯·凯尔森（Hans Kelsen，1881～1973），出生于布拉格，原籍奥地利。1911年起任教于维也纳大学，曾参加1920年奥地利共和国宪法的起草。1920～1930年任奥地利最高宪法法院法官。1940年开始流亡美国，后加入美国籍。先后在哈佛大学和加利福尼亚大学执教。他的著作丰富，曾被译成二十多种语言。