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"What can and can't be copied is a matter of law, but also of aesthetics, culture, and economics. The act of copying, and the creation and transaction of rights relating to it, evokes fundamental notions of communication and censorship, of authorship and ownership—of privilege and property. This volume conceives a new history of copyright law that has its roots in a wide range of norms and practices. The essays reach back to the very material world of craftsmanship and mechanical inventions of Renaissance Italy where, in 1469, the German master printer Johannes of Speyer obtained a five-year exclusive privilege to print in Venice and its dominions. Along the intellectual journey that follows, we encounter John Milton who, in 1644 accused the English parliament of having been deceived by the 'fraud of some old patentees and monopolizers in the trade of bookselling' (i.e. the London Stationers' Company). Later revisionary essays investigate the regulation of the printing press in the North American colonies as a provincial and somewhat crude version of European precedents, and how, in the revolutionary France of 1789, the subtle balance that the royal decrees had established between the interests of the author, the bookseller, and the public, was shattered by the abolition of the privilege system. Some of the essays also address the specific evolution of rights associated with the visual and performing arts."--Publisher's website.

Book history --- Industrial and intellectual property --- privileges [permissions] --- copyright --- 347.78 --- 347.78 Auteursrecht --- Auteursrecht --- Copyright --- History. --- law --- book history --- cultural studies --- legal history --- intellectual property --- creative commons --- copyright history --- public domain --- john milton --- aesthetics --- copyright law --- patent --- censorship --- Monopoly

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The debate over the foundations and boundaries of freedom of speech, once a matter of balancing the individual rights of unpopular speakers against broader social interests, took on a new shape in the 1980s when feminists began to advocate restrictions on pornography and critical race theorists to advocate restriction of certain kinds of hate speech. These challenges to traditional liberalism brought into sharp focus the issues of why we value free speech and how much weight it should be given against competing values. Difficult as it is to resolve these issues domestically, we now face new challenges arising from the increasingly rapid dissemination of information across international borders in an atmosphere of considerable political tension. The riots in response to the publication of Danish cartoons ridiculing Mohammed and the death threats against Salman Rushdie indicate how dramatically the stakes have been raised. At the same time, there is increased concern over discriminatory treatment of sexual minorities, Muslims, and immigrants. Against this background, the essays in this volume seek to illuminate why we value freedom of speech and expression and how this freedom can be weighed against other values, such as multicultural sensitivity, the rights of racial and sexual minorities, and the prevention of violence, both domestically and internationally.

Freedom of speech. --- Freedom of speech --- Legal polycentricity --- Human Rights --- Philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Law, Politics & Government --- Freedom of expression. --- Expression, Freedom of --- Free expression --- Liberty of expression --- Law. --- Political science. --- Political philosophy. --- Law --- Constitutional law. --- Human rights. --- Human Rights. --- Law, general. --- Philosophy of Law. --- Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. --- Constitutional Law. --- Political Philosophy. --- Philosophy. --- Civil rights --- Philosophy of law. --- Political science --- Political philosophy --- Constitutional law --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Constitutions --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Interpretation and construction --- Law—Philosophy. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- History. --- Legal history --- History and criticism

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In recent years, justice-related issues have figured prominently on the international agenda. This expansion of the justice space is a product of a growing demand for accountability in world politics. Whether the issue is addressing heinous crimes such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in situations of armed conflict, confronting the inability or reluctance of governments to protect their own populations, or responding to the challenges posed by transnational terrorism, the international community has witnessed the proliferation of institutions and mechanisms, as well as the dynamic interplay between domestic and international processes, in the pursuit of justice-sensitive outcomes. International and hybrid tribunals, UN-led and domestic counter-terrorist initiatives, and the use of force for human protection purposes have demarcated the space within which ethical, political, and legal debates have unfolded in the quest for a more humane world order. In International Criminal Justice: Legal and Theoretical Perspectives, the authors address some of the most important debates surrounding key mechanisms and processes involved in this quest, and assess the merits of contending approaches to the promotion of international justice norms. This volume will contribute to the ongoing debate on the challenges, as well as opportunities, facing the justice agenda in its effort to shape developments in an increasingly interdependent world. .

Criminal procedure (International law). --- International criminal law --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Law, Politics & Government --- Social Sciences --- Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency --- Law, General & Comparative --- Criminal law, International --- ICL (International criminal law) --- Law. --- Law --- Criminology and Criminal Justice. --- Criminology and Criminal Justice, general. --- Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. --- Law, general. --- Philosophy. --- Criminology. --- Crime --- Social sciences --- Criminals --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Study and teaching --- Law—Philosophy. --- Social sciences.

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This book discusses legality, one of the four main principles of criminal law, and is divided into six parts, according to the scientific understanding of this key concept. Chapter 1 explores the relation between legality and the general theory of criminal law in the context of the structure and development of legality in human society. This chapter also outlines the four secondary principles of legality and describes them in general terms. Chapters 2-5 discuss in detail each of the four secondary principles (Legitimate Sources of the Criminal Norm; Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Time; Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Place; and Interpretation of the Criminal Norm). Finally, Chapter 6 rounds out the discussion by addressing the problem of the conflict of laws.

Criminal jurisdiction. --- Criminal law. --- International crimes. --- International criminal courts. --- Criminal law --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law, General & Comparative --- Philosophy --- Criminal procedure --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Crime --- Crimes and misdemeanors --- Criminals --- Law, Criminal --- Penal codes --- Penal law --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law. --- Law --- International criminal law. --- International Criminal Law. --- Criminal Law. --- Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. --- Philosophy. --- Pleas of the crown --- Public law --- International Criminal Law . --- Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law. --- Law—Philosophy. --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Criminal law, International --- ICL (International criminal law) --- International law --- Criminal jurisdiction --- International crimes

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Legal theory, political sciences, sociology, philosophy, logic, artificial intelligence: there are many approaches to legal argumentation. Each of them provides specific insights into highly complex phenomena. Different disciplines, but also different traditions in disciplines (e.g. analytical and continental traditions in philosophy) find here a rare occasion to meet. The present book contains contributions, both historical and thematic, from leading researchers in several of the most important approaches to legal rationality. One of the main issues is the relation between logic and law: the way logic is actually used in law, but also the way logic can make law explicit. An outstanding group of philosophers, logicians and jurists try to meet this issue. The book is more than a collection of papers. However different their respective conceptual tools may be, the authors share a common conception: legal argumentation is a specific argumentation context.

Argumentation. --- Language and logic -- Congresses. --- Law -- Methodology -- Congresses. --- Logic -- Congresses. --- Law --- Philosophy & Religion --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law, General & Comparative --- Philosophy --- Methodology --- Sociological jurisprudence. --- Rationalism. --- Philosophy. --- Law. --- Political science. --- Logic. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. --- History of Philosophy. --- Political Science. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Jurisprudence --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Religion --- Belief and doubt --- Deism --- Free thought --- Realism --- Law and society --- Society and law --- Sociology of law --- Sociology --- Law and the social sciences --- Philosophy (General). --- Artificial Intelligence. --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Argumentation --- Deduction (Logic) --- Deductive logic --- Dialectic (Logic) --- Logic, Deductive --- Intellect --- Psychology --- Science --- Reasoning --- Thought and thinking --- Law—Philosophy. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Legislation --- History. --- Legal history --- History and criticism