Jurisdiction

by Shaunnagh Dorsett and Shaun McVeigh

Book Overview

This book takes its cue from the observation that jurisdiction - as the speech of law - articulates or proclaims law. Without jurisdiction the law would be speechless, without authority and authorisation. So too would be critics who approach the law or want to live lawfully. As a field of legal knowledge and legal practice, jurisdiction is concerned with the modes of authority and the manner of the authorisation of law. It encompasses the broadest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415471656
• ISBN13: 9780415471657
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"