Time, Law, and Legal History – Some Observations and Considerations

Andreas Thier Time , Law , and Legal History – Some Observations and Considerations

This essay addresses perceptions of time and temporality in legal rules and in legal knowledge under changing historical conditions. The first section treats the ongoing »temporal turn« in current debates (I). The second section discusses the notions of time in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (II): Since the late 19th century, the perception of time has undergone a fundamental change. Contra...

Sports Law: Some Introductory Considerations

With the rise of importance of sport as a social phenomenon in recent decades, more public attention has been paid to the issue of the legal nature of the rules governing social relations in sports. The issue raised above are only a part of a much broader topic that involves questions of relations of a classical Westphalian state and changes in the international community as well as issues of t...

Legal Consciousness: Some Observations

This article argues that US studies of ‘legal consciousness’ have much to o¡er UK socio-legal studies. It is, perhaps, surprising that so little attention has been paid to this set of understandings. I seek to rectify that imbalance in the transatlantic relationship by outlining legal consciousness and its critiques. I then draw on homelessness applicant interview data to discuss their ‘legal c...

Natural Law and the Law of Nations: Some Theoretical Considerations

I will argue here that the law of nations, the jus gentium, in fact lies at the heart of many crucial modern social and political issues. NATURAL LAW AND THE LAW OF NATIONS: SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS James V Schall, S.J. * Adjus gentium pertinent ea quae derivantur ex lege naturae sicut conclusiones ex principiis, ut justae emptiones, venditiones, et alia hujusmodi, sine quibus homines ad...

"Naturalization" and Naturalization Law: Some Empirical Observations