Law's ethical, global, and theoretical contexts essays in honour of William Twining - Twining, William 1934-; Baxi, Upendra; McCrudden, Christopher; Paliwala, Abdul (Cambridge [UK] Cambridge University Press, 2015)
An intellectual journey with William Twining : an interview (Manuel Atienza -- and Raymundo Gama) -- Resituating Twining's discovery of Bentham's fragment on 'torture' amidst the 21st century ce 'terror wars' (Upendra Baxi) -- Human rights and traditional values (Christopher McCrudden) -- Southern voices in transitional justice : a critical reflection on human rights and transition" (Fionnuala Ni Aolain) -- Human rights and Latin American southern voices (Oscar Guardiola-Rivera) -- Towards a socio-legal theory of indignation (Boaventura de Sousa Santos) -- Towards a cosmopolitan pluralist theory of constitutionalism (Gavin W Anderson) -- The state and constitutionalism in post-colonial societies in Africa (Yash Ghai -- and Jill Cottrell) -- Comparative law, rights, and the environment (John McEldowney) -- Homage and heresy from a licensed subversive : theorising paradigm change in transnational economic regulation (Jane Kelsey) -- Digital thoughtways : technology, jurisprudence, and global justice (Abdul -- Paliwala) -- Twining on Llewellyn and legal realism (Fred Schauer) -- Theorizing as activity : transnational legal theory in context (Peer -- Zumbansen) -- Does global legal pluralism need a concept of law? (Roger Cotterrell) -- How to do things with legislation, or, 'everything depends on the context' (David Miers) -- How to do things with standards (Jeremy Waldron) -- Glimmers of an awakening within analytical jurisprudence (Brian Z. Tamanaha).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Twining, William -- 1934-.; Law -- Philosophy; Law and ethics; Law -- Moral and ethical aspects; Law -- Interpretation and construction; Human rights; Constitutional law