 | Legal Symbolism: On Law, Time and European Identity Subjects: Law; Politics & International Relations; European (EC) Law; European Politics; Jurisprudence & General Issues; Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law; Jirà Pribán's book contributes to the field of systems theory of law in the context of European legal and political integration and constitution-making. It puts recent European legislative efforts and policies, especially the EU enlargement process, in the context of legal theory and philosophy. Furthermore, the author shows that the system of positive law has a symbolic meaning, reflecting how it also contributes to the semantics of political identity, democratic power and moral values, as well as the complex relations between law, politics and morality. Jirà Pribán is Professor of Law at Cardiff University Law School, UK. He has published extensively in the areas of sociology of law, legal philosophy, constitutional and European comparative law, and theory of human rights. |
