A convention and community center for Austin, Texas

Abstract Written by a recognised leader in the field, this work provides the only specialised commentary on the Paris Convention and its associated agreements. Profe...

A game-theoretic analysis of convention is developed that is sufficiently general to characterize conventions of justice where agents’ interest can diverge, especially conventions ...

Explains why it is a mistake to think of Austin as an anti-philosopher; lays out what Austin had to say about the nature of knowledge; shows how Austin sought to reconcile his fall...

Abstract This collection of essays by his friends and colleagues honours Sir Peter North's remarkable career and outstanding contribution to private international...

A Documentary History This book is the first detailed and comprehensive analysis of the history of the Cape Town Convention and its protocols. It critically engages with ...

Argues that, far from presenting an insurmountable obstacle to the project of constructive epistemology, the deployment of Austin’s requirement of fidelity enables us to find new s...

Explains what it is about the foregoing two chapters that makes them genuine examples of epistemology done Austin’s way; asks what is to be done about epistemological doctrines (fo...

The state social contract relationship between rulers and the ruled in civil society is fruitfully understood as a governing convention. This relationship is modeled with an indefi...