Kristian Cedervall Lauta

De juridiske metoder – ti bud giver en systematisk indføring i de mange forskellige metoder, der bruges i retsvidenskaben og i den juridiske praksis. Dermed bryder bogen med idéen om, at der kun findes én juridisk metode. Med udgangspunkt i konkrete og illustrative eksempler introducerer bogen ti forskellige juridiske metoder og beskriver, hvordan de kan bruges til at studere og forstå forskellige juridiske og retsvidenskabelige problemer. Ved at tydeliggøre den gode brug af juridiske metoder vil De juridiske metoder – ti bud især være relevant og brugbar for jurastuderende, der arbejder selvstændigt med retlige og retsvidenskabelige problemstillinger. Bogen vil desuden være relevant for studerende, forskere og undervisere inden for andre fag, hvis arbejde ofte kommer i berøring med juraen. Endelig vil bogen også være relevant for praktikere, der har et ønske om at holde sig opdateret om metodiske udviklinger inden for juraen. De juridiske metoder – ti bud er skrevet af juridiske forskere og undervisere med særlig ekspertise inden for de forskellige metoder, der fremlægges og diskuteres i de enkelte kapitler.

KATASTROFER – og hvad de kan lære os om os selv giver læseren et sjældent indblik i, hvordan mennesker og samfund reagerer på og i katastrofer. Tag med på en hæsblæsende tur igennem globale pandemier, klimaforandringer, askeskyer, orkaner og jordskælv og opdag, hvordan disse katastrofer afslører centrale sider af de samfund, vi lever i – sider som vi før var blinde for. I bogens seks kapitler behandles nogle af de mest grundlæggende spørgsmål forbundet til at være menneske: den menneskelige natur, samfundets opbygning, ret og retfærdighed, vores evne til at forandre os, og hvad fremtiden bringer. Igennem cases og eksempler fra den seneste samfundsvidenskabelige forskning undersøger den danske katastrofeforsker, hvad der gemmer sig under vores gode opdragelse og hverdagsrutiner: Hvem vi elsker, hvad vi prioriterer, hvad vi er bange for – og hvorfor. Hvis du vil forstå den katastrofe, Danmark har været i det seneste år – og hvad den gør ved os som samfund og folk – er dette tankevækkende værk et godt sted at starte.

Disasters and their management are today central to public and political agendas. Rather than being understood as exclusively acts of God and Nature, natural disasters are increasingly analysed as social vulnerability exposed by natural hazards. A disaster following an earthquake is no longer seen as caused exclusively by tremors, but by poor building standards, ineffective response systems, or miscommunications. This book argues that the shift in how a disaster is spoken of and managed affects fundamental notions of duty, responsibility and justice. The book considers the role of law in disasters and in particular the regulation of disaster response and the allocation of responsibility in the aftermath of disasters. It argues that traditionally law has approached emergencies, including natural disasters, from a dichotomy of normalcy and emergency. In the state of emergency, norms were replaced by exceptions; democracy by dictatorship; and rights by necessity. However, as the disaster becomes socialized the idea of a clear distinction between normalcy and emergency crumbles. Looking at international and domestic legislation from a range of jurisdictions the book shows how natural disasters are increasingly normalized and increasingly objects of legal regulation and interpretation.The book will be of great use and interest to scholars and researchers of legal theory, and natural hazards and disasters.

Disasters and their management are today central to public and political agendas. Rather than being understood as exclusively acts of God and Nature, natural disasters are increasingly analysed as social vulnerability exposed by natural hazards. A disaster following an earthquake is no longer seen as caused exclusively by tremors, but by poor building standards, ineffective response systems, or miscommunications. This book argues that the shift in how a disaster is spoken of and managed affects fundamental notions of duty, responsibility and justice. The book considers the role of law in disasters and in particular the regulation of disaster response and the allocation of responsibility in the aftermath of disasters. It argues that traditionally law has approached emergencies, including natural disasters, from a dichotomy of normalcy and emergency. In the state of emergency, norms were replaced by exceptions; democracy by dictatorship; and rights by necessity. However, as the disaster becomes socialized the idea of a clear distinction between normalcy and emergency crumbles. Looking at international and domestic legislation from a range of jurisdictions the book shows how natural disasters are increasingly normalized and increasingly objects of legal regulation and interpretation.The book will be of great use and interest to scholars and researchers of legal theory, and natural hazards and disasters.