Law and society, sociology of law

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Judging Poverty and Inequality in Brazil offers an unprecedented empirical analysis of the judicialisation of poverty in Brazil.

Judging Poverty and Inequality in Brazil offers an unprecedented empirical analysis of the judicialisation of poverty in Brazil.

A Sociology of International Investment Law applies methods associated with the sociologist Max Weber to illuminate aspects of international investment law - a regime made up of thousands of treaties that protect foreign investors from state action diminishing the value of their investments.

While mainstream international legal scholarship has long treated race as a peripheral concern-or a historic injustice to be remembered but not redressed-this volume argues that racialisation is foundational to the discipline, underpinning its doctrines, epistemes, and interlocutors.

A Sociology of International Investment Law applies methods associated with the sociologist Max Weber to illuminate aspects of international investment law - a regime made up of thousands of treaties that protect foreign investors from state action diminishing the value of their investments.

Eva Ng's groundbreaking work delves into post-colonial Hong Kong courtrooms, where jury service is exclusive to well-educated individuals deemed capable of understanding English proceedings.

Eva Ng's groundbreaking work delves into post-colonial Hong Kong courtrooms, where jury service is exclusive to well-educated individuals deemed capable of understanding English proceedings.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought about both the most serious public health crisis as well as, for many states, the most profound public interventions in individual liberties in the last century.

While mainstream international legal scholarship has long treated race as a peripheral concern-or a historic injustice to be remembered but not redressed-this volume argues that racialisation is foundational to the discipline, underpinning its doctrines, epistemes, and interlocutors.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought about both the most serious public health crisis as well as, for many states, the most profound public interventions in individual liberties in the last century.

Once dominant and institutionalised, the Yakuza, one of Japan's best known criminal organisations, is now shrinking under the combined pressure of legal exclusion, social stigmatisation, and market regulation.

Sexual violence remains a pervasive reality of war.

Aristotle's Prison offers a compelling and original exploration of the moral landscape within high-security prisons, drawing on years of rigorous empirical research.

Sexual violence remains a pervasive reality of war.

Pavel Krasheninnikov (born 1964) is a prominent Russian politician, state official, and professor of law.

Aristotle's Prison offers a compelling and original exploration of the moral landscape within high-security prisons, drawing on years of rigorous empirical research.

These are momentous times for the comparative analysis of judicial behaviour.

These are momentous times for the comparative analysis of judicial behaviour.

Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception provides a wide-ranging examination of how migration law discriminates against women, heightening their risk of being subjected to violence and intensifying their experiences of it.

Intellectual property law has been interacting with nature for over two centuries.

A broad explanation of the various dimensions of the problem of "e;bad"e; speech on the internet within the American context.

Problem-solving courts are special courts that do not simply punish offenders, but use other justice principles-like therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice-and psychology principles-like anticipated emotion, operant conditioning, and social support-to address underlying social issues that contributed to the crime.

Problem-solving courts are special courts that do not simply punish offenders, but use other justice principles-like therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice-and psychology principles-like anticipated emotion, operant conditioning, and social support-to address underlying social issues that contributed to the crime.

This volume introduces 'postgenocide' as a novel approach to study genocide and its effects after mass killing has ended.

Prosecuting Politicians for Hate Speech and the Consequences for Democracy is about hate speech trials of politicians, and its effects on citizens.

The abundance of Roma rights cases before international and European courts reflects the Roma's systemic marginalization as well as their resolve to push the boundaries of human rights law.

With more and more countries including provisions on women's concerns in their trade agreements, Trade Agreements and Women: Transcending Barriers explores how women's empowerment and trade liberalization interact, overlap, and converge.

The abundance of Roma rights cases before international and European courts reflects the Roma's systemic marginalization as well as their resolve to push the boundaries of human rights law.

Prosecuting Politicians for Hate Speech and the Consequences for Democracy is about hate speech trials of politicians, and its effects on citizens.

With more and more countries including provisions on women's concerns in their trade agreements, Trade Agreements and Women: Transcending Barriers explores how women's empowerment and trade liberalization interact, overlap, and converge.

The European Court of Justice plays a key role in the interpretation and enforcement of EU law.

Performing Libel in the Provinces provides the first book-length study of the dramatic traditions and literary features of private libel occurring in the provinces of Jacobean England.

The past years have seen numerous crises from the 2007-2008 financial crisis to the migration crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Performing Libel in the Provinces provides the first book-length study of the dramatic traditions and literary features of private libel occurring in the provinces of Jacobean England.

Illicit firearms are a key enabler of organized criminal groups and illegal trade.

We are all the result of gestation: the process of becoming before birth.

Cultural Rights and Wrongs in Transitional Justice provides the first in-depth analysis of culture and cultural rights in the field of transitional justice.

The past years have seen numerous crises from the 2007-2008 financial crisis to the migration crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The contributions of socialist thinkers and states to the development of international law often go unrecognized.

Illicit firearms are a key enabler of organized criminal groups and illegal trade.

This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them.

This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them.

We are all the result of gestation: the process of becoming before birth.

As the British Empire consolidated its geographical possession of distant lands by the 19th century, the agrarian nature of its colonies necessitated careful considerations about land tenure relationships.

A broad explanation of the various dimensions of the problem of "e;bad"e; speech on the internet within the American context.