Law and society, sociology of law

This book explores the conceptualizations of female power through the notion of matriarchy in a variety of historical, cultural and epistemological contexts.

This book explores the conceptualizations of female power through the notion of matriarchy in a variety of historical, cultural and epistemological contexts.

En este libro se estudian las prestaciones mutuas que son consecuencia de la reivindicacion, las cuales se fundan en la equidad y en la necesidad de evitar desequilibrios patrimoniales entre el propietario y el poseedor vencido.

This book examines what it identifies as an increasing juridification of politics.

This book examines what it identifies as an increasing juridification of politics.

As the maritime industry undergoes a technological transformation, traditional legal doctrines must evolve to address new challenges.

As the maritime industry undergoes a technological transformation, traditional legal doctrines must evolve to address new challenges.

This book builds on Head's previous work on Soviet legal scholar Evgeny Pashukanis, challenging Western academics who separate Pashukanis's theories from the complex realities of the Soviet state's decline under Stalin.

This book builds on Head's previous work on Soviet legal scholar Evgeny Pashukanis, challenging Western academics who separate Pashukanis's theories from the complex realities of the Soviet state's decline under Stalin.

The global refugee regime has shifted under our feet.

The treatment of women by the law, whether as victims or offenders, is based on certain attitudes towards female sexuality that have influenced legal thinking since 1800.

The treatment of women by the law, whether as victims or offenders, is based on certain attitudes towards female sexuality that have influenced legal thinking since 1800.

This volume offers a diverse set of scholarly essays on the imaginative potential of corrections and sentencing research/practice that centers on the lived experience of the criminal legal system.

This volume offers a diverse set of scholarly essays on the imaginative potential of corrections and sentencing research/practice that centers on the lived experience of the criminal legal system.

This book challenges Mancur Olson's famous observation that concentrated interests inevitably dominate diffuse ones in democracies by presenting an alternative view that strong, independent courts can effectively protect the rights of diffuse interests against powerful, concentrated groups.

This book challenges Mancur Olson's famous observation that concentrated interests inevitably dominate diffuse ones in democracies by presenting an alternative view that strong, independent courts can effectively protect the rights of diffuse interests against powerful, concentrated groups.

This book issues a powerful call to action: queer justice requires the abolition of the prison industrial complex.

This book issues a powerful call to action: queer justice requires the abolition of the prison industrial complex.

Informal housing and natural resource conflicts are common in Latin America.

Informal housing and natural resource conflicts are common in Latin America.

This book examines the interplay of legal traditions and linguistic practices and its influence on arbitral awards, opening new avenues of research on this underexplored area of legal discourse.

En los últimos años, el Derecho y el sistema legal han sido puestos a prueba debido a los diversos desequilibrios y crisis que han tenido que enfrentar, como el proceso de  globalización acelerado, las crisis financieras, la afectación grave al medio ambiente en forma de cambio climático y, recientemente, una pandemia.

This book examines the interplay of legal traditions and linguistic practices and its influence on arbitral awards, opening new avenues of research on this underexplored area of legal discourse.

This book asks if we have a constitutional right to see or sense our surroundings with technology.

Offering a critical overview of the state of contemporary investigative journalism, this book considers ways in which investigative journalism can bring about meaningful change and what conditions need to be in place for it to do so.

This book seeks to distinguish empirically-based knowledge from widespread misconceptions in the fields of legal and forensic psychology.

This book seeks to distinguish empirically-based knowledge from widespread misconceptions in the fields of legal and forensic psychology.

This handbook takes a comprehensive approach to studying and understanding modern slavery, particularly forced labour and human trafficking.

This handbook takes a comprehensive approach to studying and understanding modern slavery, particularly forced labour and human trafficking.

This book enriches the theory of individuation within Systemic Functional Linguistics, providing an interdisciplinary theoretical model for the study of individuation, which represents a direct contribution to the study of the theory of individuation.