Law and society, sociology of law

Property relations are such a common feature of social life that the complexity of the web of laws, practices, and ideas that allow a property regime to function smoothly are often forgotten.

In the generation that has passed, what have we learned about the rule of law, legality, legal reasoning, and deviance in Russia?

In the generation that has passed, what have we learned about the rule of law, legality, legal reasoning, and deviance in Russia?

A number of recent events in the last decade have renewed interest in Russian discourses on international law.

Accusing someone of committing a crime arrests everyday social relations and unfurls processes that decide on who to admit to criminal justice networks.

Accusing someone of committing a crime arrests everyday social relations and unfurls processes that decide on who to admit to criminal justice networks.

This book explores femicide, and scrutinizes the three key American criminal doctrines usually applied in its cases: provocation; the felony murder rule; self-defence.

This book explores femicide, and scrutinizes the three key American criminal doctrines usually applied in its cases: provocation; the felony murder rule; self-defence.

Who Owns Knowledge?

Who Owns Knowledge?

Originally published thirty years ago, Critique of the Legal Order remains highly relevant for the twenty-first century.

"e;While other books have addressed isolated aspects of recent developments in the biomedical sciences, Biotechnology: Between Commerce and Civil Society is the first book tgo engage with the full range of biotechnology's implications for social science and for society at large.

"e;While other books have addressed isolated aspects of recent developments in the biomedical sciences, Biotechnology: Between Commerce and Civil Society is the first book tgo engage with the full range of biotechnology's implications for social science and for society at large.

Doctors and Rules is a unique and immensely scholarly book.

Doctors and Rules is a unique and immensely scholarly book.

In his presidential address to the American Sociological Society more than a quarter of a century ago, Edwin H.

Robert Nagel's innovative volume attempts to explain why, despite almost four decades of conservative and moderate appointments, the Supreme Court continues to intervene aggressively in a wide array of social and political issues.

The Spirit of the Common Law is one of Roscoe Pound's most notable works.

The Spirit of the Common Law is one of Roscoe Pound's most notable works.

Roscoe Pound believed that unless the criminal justice system maintains stability while adapting to change, it will either fossilize or be subject to the whims of public opinion.

Roscoe Pound believed that unless the criminal justice system maintains stability while adapting to change, it will either fossilize or be subject to the whims of public opinion.

Child sexual abuse is a major public policy challenge.

Child sexual abuse is a major public policy challenge.

This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society, focusing on the sociological interpretation of legal ideas.

This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society, focusing on the sociological interpretation of legal ideas.

Despite the apparent advantages of the internet, there is little debate that it facilitates intellectual property infringements, including infringements of trade mark rights.

Despite the apparent advantages of the internet, there is little debate that it facilitates intellectual property infringements, including infringements of trade mark rights.

Recent advances in medical technology have provided healthcare staff with the possibility of maintaining the life of a brain-dead pregnant woman on life-support in order to achieve successful delivery of the foetus.

Policy makers and social actors increasingly face inter-related and inter-penetrated levels and realms of governance.

Policy makers and social actors increasingly face inter-related and inter-penetrated levels and realms of governance.

What can we learn from the legal cases of Stephen Lawrence and Louise Woodward?

Born in the late nineteenth century, sexuality is a relatively new category within the human sciences in general and law and society scholarship in particular.

Born in the late nineteenth century, sexuality is a relatively new category within the human sciences in general and law and society scholarship in particular.

This book investigates the causes and consequences of image-based sexual abuse in a digital era.

This book investigates the causes and consequences of image-based sexual abuse in a digital era.

This book provides detailed analysis of Supreme Court judgments which have impacted the rights of minorities in relation to higher education, and so illustrates ongoing issues of racial discrimination throughout the American education sector.

This book provides detailed analysis of Supreme Court judgments which have impacted the rights of minorities in relation to higher education, and so illustrates ongoing issues of racial discrimination throughout the American education sector.

The digital revolution over the past several decades has advanced every facet of evidence detection, photography, optimization, and interpretation.

The digital revolution over the past several decades has advanced every facet of evidence detection, photography, optimization, and interpretation.

Dealing with the interface between the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) movement and the phenomenon of domestic violence against women, this book examines the phenomenon of divorce disputes involving violence through the prism of 'alternative justice' and the dispute resolution mechanisms offered by the ADR movement.

Dealing with the interface between the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) movement and the phenomenon of domestic violence against women, this book examines the phenomenon of divorce disputes involving violence through the prism of 'alternative justice' and the dispute resolution mechanisms offered by the ADR movement.

In the last decade, there has been a turn to history in international humanitarian law and its accompanying fields.

In the last decade, there has been a turn to history in international humanitarian law and its accompanying fields.

Bringing together the current international body of knowledge on key issues for educating for well-being in law, this book offers comparative perspectives across jurisdictions, and utilises a range of theoretical lenses (including socio-legal, psychological and ethical theories) in analysing well-being and legal education in law.

Bringing together the current international body of knowledge on key issues for educating for well-being in law, this book offers comparative perspectives across jurisdictions, and utilises a range of theoretical lenses (including socio-legal, psychological and ethical theories) in analysing well-being and legal education in law.

This collection brings together a group of international legal historians to further scholarship in different areas of comparative and regional legal history.

This collection brings together a group of international legal historians to further scholarship in different areas of comparative and regional legal history.

Many workers in medicine, healthcare administration, science, and technology, no matter how strong their academic degrees or how distinguished their careers, find themselves baffled, frustrated, and even angered by their encounters with the law.

Many workers in medicine, healthcare administration, science, and technology, no matter how strong their academic degrees or how distinguished their careers, find themselves baffled, frustrated, and even angered by their encounters with the law.

Originally published in 1981 Law, State and Society confronts many of the most important issues within the developing field of law and society.