Law and society, sociology of law

Paper Tiger shifts the debate on state failure and opens up new understanding of the workings of the contemporary Indian state.

Leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of freedoms from antiquity through today.

A multidisciplinary and international examination of the developing debates around using the criminal law to sanction disease transmission.

Leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of freedoms from antiquity through today.

A multidisciplinary and international examination of the developing debates around using the criminal law to sanction disease transmission.

A pathbreaking theoretical and empirical study proposing social equality as a measure of the rule of law.

Leading scholars, established and new, demonstrate a novel approach to the empirical study of global law-in-action in this second volume of a two-volume series.

Leading scholars from a startling array of disciplinary perspectives chart an exciting new course for legal research in this first volume of a two-volume series.

Leading scholars, established and new, demonstrate a novel approach to the empirical study of global law-in-action in this second volume of a two-volume series.

Leading scholars from a startling array of disciplinary perspectives chart an exciting new course for legal research in this first volume of a two-volume series.

Leading scholars look beyond the rhetoric of diversity to reveal the ongoing obstacles to professional success for traditionally disadvantaged groups.

Leading scholars look beyond the rhetoric of diversity to reveal the ongoing obstacles to professional success for traditionally disadvantaged groups.

At a micro level, this collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the globalization of markets over the last century.

At a micro level, this collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the globalization of markets over the last century.

This book tells the stories of notable historical figures whose resistance of patriarchal laws transformed ethical, political, and legal standards.

In this book, a judge at the Shari''a Court of Jerusalem explains the religious law of Muslim minorities.

Gender Remade examines the role that constitutional culture played in the transition from territory to statehood in the American West.

This book tells the stories of notable historical figures whose resistance of patriarchal laws transformed ethical, political, and legal standards.

In this book, a judge at the Shari''a Court of Jerusalem explains the religious law of Muslim minorities.

Gender Remade examines the role that constitutional culture played in the transition from territory to statehood in the American West.

This book is a critical look at how courts, legal scholars, and the academic culture mischaracterize and misunderstand religious beliefs.

This book is a critical look at how courts, legal scholars, and the academic culture mischaracterize and misunderstand religious beliefs.

This is the first comprehensive legal treatise on US food law for lawyers, judges, students, and consumer advocates.

This is the first comprehensive legal treatise on US food law for lawyers, judges, students, and consumer advocates.

This interdisciplinary study juxtaposes the popular, legal, and indigenous accounts of a dispute over a Coca-Cola bottling facility in India.

This interdisciplinary study juxtaposes the popular, legal, and indigenous accounts of a dispute over a Coca-Cola bottling facility in India.

Explores the proliferation of indicators and the resulting transformations in entanglements between social science, markets and politics in public life.

Explores the proliferation of indicators and the resulting transformations in entanglements between social science, markets and politics in public life.

This is the first book to thematically investigate lying in the American legal system.

This is the first book to thematically investigate lying in the American legal system.

This book proposes a new ''parent-partner'' legal status emphasizing obligations of parents to each other and to their children.

This book proposes a new ''parent-partner'' legal status emphasizing obligations of parents to each other and to their children.

This volume explores how nine different religious and secular traditions deal with pluralism, dissent, and the challenges these issues pose.

Díez explores how and why Latin America has become a leader among nations in the passage of gay marriage legislation.

Jan Oster develops a coherent theoretical and doctrinal framework for the scope, content and limitations of media freedom.

Since 1997, the walls of law around Hong Kong have come under attack.

An in-depth study of the international circulation of ideas and practices of law and governance in colonial India.

This book outlines the constitutional argument in favor of plural marriage in the United States.

Since 1997, the walls of law around Hong Kong have come under attack.

An in-depth study of the international circulation of ideas and practices of law and governance in colonial India.

This book outlines the constitutional argument in favor of plural marriage in the United States.

This volume explores how nine different religious and secular traditions deal with pluralism, dissent, and the challenges these issues pose.

Díez explores how and why Latin America has become a leader among nations in the passage of gay marriage legislation.

Jan Oster develops a coherent theoretical and doctrinal framework for the scope, content and limitations of media freedom.

Leading scholars address the interface between intellectual property and diversity with respect to culture, religion, race, and gender.

This book explores the development of immigrant rights litigation over the past four decades in the United States and France.

This highly accessible book investigates the rankings that increasingly influence perceptions of countries'' governance and civil rights.

Where do law and medicine converge and diverge in their responses to and understandings of harm and suffering?

Where do law and medicine converge and diverge in their responses to and understandings of harm and suffering?

This highly accessible book investigates the rankings that increasingly influence perceptions of countries'' governance and civil rights.