Law and society, sociology of law

The costs of racially disparate patterns of police behavior are high, but the crime fighting benefits are low.

Examines how personality traits shape the behavior of US Supreme Court justices, proposing a new theory of judicial behavior.

Offers a bold and original thesis and explains why feminism, joining men and women, is the key to resistance.

Offers a bold and original thesis and explains why feminism, joining men and women, is the key to resistance.

Law''s Wars is the first comprehensive account of efforts to resist and correct rule of law violations in the US ''war on terror''.

If you''ve dreamed of walking free of sexual harassment, you will understand why it''s time to end stop-and-frisk policing.

Asks and answers the hardest questions about the relationship between British Islam and English law using classical pluralist theory.

Analyzes the efforts to forge a progressive and ''authentic'' Israeli law that would express Jewish identity.

Personalism points to reforming criminal justice from the person up by changing criminal law and enlisting civil society institutions.

If you''ve dreamed of walking free of sexual harassment, you will understand why it''s time to end stop-and-frisk policing.

Examines how personality traits shape the behavior of US Supreme Court justices, proposing a new theory of judicial behavior.

Explains how and why laws against human germline modification will do more harm than good.

An introduction to how belonging and identity have been reflected, modified, and rearticulated in crucial moments throughout history.

This book details how, in poor communities, access to healthcare and social support is linked to punishment systems.

An introduction to how belonging and identity have been reflected, modified, and rearticulated in crucial moments throughout history.

This book details how, in poor communities, access to healthcare and social support is linked to punishment systems.

Law''s Wars is the first comprehensive account of efforts to resist and correct rule of law violations in the US ''war on terror''.

A theoretical and practical exploration of the constitutional bar against cruel and unusual punishments, excessive bail, and excessive fines.

A timely and comprehensive history of female husbands in Anglo-America from the eighteenth through the turn of the twentieth century.

A timely and comprehensive history of female husbands in Anglo-America from the eighteenth through the turn of the twentieth century.

Personalism points to reforming criminal justice from the person up by changing criminal law and enlisting civil society institutions.

A theoretical and practical exploration of the constitutional bar against cruel and unusual punishments, excessive bail, and excessive fines.

The costs of racially disparate patterns of police behavior are high, but the crime fighting benefits are low.

Law''s Trials analyzes the performance of US courts in upholding the rule of law during the ''war on terror''.

This book evaluates how structural reform litigation initiated by federal intervention has transformed police departments and reduced law enforcement misconduct.

This book evaluates how structural reform litigation initiated by federal intervention has transformed police departments and reduced law enforcement misconduct.

Constituting Religion examines how constitutional provisions for both Islam and liberal rights catalyze conflicts over religion in Malaysia and feed a ''rights-versus-rites'' binary.

Constituting Religion examines how constitutional provisions for both Islam and liberal rights catalyze conflicts over religion in Malaysia and feed a ''rights-versus-rites'' binary.

Offers a comprehensive exploration of transnational law and advances a framework for investigating transnational regulatory institutions.

Offers a comprehensive exploration of transnational law and advances a framework for investigating transnational regulatory institutions.

Feminist scholars rewrite major tax decisions in order to illustrate the key role of viewpoint in statutory interpretation.

Feminist scholars rewrite major tax decisions in order to illustrate the key role of viewpoint in statutory interpretation.

Provides a new legal-sociological theory of democracy, reflecting the impact of global law on national political institutions.

Provides a new legal-sociological theory of democracy, reflecting the impact of global law on national political institutions.

Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction adopts a groundbreaking approach in its delivery of key principles.

Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction adopts a groundbreaking approach in its delivery of key principles.

Modern Criminal Law of Australia, 2nd edition is a guide to interpreting and understanding statutory offence provisions in every Australian jurisdiction.

Modern Criminal Law of Australia, 2nd edition is a guide to interpreting and understanding statutory offence provisions in every Australian jurisdiction.

This book explores the underlying philosophies and values that inform the speech rules that a government or community institutes.

This book explores the underlying philosophies and values that inform the speech rules that a government or community institutes.

Offers a new theory of property and distributive justice derived from Talmudic law, illustrated by a case study involving the sale of organs for transplant.

Offers a new theory of property and distributive justice derived from Talmudic law, illustrated by a case study involving the sale of organs for transplant.

An account of everyday justice and the factors that shape it in the battle to seek legal relief for environmental pollution in China.

An account of everyday justice and the factors that shape it in the battle to seek legal relief for environmental pollution in China.

The study of legal ethics and the legal profession has emerged as a distinct and important field of scholarship over the last 30 years.

An institutional history of Indian parliament, democracy and politics combining archival materials, interviews and visuals.

Explores how reparations in international criminal justice have been constituted and contested in various social contexts.

Explores how reparations in international criminal justice have been constituted and contested in various social contexts.

Examines the law governing consent to medical treatment for trans youth in Australia, England and Wales.