Law and society, sociology of law

Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society.

Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society.

Studies the Indian state''s difficult dialogue with divorce, mediated largely through religion.

This volume investigates questions linking institutional changes within the court system and legal environment with developments in criminal procedure law.

This volume investigates questions linking institutional changes within the court system and legal environment with developments in criminal procedure law.

Presents dynamic interactions between the judiciary, executive and parliamentary structures in shaping environment law in neoliberal India.

The complexity of accountability and trust make body-worn cameras an ill-equipped solution for problems between police and communities.

The complexity of accountability and trust make body-worn cameras an ill-equipped solution for problems between police and communities.

Shari''a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari''a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

Shari''a, Inshallah shows how people have used shari''a to struggle for peace, justice, and human rights in Somalia and Somaliland.

Dupret explores how the concept of positive law operated in the Muslim world.

Dupret explores how the concept of positive law operated in the Muslim world.

An accessible, comprehensive, and high quality companion to legal philosophy written by a stellar cast of international contributors.

An accessible, comprehensive, and high quality companion to legal philosophy written by a stellar cast of international contributors.

This book seeks to rebalance the relationship between comparison and justification to achieve more effective equality and non-discrimination law.

Uses archival sources to examine censorship in British Hong Kong and challenge congratulatory histories of the British legal regime.

Uses archival sources to examine censorship in British Hong Kong and challenge congratulatory histories of the British legal regime.

This book seeks to rebalance the relationship between comparison and justification to achieve more effective equality and non-discrimination law.

The first book to provide a broad coverage of Thai legal history in the English language.

The first book to provide a broad coverage of Thai legal history in the English language.

A thorough exploration of the new legal challenges created by evolving technologies, from facial recognition technology to cryptocurrencies.

In a period of paradigmatic transition, Toward a New Legal Common Sense aims to devolve to law its emancipatory potential.

A thorough exploration of the new legal challenges created by evolving technologies, from facial recognition technology to cryptocurrencies.

Offers a unique archival science perspective on the potential and limitations of blockchain as a means of restoring societal trust.

Offers a unique archival science perspective on the potential and limitations of blockchain as a means of restoring societal trust.

Discusses Upendra Baxi''s role as an Indian jurist and how his contributions have shaped our understanding of legal jurisprudence.

Provides an in-depth study of the ideological and organisational features of China''s legal system, as it is embedded in the Party-state.

The first comprehensive study of Chilean constitutional history in the English language.

Privacy, which digital citizens eagerly relinquish, is not so essential to the health and welfare of democracy after all.

The first comprehensive study of Chilean constitutional history in the English language.

Provides an in-depth study of the ideological and organisational features of China''s legal system, as it is embedded in the Party-state.

Explores how China''s divorce courts have generally done less to protect abused women than to empower and enable their abusers.

This book provides a comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of the invocation and interaction of religious and national assertions in sacralizing local and global politics.

Explores how China''s divorce courts have generally done less to protect abused women than to empower and enable their abusers.

Explains the current weakness of democratic polities by addressing paradoxes in constitutional democracy and its theoretical foundations.

This book seeks to further the understanding of the human experience of coerced and forced ignorance on social, human rights and criminal justice related topics, drawing together scholars from multiple, disciplinary fronts.

The book explains how questions of caste and law involve persistent challenges concerning inequality and democracy in India''s postcolonial state.

Explains the current weakness of democratic polities by addressing paradoxes in constitutional democracy and its theoretical foundations.

Where, when, and how is the law practiced?

Where, when, and how is the law practiced?

This book provides a comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of the invocation and interaction of religious and national assertions in sacralizing local and global politics.

Featuring original research, this collection celebrates the remarkable career of former Supreme Court President, Brenda Hale.

Featuring original research, this collection celebrates the remarkable career of former Supreme Court President, Brenda Hale.

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

Provides rich ethnographic analysis and offers a critical ethnographic approach to justice.

A comprehensive study of public reason for courts, with contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, political science and law.

A comprehensive study of public reason for courts, with contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, political science and law.

This book tells the real-life horror story of states'' abusing laws and infringing on rights to police women and their pregnancies.

Evidence-based solutions and practical steps to preserve privacy online.