Law and society, sociology of law

This book explores the relationships between matrilineal, Islamic and state law, and investigates the dynamics of legal pluralism, governance and property relationships.

A study of how the development of representative politics in late-colonial India transformed notions of family, gender and religious community.

This book explores the relationships between matrilineal, Islamic and state law, and investigates the dynamics of legal pluralism, governance and property relationships.

A study of how the development of representative politics in late-colonial India transformed notions of family, gender and religious community.

Offers a frank conversation about altruism in the global body market and critiques the vulnerability of altruism to corruption, coercion, pressure, and other negative externalities.

Offers a frank conversation about altruism in the global body market and critiques the vulnerability of altruism to corruption, coercion, pressure, and other negative externalities.

Defending Life is the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion ever published.

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.

This book provides an overview of the progress and continuing disparities faced by people with disabilities around the world.

This book explores the complex relationship between colonial law and the reform of legal systems in postcolonial states.

This book provides an overview of the progress and continuing disparities faced by people with disabilities around the world.

Addresses the jurisprudence of the major courts of the Global South on the topics of access to justice, cultural diversity and socioeconomic rights.

This book uncovers how colonial administrators, postcolonial governments and international aid agencies have promoted stability and their own visions of the rule of law in Sudan.

Examines how the concept of equality in education law and policy has transformed from Brown v.

Examines modern politics, justice and order in light of the historical, philosophical and theological forces which helped define them.

Addresses the jurisprudence of the major courts of the Global South on the topics of access to justice, cultural diversity and socioeconomic rights.

This book uncovers how colonial administrators, postcolonial governments and international aid agencies have promoted stability and their own visions of the rule of law in Sudan.

Examines how the concept of equality in education law and policy has transformed from Brown v.

Examines modern politics, justice and order in light of the historical, philosophical and theological forces which helped define them.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADRs) and the unconventional challenges they pose for emerging economies, aiming to advance their growth within developing nations.

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.

This book demonstrates the difference a feminist approach to criminal law could make in all of our lives.

This book demonstrates the difference a feminist approach to criminal law could make in all of our lives.

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

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

Provides insights about the identity, marginalization and governance of the Khawaja Sira—gender nonconforming individuals in Pakistan.

Explains the rapid rise of China''s innovation system and provides a roadmap for the prospects of China''s AI development.

How to protect rights and limit powers in the algorithmic society?

How to protect rights and limit powers in the algorithmic society?

This book shows that transitional justice succeeds when it makes transparent secret legacies of the former authoritarian regime.

This book shows that transitional justice succeeds when it makes transparent secret legacies of the former authoritarian regime.

Explains the rapid rise of China''s innovation system and provides a roadmap for the prospects of China''s AI development.

Codes of Jewish law may look similar, but they represent very different ways of thinking about the law.

Codes of Jewish law may look similar, but they represent very different ways of thinking about the law.

In this Element we focus on strategic accounts of judicial-behavior: the choices judges make and the consequences of their choices.

In this Element we focus on strategic accounts of judicial-behavior: the choices judges make and the consequences of their choices.

A concise and readable guide to reasoning about the source and content of contractual obligations when disagreements arise.

A global overview of evidentiary reasoning with contributions from leading authorities from different legal traditions and four continents.

A global overview of evidentiary reasoning with contributions from leading authorities from different legal traditions and four continents.

This book argues that independent courts can defend democracy by encouraging political elites to more prudently exercise their powers.

Australian Uniform Evidence Law provides a clear, accessible introduction to the law of evidence.

We show how blockchain as a new contracting technology can improve contracting outcomes without the involvement of courts.

We show how blockchain as a new contracting technology can improve contracting outcomes without the involvement of courts.

Australian Uniform Evidence Law provides a clear, accessible introduction to the law of evidence.

First comparative study of women judges in the Asia-Pacific based on empirical socio-legal research.

First comparative study of women judges in the Asia-Pacific based on empirical socio-legal research.