Law and society, sociology of law

Detailed study of the ICC''s practice in prosecuting gender-based crimes, current up to the ICC Statute''s twentieth anniversary in 2018.

This book engages with and advances the current debate on new governance by providing a much-needed analysis of its relationship with the courts.

This book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on femicide, using Israel as an illuminating case study, given its diverse communities and common-law-based legal system.

Modern constitutionalism as an idea and practice is facing great uncertainty in current times.

During the mid-to-late 20th Century, education law emerged as a distinct area of practice and scholarship in the United States.

This book examines the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings in the EU with a comparative analysis of how British and Italian law has approached the issues.

This book explores the largely neglected relationship between men, masculinities and honour-based abuse (HBA).

Showcasing research from across the social sciences, this edited volume seeks to provide readers with an empirically grounded sense of how many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people marry in the US and Canada, what their marriages look like, and how LGBT people themselves are impacted by marriage and marriage equality.

Can a price ever be too low?

At a time when Europe is witnessing major cultural, social, economic and political challenges and transformations, this book brings together leading researchers and experts to consider a range of pressing questions relating to the historical origins, contemporary manifestations and future prospects for juvenile justice.

More than merely describing the evolution of human rights and civil liberties law, this classic textbook provides students with detailed and thought-provoking coverage of the most crucial developments in the field, clearly explaining the law in context and practice.

Explains why lawyers seeking gender progress from primary legal materials should start with the common law.

Public Security in Federal Polities is the first systematic and methodical study to bring together the fields of security studies and comparative federalism.

EU equality law is multidimensional in being based on different rationales and concepts.

This book primarily provides assistance to litigators who find themselves acting for or against firms in contentious regulatory matters.

Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications is for practitioners who need to be at the cutting edge of admissibility in court.

Changes in family structures, demographics, social attitudes and economic policies over the last 60 years have had a large impact on family lives and correspondingly on family law.

Over the past two decades, the banking industry has expanded and consolidated at a stunningly unprecedented speed.

This book explores the authors' legal thinking on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic of burgeoning interest in the technology sector and among the general public.

First Published in 1988.

In a stinging dissent to a 1961 Supreme Court decision that allowed the Illinois state bar to deny admission to prospective lawyers if they refused to answer political questions, Justice Hugo Black closed with the memorable line, "e;We must not be afraid to be free.

Lawmaking by international organizations has enormous influence over world trade and national economies.

What the #MeToo Movement Highlights and Hides about Workplace Sexual Harassment seeks to examine both the spotlights (Part I) and the shadows (Part II) of the #MeToo movement, setting a research agenda to examine both more carefully in management research.

Obscenity, Psychoanalysis and Literature offers a fascinating psychoanalytic reading of four landmark obscenity trials involving the texts of D.

With Brexit looming, a major issue facing UK Higher Education is whether the UK will be able to stay in the Erasmus Programme.

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

An overriding value of European legislation on waste management is the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle.

This book offers an original analysis of private copying and determines its actual scope as an area of end-user freedom.

Kommunale Demokratie in GefahrDie jüngsten Ergebnisse der Kommunalwahlen im Juni 2024 haben gezeigt, dass die kommunale Selbstverwaltung in ihren Gremien durchaus Radikalisierungsgefahren ausgesetzt sein kann.

The book explores the rise of civil divorce in Victorian England, the subsequent operation of a fault system of divorce based solely on the ground of adultery, and the eventual piecemeal repeal of the Victorian-era divorce law during the Interwar years.

First Published in 1985.

This edited book explores prison masculinities, drawing from a wide range of international researchers to highlight how masculinities may divert from the "e;hypermasculine"e; or macho typology typically found in the prison masculinities literature.

Examines gift exchanges as a foundational notion both in anthropology and in debates about international economic governance.

Each society that consumes alcohol has its own unique drinking culture, and each society deals with the drunken products of that culture in particular ways.

Starting in the 1980s, competitive pressures and the ideology of competitiveness have shaken and transformed traditional models of development, public policy, and governance in Europe.

The growth in prominence of the law of restitution and European Community law has resulted in the creation of a body of case law, which is contained within this work.

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

The question of tolerance and Islam is not a new one.

Scholars widely agree that a federal system cannot work effectively without democracy.

The third edition of The Principles of the Law of Restitution brings this widely cited and influential volume fully up to date.

This book offers a modern, contemporary and innovative approach to the core curriculum, offering clear explanations to clarify the material without oversimplification.

This volume presents the viewpoints of academics, food lawyers, industry and consumer representatives as well as those of EU policymakers on the first ten years of activity of one of the most prominent European agencies.

This collection explores the stakes, risks and opportunities invoked in opening and exploring law's archive and re-examining law's evidence.

International criminal justice relies on messages, speech acts, and performative practices in order to convey social meaning.

What is it like working as a barrister in the 21st century?

Looking at discrimination, education, environment, health and crime, this volume analyses United States Supreme Court rulings on several legal issues and proposed libertarian solutions to each problem.

Due to the absence of due process and other procedural guarantees generally offered by judicial enforcement, informal debt collection practices (IDCPs) can become abusive, harming both consumers and the economy by threatening consumers' physical, psychological, and economic wellbeing; exposing lawabiding debt collectors to unfair competition; undermining the financial system; and negatively impacting social peace by resorting to criminal activity.

How should the needs of victims of crime be met by the criminal justice system?

This book provides a range of perspectives on some of the most pressing contemporary challenges in EU environmental law and governance from some of today's leading European environmental academics and practitioners.