Law and society, sociology of law

Unlocking the English Legal System will help you grasp the main concepts of the legal system in England and Wales with ease.

Providing an overview of different forms of violence against women, this second edition has been significantly updated to reflect the changes that have taken place in recent years.

On Shifting Ground examines how it is to become a man in a place and time defined by economic contraction and carceral expansion.

Trusted by generations of students, and consistently reliable and up to date, Hilaire Barnett's Constitutional and Administrative Law continues to provide accessible and comprehensive coverage of the Public Law syllabus.

Unlocking the English Legal System will help you grasp the main concepts of the legal system in England and Wales with ease.

Focusing solely on the UN Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 2023 (the 'Beijing Convention'), readers of this unique book will gain a full and detailed understanding of the way the Convention functions, its areas of difficulty and ambiguity, and how it relates to present law in common law and civilian jurisdictions, as well as to other related international conventions.

The book provides a critical analysis of EU law-making policy on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime, using a minimalist restorative approach to justice focused on the rights of victims and communities, and more proactive roles for all participants in confiscation procedures.

In the United States, the second-wave feminist fight to achieve legal and societal recognition of mens violence against women leaned heavily on the victim-offender binary, which has since become inscribed in funding schemes, legal remedies, and intervention approaches.

Decades before the overturning of Roe v.

Geschlecht als dynastische und als soziale Kategorie war in der Vormoderne ein Kriterium für den Zugang zu Macht und Legitimation von Herrschaftsausübung.

Vulnerability theory offers an alternative to social-contract and rights-based paradigms.

Changing attitudes towards cannabis across Europe are challenging old convictions of drug prohibition and making space for new approaches to the drug.

If you and your family needed help, could you trust the law to be on your side?

The book delves into the nascent field of renewable energy support law, with a focus on the European Union (EU).

This fully revised 4th edition brings a fresh approach to the fundamentals of mass media and communication law in an engaging and accessible way, keeping legal jargon to a minimum and highlighting real-life examples of legal conflicts.

This book examines the complex relationships between young masculinities and sexual health within Southern Africa.

This book explores how and why the UK left the European Union and its impact on the British Constitution.

This book proposes a framework for regulating sex robots - human-like machines designed to engage emotionally and sexually with users through customisable, often AI-powered features.

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

This book examines the complex relationships between young masculinities and sexual health within Southern Africa.

Changing attitudes towards cannabis across Europe are challenging old convictions of drug prohibition and making space for new approaches to the drug.

This timely volume provides a comprehensive examination of how the proposed new European Health Data Space (EHDS) legislation will impact upon health and genetic data, individual privacy and providers of health services.

The end of the Cold War has ushered a restructuring of the institutions of the European Community, culminating into its enlargement to Eastern Europe, under the aegis of economic integration, democracy and human rights.

Decades before the overturning of Roe v.

Wem gehört die Stadt?

Wem gehört die Stadt?

Nuestro punto de partida es que estamos ante un derecho administrativo de la regulación por la configuración de la tríade regulatoria.

El presente documento responde a la iniciativa de formular un módulo sobre los sujetos étnicos en Colombia desde la perspectiva de los derechos territoriales, teniendo en cuenta los instrumentos jurídicos más relevantes y elementos del contexto histórico en el que se han producido.

La posición central que ocupan la política y el discurso político en la discusión teórica moderna ha sido sintetizada así:Virtualmente, toda la teoría jurídica contemporánea descansa sobre una distinción entre el razonamiento jurídico y la política.

A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history - you'll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice.

La frecuente equiparación actual entre la trata de personas y la prostitución, así como el estigma social que recae sobre quienes ejercen el trabajo sexual tienen una larga historia que puede rastrearse en el pensamiento jurídico, en las decisiones de política criminal y en el debate de los feminismos.

En nuestro país hay una serie de cuestiones de las que resulta difícil hablar si no se adopta una postura determinada que se da por sentada.

Griff die Polizei beim Geiseldrama von Gladbeck viel zu spät ein?

Este libro quiere ser una contribución para recuperar la evidencia del valor de la vida cuando se cambia la regulación del aborto.

2001 erschien die erste Auflage des Buches "Schwarzer Sumpf in Sachsen - Ein Kartell aus Korruption und Vertuschung" und beschäftigte sich mit Affären während der Amtszeit der Ministerpräsidenten Biedenkopf und Milbradt im Freistaat.

Why Men Don't Iron is an eye-opening, mind-blowing book on how the major sex differences in our brains impact on our daily lives and behaviour.

Hace casi dos décadas, al promulgarse la ley de cupo femenino, en Argentina se ideaba una medida para hacer efectivo el derecho de las mujeres a ser representantes, sin antecedentes en el mundo.

Given the disappointing implementation levels in various countries and across human rights systems, this guide seeks to contribute to the discussion regarding strategies for courts, international decision-makers, and civil society to increase the implementation of ESCR decisions.