Jurisprudence and general issues

Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption.

In No Place for Ethics, Hill argues that contemporary judicial review by the U.

This four volume collection looks at the essential issues concerning crime and punishment in the long nineteenth-century.

Getting Out offers the first systematic account of the evolution of early release as a public policy concern in England and Wales between 1960 and 1995.

Whether you're new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Contract Law is all about, Beginning Contract Law is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running.

Since the Second World War, the international community has sought to prevent the repetition of destructive far-right forces by establishing institutions such as the United Nations and by adopting documents such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Black thinkers in the antebellum United States grappled with what it meant to inhabit a place, a history, and a violent legal regime.

There are twenty-nine Islamic law states (ILS) in the world today, and their Muslim population is over 900 million.

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

This book celebrates Andreas (Andrew) von Hirsch's pioneering contributions to liberal criminal theory.

This book explores the processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state.

In the last half-century, the Supreme Court of Canada has undergone major upheaval.

This book, Securing the Digital Realm: Advances in Hardware and Software Security, Communication, and Forensics, is a comprehensive guide that explores the intricate world of digital security and forensics.

The study of research methodologies can be daunting to many students due to complex terminology, mathematical formulas, and lack of practical examples.

Moran concentrates on three aims: to provide an overview of British military intelligence operations in the last 30 years which concentrates on operational not strategic intelligence; to examine the debates over ethics and effectiveness that have followed these operations; and to examine the increasing attempts to place military intelligence under the same type of regulation that police and security intelligence operations have been subject to.

This book argues that in the digital era, a reinvention of democracy is urgently necessary.

This book analyzes China's new foreign investment law which came into force in January 2020.

What is the 'rule of law'?

Genocide has emerged as one of the leading problems of the twentieth century.

Critical Studies in Private Law discusses the prerequisites and possibilities for an alternative or critical legal dogmatics.

With its blend of accessible writing and actual excerpts from Court opinions, this book serves to explain the legal and cultural underpinnings of landmark U.

The interest in improving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) outcomes among stakeholders of Islamic banking and finance has become front and centre in the discussions relating to Islamic sustainable finance.

La materia de consumo ha sufrido en los últimos años grandes mutaciones jurídicas, de lo que quizá es la mejor muestra la ejecución hipotecaria y la cláusula de vencimiento anticipado.

Through multiple topics, these essays offer a principled perspective on the unfolding history of law and justice in Britain.

Decisional privacy gives individuals the freedom to act and make decisions about how they live their lives, without unjustifiable interference from other individuals or the state.

Jeder fünfte Rechtsanwalt übt neben dem klassischen Anwaltsberuf noch einen Zweitberuf aus (z.

* What is the extent and impact of white collar crime?

Taking a fresh and innovative approach to the subject, Making Sense of Land Law is an essential textbook designed to help those coming to the subject for the first time.

This  publication examines the legal aspects of the spare parts market from an IP perspective: specifically whether design protection for spare parts of a complex product extends to the spare part aftermarket, or whether that market should remain open to competition.

This book offers a comparative analysis of traditional Asian legal systems.

The enormous financial cost of criminal justice has motivated increased scrutiny and recognition of the need for constructive change, but what of the ethical costs of current practices and policies?

Explores the role that mass migration played in shaping modern international law and politics.

This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm.

A Guide to Expert Witness Evidence is a uniquely comprehensive exploration of expert witness evidence in Ireland.

Communication in Investigative and Legal Contexts Despite a number of research studies, there remain significant differences of opinion among psychologists, linguists and other practitioners on how best to describe particular types of questions and communicate most effectively in forensic contexts.

In its broadest sense, this book is concerned with the attempt by workers in Britain during the period 1760-1871 to engage in collective action in circumstances of conflict with their employers during a time when the nation and many of its traditional economic structures and customary modes of working were undergoing rapid and unsettling change.

Despite the media controversies surrounding high-profile cases of undercover policing, it is not always clear what ethical issues are at stake.

Constituent power is the power to create new constitutions.

Like medicine, law is replete with axioms of prevention.

This book provides essential legal information on state secession in an innovative manner: unlike conventional approaches, which invariably focus on whether there is a right to secession, here the discussion centers on how secessionist conflicts can be effectively resolved.

Providing short, clear and accessible explanations of the main areas of EU law, Understanding European Union Law is both an ideal introduction for students new to EU law and an essential addition to revision for the more accomplished.

Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, FinalistWhile car-crash victim Sharon Kowalski lay comatose in the hospital, battle lines were drawn between her parents and her lesbian companion Karen Thompson, initiating a nearly decade-long struggle over the guardianship of Kowalski.