Social law and Medical law

The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy presents the results of a worldwide exchange of information on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons.

This multidisciplinary volume considers the role of both public health and mental health policies and practices in the prevention of mass atrocity, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

This volume identifies and elaborates on the significance and functions of the various actors involved in the development of family law in the Middle East.

This book argues that moral rights provisions in copyright law rest on a misunderstanding, or romanticisation, of the role of the author.

Employing feminist, queer, and postcolonial perspectives, Global Justice and Desire addresses economy as a key ingredient in the dynamic interplay between modes of subjectivity, signification and governance.

In Denmark, Finland and Sweden the evolution of administrative law, including social welfare law, has been marked by a shift towards a stronger protection of the recipient's individual rights.

Through a wide range of international and interdisciplinary case studies, this book develops the notion of legacy, and in particular, 'living legacy'- that is, it explores power relations in the context of time as a means to considering and challenging social injustice.

Building on comparative research in the U.

What is it to do justice to the absent victims of past injustice, given the distance that separates us from them?

This title was first published in 2001.

In this objective, practical and authoritative introductory text the author reveals how the fundamental principles of the human-animal relationship drive the development of animal law.

The intense interest in 'offender profiling' generated by FBI special agents, gave rise to an explosion of studies in a new area called 'investigative psychology' by its originator David Canter.

Over the past two decades, virtually all areas of family law have undergone major doctrinal and theoretical changes - from the definition of marriage, to the financial and parenting consequences of divorce, to the legal construction of parenthood.

Providing a thorough, well-researched investigation of the socio-legal issues surrounding medically assisted death for the past century, this book traces the origins of the controversy and discusses the future of policymaking in this arena domestically and abroad.

What do we do with our fantasies?

Bringing a sociologist's insight to legal institutions and narratives, this book is an innovative and timely sociological contribution to current concerns regarding critical cosmopolitanism, human rights and crimes against humanity.

Customary law and traditional authorities continue to play highly complex and contested roles in contemporary African states.

This book critiques the connection between Western society and madness, scrutinizing if and how societal insanity affects the cause, construction, and consequence of madness.

By means of a historical, legal and scientific approach, this book identifies the issues, progress and setbacks in the right for women to access abortion in various countries of the Global North.

It is becoming increasingly common for human rights norms to be transferred between legal and political systems and this book is a fresh approach to the intersection of transnational law and the protection of cultural difference beyond the single state border.

In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States, directly affecting 1.

Are pregnant women entitled to the same rights of self-determination and bodily integrity as other adults?

This up-to-date resource on restorative justice theory and practice is the literature's most comprehensive and authoritative review of original research in new and contested areas.

Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care.

It has been over 50 years since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.

This book addresses the criminalisation of sexually explicit material depicting or describing fictitious characters who appear to be children.

This book examines the paved road as a liminal space and legal frontier for enlivened, everyday struggles over property, power, and place/definition.

It is perhaps worth explaining why there is a special importance in the present development of the theory of the State.

An essential introduction to rights-based approaches in social policy, this text critically explores how social rights underpin human wellbeing.

This collection considers the implications for privacy of the utilisation of new technologies in the criminal process.

Fundamentals of Medical Practice Investigation fills an important gap in the resources for criminal investigators.

As the threats posed by organised crime and terrorism persist, law enforcement authorities remain under pressure to suppress the movement, or flows, of people and objects that are deemed dangerous.

This book examines the largely neglected but crucial role of transnational actors in democratic constitution-making.

It is increasingly held that international commercial arbitration is becoming colonized by litigation.

Auslegung und Inhaltskontrolle von urheberrechtlichen Wahrnehmungsverträgen spielen in der Gerichtspraxis eine erhebliche Rolle.

At the intersection of law, feminism and philosophy, this book analyses the ways in which certain bodies and 'selves' continue to be treated as monstrous aberrations from the 'ideal' figure or norm.

Button on Taxis: Licensing Law and Practice is the only specialist text on taxi licensing law in the UK.

Each year, countless people fall victim to crimes against humanity.

This book addresses a growing area of concern for scholars and development practitioners: discriminatory gender norms in legally plural settings.

This visually rich, experience-led collection explores what design can do for legal education.

Demonstrates how colleges routinely deny students fair hearings in sexual assault cases and define sexual assault in an unconstitutionally broad manner.

Integral Psychedelic Therapy is a groundbreaking, evidence-based collection that explores how psychedelic medicine can be incorporated into contemporary psychotherapy.

The Dynamics of Transitional Justice draws on the case of East Timor in order to reassess how transitional justice mechanisms actually play out at the local level.

In many criminal justice systems a new trend towards incapacitation can be witnessed.

Feminist Perspectives on Child Law is a collection of interdisciplinary socio-legal essays which explore the complex relationship between childhood,gender and the law.