Social law and Medical law

Many teachers in public schools find themselves increasingly unsure of what the law expects of them in the classroom.

This is the first comprehensive socio-legal study of the interrelation between gender and the law of refugee status.

The NHS came into existence in an atmosphere of conflict centred on the strong ideological commitment of the Post-war Labour Government and the opposition of the Conservative Party of that time to the idea of a universally available and centrally planned medical care service.

The Second Amendment, by far the most controversial amendment to the US Constitution, will soon celebrate its 225th anniversary.

Comparative Perspectives on Communal Lands and Individual Ownership: Sustainable Futures addresses property and land title as central mechanisms governing access to communally-held land and resources.

Effective regulation of consumer credit in modern society is an ever-changing challenge.

Der Leitfaden beschreibt erstmals zusammenhängend die kommunikativen Besonderheiten und speziellen Rechtsfragen, die in betreuungsgerichtlichen Verfahren für Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund auftreten.

This book examines major conceptual challenges confronting freedom of religion or belief in contemporary settings.

This title was first published in 2002.

This book questions punishment as concept, social phenomenon and contemporary practice.

This title was first published in 2003.

Environmental crime is one of the most profitable and fastest growing areas of international criminal activity.

This book explores the latest thinking about Max Weber and his continuing influence on theoretical and empirical interests today.

The comprehensive guide for identifying needs, specification and installation of emergency and security lighting systems.

This book explores the human rights consequences of recent and ongoing revisions of mental health legislation in England and Ireland.

In what ways do local authorities respond to the increasing socio-cultural heterogeneity of urban populations?

This book highlights and responds to core questions related to social inclusion of people with disabilities nationally and internationally.

This book explores the conceptual and theoretical frameworks of Right to Water and analyzes its values in the context of water policy frameworks of the union governments in India.

This book brings rhetorical, legal, and professional communication perspectives to the discourse surrounding policy-making efforts within the United States around two types of violent crimes against women: domestic violence and sexual assault.

This second edition of the Handbook of Victims and Victimology presents a comprehensively revised and updated set of essays, bringing together internationally recognised scholars and practitioners to offer substantial research informed overviews within their specialist fields of investigation.

Punishment in contemporary China has experienced dramatic shifts over the last seven decades or so.

Addressing the relationship between law and the visual, this book examines the importance of photography in Central, East, and Southeast European show trials.

The recent explosion of research and practice relating to offending and the related investigative and legal processes makes it extremely difficult for anyone to master these emerging areas of research.

This fully-updated third edition of Jon Bailey and Mary Burch's bestselling Ethics for Behavior Analysts is an invaluable guide to understanding and implementing the newly-revised Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) Professional and Ethical Compliance Code.

From the ancient beginnings of Western legal tradition, law has been conceived as traversed by a fundamental tension between power (will) and reason.

This book - a collection of reviews and research articles by the top academics in the field - provides a glimpse of the cutting-edge technology and research being carried out and shows how researchers are utilizing this knowledge to develop new areas of study and novel applications.

This interdisciplinary volume presents a nuanced critique of the prison experience in diverse detention facilities across Africa.

This book brings together the fruits of different traditions in legal philosophy and draws on them to develop a systematic thesis on the concept of law.

This book presents a unified set of arguments about the nature of jurisprudence and its relation to the jurist's role.

This revised and updated edition of Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender in the Community provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to theory and practice.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book addresses the theme of collective bargaining in different legal systems and explores legal framework of collective bargaining as well as the role of different bargaining models in domestic labour law systems in altogether twenty-one jurisdictions throughout the world.

This handbook explores, contextualises and critiques the relationship between anthropocentrism - the idea that human beings are socially and politically at the centre of the cosmos - and international law.

Presents critical and forcefully argued debate between two moral philosophers, setting out strong cases on both sides of the argument.

Is charity law a 'private law' or a 'public law' subject?

Legal primitivism was a complex phenomenon that combined the study of early European legal traditions with studies of the legal customs of indigenous peoples.

There has been a rapid increase in the pace and scope of international collaborative research in developing countries in recent years.

Corruption in the sport industry is a pervasive issue that threatens the integrity of sport as an institution.

This collection presents an analysis of illicit networks and discusses implications for law enforcement and crime prevention.

Die Aufgabe des Gutachters im Gerichtsverfahren besteht in der Vermittlung der Fachkenntnis, die für die Beurteilung eines konkreten Sachverhalts notwendig ist.

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.

Bringing together the most seminal articles written by leading international experts, this volume discusses all aspects of freedom of the press.

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The Politics of Juridification offers a timely contribution to debates about how politics is being affected by the increasing relevance of judicial bodies to the daily administration of Western political communities.

Evidence-based guidance on the prevention and management of aggression and violence by patients with mental disorders.

Victims of crime are still marginalized in criminal law practice, even though an increasingly large number of legislatures have introduced reforms on their behalf.