Law & society books

An urgent follow-up to international bestseller How Democracies Die, by two world-leading experts on democracy In...  Read More >>

In 2010, Correctional Service Canada closed two decrepit prisons designated for men. Hoping to reduce prison overcrowding,...  Read More >>

In the #MeToo age, US debate over licit sex has split into two camps: one insists that consent solves the problem...  Read More >>

In this collected volume, Aharon Layish demonstrates that legal documents are an essential source for legal and...  Read More >>

An important case study in the history of law under colonialism, Colonial Law Making explores the structural forces...  Read More >>

While many claim that being a mom is the most important job in the world, in reality motherhood in the United States...  Read More >>

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The monograph presents models of free pre-litigation legal aid from a comparative perspective, taking into account,...  Read More >>

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The chapters in this book includes attention to particular issues such as specialist domestic violence courts, judicial...  Read More >>

This book is a critical summary and exegesis of the work of Nicole Rafter. It introduces Rafter’s key works and...  Read More >>

This book investigates the multifaceted conflicts of sovereignty in the recent crises in the European Union.  Read More >>

This volume explores how and why EU-level actors respond to the various, sometime competing, ‘bottom up’ demands,...  Read More >>

This book examines the potential role of European Union law in combating poverty and social exclusion in the European...  Read More >>

This book examines the antagonist relationship between new European nationalisms – as these often go hand-in-hand...  Read More >>

As the United States grapples today with political divisions and arguments over who should be prosecuted for what,...  Read More >>

Consent, Stealthing and Desire-Based Contracting in the Criminal Law examines the inconsistencies in the definitions...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary book analyses the impact of digital technologies on specific markets and, more broadly, the...  Read More >>

This book deals with consensual mechanisms in criminal proceedings analyzed comparatively. It addresses the common...  Read More >>

What should be done about cultural property confiscated in the Soviet Occupation Zone and the GDR? This legal appraisal...  Read More >>

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This book examines the adequacy of laws in India as a response to sexual and gender-based violence against women....  Read More >>

"""This book shows how inheritance is, and has always been, more than the set of legal processes for the distribution...  Read More >>

Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature brings together scholars from different disciplines to reflect on...  Read More >>