Law & society books

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines how law understands the past. Topics covered...  Read More >>

A tactical guide to navigating gender bias in the workplace through attuned gender communication.  Read More >>

""A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING AND DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION."" -Chesa Boudin, District...  Read More >>

Justice Matters is a collection of essays which together tell a powerful story of the impact of COVID-19, the responses...  Read More >>

Recent social and political developments, including the presidential elections in the United States, antidemocratic...  Read More >>

An exploration of the many reasons why we blame women for male violence committed against them.  Read More >>

In coordinated papers that are grounded in empirical research, the volume contributors use careful linguistic analysis...  Read More >>

As a compact, liberal, industrialized democracy, 1980s New Zealand proved a useful place to try out the latest fads...  Read More >>

"""This exciting textbook introduces the basic tenets and methodologies of empirical legal research. Explaining...  Read More >>

Max Weber's Sociology of Law evaluates the conditions in which modern legal systems were developed. Using recent...  Read More >>

"""This exciting textbook introduces the basic tenets and methodologies of empirical legal research. Explaining...  Read More >>

Als syphilis of the law (Bentham) und Krucken (Jhering) verdammt, wird seit uber 2000 Jahren immer wieder die...  Read More >>

"""Undergraduate text on gender issues within the law""--"  Read More >>

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This book examines the criminalisation of sexually explicit material that depicts or describes characters who appear...  Read More >>

This book investigates the implementation of family law by sharia courts in Gaza. Drawing on empirical research,...  Read More >>

Written by an author who has worked as a police officer, Home Affairs counsellor and academic, this book presents...  Read More >>

This book explores femicide, and scrutinizes the three key American criminal doctrines usually applied in its cases:...  Read More >>

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. has been, and continues to be, praised as America’s greatest judge and he is widely considered...  Read More >>

This volume addresses the different ways in which legal cultures work in a modern society. It is based on a multi-level...  Read More >>

This book explores the prosecution of wartime sexual violence in international criminal law and asks what the juridicalisation...  Read More >>

This book brings together researchers from the fields of international human rights law, EU law and constitutional...  Read More >>

Offers an interpretive account of how peace negotiators and mediators in peace processes in Uganda and Kenya sought...  Read More >>

Volume 21 of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in...  Read More >>

This edited volume sheds light on the achievements of EU policies and programmes in the field of human rights and...  Read More >>