Law & society books

Who Is to Judge? tackles the judicial selection debate head on. Judicial politics expert Charles Gardner Geyh exposes...  Read More >>

This volume explores the continuous line from informal and unrecorded practices all the way up to illegal and criminal...  Read More >>

This book examines the use and impact of Australian Indigenous sentencing courts in response to Indigenous partner...  Read More >>

This book presents a compelling and highly sophisticated politico-legal history of a particular security operation...  Read More >>

Through first-person accounts and vivid narrative, Because of Sex tells the story of how one law and a few tenacious...  Read More >>

Through first-person accounts and vivid narrative, Because of Sex tells the story of how one law and a few tenacious...  Read More >>

Through first-person accounts and vivid narrative, Because of Sex tells the story of how one law and a few tenacious...  Read More >>

This volume examines the role of law as a tool for advancing women’s rights and gender equity in local, national,...  Read More >>

Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law offers the nuts-and-bolts legal information and problem-solving steps...  Read More >>

The miniscule motion of a butterfly’s wings can trigger a tornado half a world away, according to chaos theory....  Read More >>

This book is based on the assumption that the world is governed by a widespread field of interconnected laws. In...  Read More >>

This book critically examines the last few decades of discussion around sex and violence in the media, on social...  Read More >>

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Indigenous women are over represented in Canadian prisons; research demonstrates how their over incarceration and...  Read More >>

This book contests the appropriateness of sexual offence prosecutions brought against young gender non-conforming...  Read More >>

This book addresses the major challenges confronting the EU, analyses the consequences for the integration project,...  Read More >>

This book offers a multifaceted look at Northeast India, and the customs and traditions that underpin its legal...  Read More >>

Examines how law regulates religion and explores the influence of world religions on the legal systems in Asia,...  Read More >>

This book discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law. In doing so it marks...  Read More >>

Should we care about the injustices of the past? Does history matter when we think about current gender inequalities?...  Read More >>

"Examining such hot-button issues as trigger warnings, safe spaces, hate speech, disruptive protests, speaker disinvitations,...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2019), hosted by Ipazia, the Scientific...  Read More >>

This volume brings historical analysis to bear on the issue of gender and the law, providing a comprehensive overview...  Read More >>

This book explores the relation between space, law and control in the contemporary city – and particularly in relation...  Read More >>

Envisioning Legality: Law, Culture and Representation is a collection of some of the world’s leading cultural legal...  Read More >>