Law books

First published in 1965, this study was the first attempt in this country to look at the problems of the families...  Read More >>

An awareness that the effects of prison on offenders were rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful. In this...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1974, this book was the first full-scale work published in this country evaluating carefully...  Read More >>

The working of the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act was the subject of much debate in the 1970s. Discussion had...  Read More >>

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About the Author Professor James Pierre, EdD discovered himself as a citizen of the Kingdom as a teenager, embracing...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1976, A Taste of Prison deals with a very sensitive area of concern in the system of trial...  Read More >>

In Prison Crisis, originally published in 1980, Peter Evans draws together all of the issues of the time to provide...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1977, this title attempts to document and analyse some of the changes which happened in...  Read More >>

This open access book provides an overview of the credit distribution ecosystem in Europe, with a specific focus...  Read More >>

Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the relationship between law, time, and new technologies to explain the emergence...  Read More >>

This book introduces a novel puzzle, the 'Lorry Driver Paradox', to advance our understanding of moral responsibility...  Read More >>

This open access book introduces the first systematic approach to the debate on the unity or fragmentation of practical...  Read More >>

An innovative study charting the effectiveness of child protection in care proceedings that have an international...  Read More >>

Reveals how the treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses is a critical gauge for measuring the level of religious toleration...  Read More >>

Explores the impact of language on the field of comparative constitutional law.  Read More >>

A fascinating collection of essays on international law, humanitarian law and international criminal law viewed...  Read More >>

A ground-breaking work setting out a legal and theoretical model allowing for supported decision-making for people...  Read More >>

First published in 1989, this title presents the English prison system in the words of those who had endured it...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1985,this title is an account of the changing functions and conditions of imprisonment in...  Read More >>

In the late 1950s crime and its treatment had never been of greater public interest. In this title, first published...  Read More >>

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Based on the long-established American law and literature movement, the interdisciplinary research field of 'law...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of how changes in microprudential and macroprudential regulations—specifically,...  Read More >>