Law books

This important collection brings together cutting-edge international research on the role of language and communication...  Read More >>

This book presents the first history of the death penalty under British colonial rule in the late twentieth century....  Read More >>

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This book examines why some new democracies develop peacefully while others suffer criminal violence. For readers...  Read More >>

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Regarded as a heinous crime with serious, long-term consequences for victims, modern slavery is high on the political...  Read More >>

This Element offers a new perspective on responsible business conduct in climate adaptation, presenting a theoretical...  Read More >>

The Element identifies avoidance or alleviation of harm as a central legal preoccupation, outlines technical developments...  Read More >>

Die Checklisten zum elektronischen Rechtsverkehr fassen die wesentlichen Informationen zu Form- und Fristfragen...  Read More >>

Drawing on empirical research across three diverse settings, Redressing Rape in War offers an innovative medico-legal...  Read More >>

Daniel Lee's Divisions of Law explores how Jean Bodin helped transform Roman law into a rational legal science....  Read More >>

This volume identifies and analyses the overlooked issues of criminal punishment for IP infringement in Asia, comparing...  Read More >>

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Torturing Environments explores how contemporary practices of coercion have evolved beyond traditional physical...  Read More >>

A comprehensive deep dive into the world of Charter rights and Charter litigation, the eighth edition of this text...  Read More >>

You worked hard to create it. Don't sign it away by accident. Every year, thousands of independent musicians, artists,...  Read More >>

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This short book examines the taxonomy of 'voluntary obligations' presented by Viscount Stair in his seminal Institutions...  Read More >>

In 1991, eighteen-year-old Tony Egbuna Ford was sentenced to death for a murder he said he did not commit. More...  Read More >>

Work isn’t working—for women or for men. Despite decades of progress, women are still facing persistent gaps in...  Read More >>

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) opened in 2016, as a US$100 billion multilateral development bank...  Read More >>

With comparative insights from England, Wales, and the U.S., this book reframes victims in common law systems as...  Read More >>

Leading legal academics Rosalind Dixon and Will Partlett bring the Australian Constitution and its importance vividly...  Read More >>

Dutch asylum procedure is a peculiar legal procedure that gathers different people and sensitivities together to...  Read More >>