Law & Society

Best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working w...

A Waterstones Best History Book 2024 'Compulsively readable' Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' Phi...

Illicit firearms are a key enabler of organized criminal groups and illegal trade. They facilitate conflict over control of these markets, deter le...

With over five billion internet users globally, it is crucial to understand social media activism and legal change for women and girls. This insigh...

The display of religious symbols in the public space has been the subject of much debate. This book provides an overview of the presence of religio...

This book provides an innovative and policy-oriented analysis of gender stereotypes in advertising regulation from a socio-legal perspective.Examin...

This book advances the debate on the hybrid areas of labour by taking the case of work arrangements that destabilise the dichotomies between standa...

This book explores the complex issue of building a common European identity and the factors that contribute to it, with special regard to the role ...

Highly topical collection of innovative essays on the protection of democracy by eminent contributors from the judiciary, the practicing legal prof...

This book makes a distinctive and innovative contribution to the study of white-collar and corporate crime through detailed examination of the use,...

In the philosophy of law there has been a proliferation of advanced work in the last thirty years on the normativity of law. Recent theories explo...

Sex and sexuality are an integral part of human life and vital for the survival of the human race, but sexual freedoms in many countries have yet t...

This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of digital sovereignty in China, which are addressed mainly from political, legal and historica...

Legal Innovation explores the impact of technology on the legal profession and societal change. Reflecting contributions from an international grou...

Over the last half century, courts have come to play increasingly important roles in democracies. That role is studied by historians, political sci...

Storytelling has the capacity to address feelings and demonstrate themes to illuminate beyond argument and theoretical exposition. In Otters Journ...

This book offers new perspectives on two key themes: the criminal law of sexual consent and the temporalities of law. It uses detailed feminist ana...

This book critically engages criminal law issues relating to sexuality and violence in order to argue that an attention to emotions can produce a m...

Focusing on cities in the European Arctic, this book consolidates research on sustainable development, local and urban governance, and transnationa...