Law & Society

In R. v. Ewanchuk, the Supreme Court of Canada held that sexual touching must be accompanied by express, contemporaneous consent. In doing so, the ...

In R. v. Ewanchuk, the Supreme Court of Canada held that sexual touching must be accompanied by express, contemporaneous consent. In doing so, the ...

This book offers an innovative, comparative approach to the study of women’s legal rights during a formative period of Anglo–American history. It t...

Guardian's Best Paperback of the Month ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S and FINANCIAL TIMES' BOOKS OF 2020 'In intimate, often tender prose, Gevisser brings...

The 50th Anniversary edition of the ground-breaking, worldwide bestselling feminist tract. ‘The Fema...

Sets a new trajectory for considering the intertwined relationship between theology and law through speculative cinema Offers 7 close readings of ...

Is it time to take a break from feminism? In this pathbreaking book, Janet Halley reassesses the place of feminism in the law and politics of sexua...

Forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade continues to make headlines. After Roe: The Lost...

Compared to other countries, Canada’s Parliament shows a high level of party unity when it comes to legislative voting. This was not always the cas...

Two leading feminist lawyers reflect on gender in international law to set out what a gendered peace might look like and its impact on internationa...

Most people in the United States today no longer live their lives under the guidance of local institutionalized religious leadership, such as rabbi...

The State of Play presents an essential first step in understanding how new digital worlds will change the future of our universe. Millions of peop...

A gripping explanation of the biases that lead to the blaming of pregnant women and mothers. Are mothers truly a danger to their children’s healt...

Recent controversies surrounding the war on terror and American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought rule of law rhetoric to a fevered...

The State of Play presents an essential first step in understanding how new digital worlds will change the future of our universe. Millions of peop...

In Law and Class in America, a group of leading legal scholars reflect on the state of the law from the end of the Cold War to the present, grappli...

Bedouin Law from Sinai and the Negev is the first comprehensive study of Bedouin law published in English, including oral, pre-modern law. The mate...

Also Serving Time informs readers about the realities of provincial and territorial prison work in Canada. Exploring the nuances of the job, Rosema...

National security in the interest of preserving the well-being of a country is arguably the first and most important responsibility of any democrat...

Gültan Kışanak, a Kurdish journalist and former MP, was elected co-mayor of Diyarbakır in 2014. Two years later, the Turkish state arrested and imp...

The nature of employment is changing: low wage jobs are increasingly common, fewer workers belong to unions, and workplaces are being transformed t...

Essentially a Mother argues that the law of pregnancy and motherhood has been overrun by sexist ideology. Courts have held that a pregnant woman’s ...