Law & Society

The desperate need for a vast part of the global population to access better medicines in more certain ways is one of the biggest concerns of the m...

An important collection examining how socio-legal studies and empirical legal research can be integrated into the law curriculum, looking at both c...

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1. 1 Research Objective 1 The modern State is unlikely to be the end configuration of organized political life. Throughout h...

Media independence is vital for democracies, and so is the independence of the regulatory bodies governing it. The Independence of the Media and it...

The book considers the genealogy of the term gender identity and its entrance and development in international human rights law. Going against the ...

The futures of reproductive justice and LGBTQIA+ liberation are intimately connected. Both movements were born out of the desire to love and build ...

In the United States, the second-wave feminist fight to achieve legal and societal recognition of men's violence against women leaned heavily on th...

In the United States, the second-wave feminist fight to achieve legal and societal recognition of men's violence against women leaned heavily on th...

It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the search for access ...

In India, judicial review is not a static phenomenon. It has ensured that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and in situations when a...

Did you know: women are 59% more likely than men to receive an incorrect diagnosis when experiencing heart attack.Or: women are more susceptible to...

It seems unthinkable that citizens of one of the most powerful nations in the world must risk their lives and livelihoods in the search for access ...

Labour law is in crisis. Global economic factors and the changing contours of work and workplace relations have led to a reorientation of the socia...

Basic freedoms cannot be abandoned in times of conflict, or can they? Are basic freedoms routinely forsaken during times when there are national se...

Perhaps no kind of regulation is more common or less useful than mandated disclosure--requiring one party to a transaction to give the other inform...

Crossroads in New Media, Identity and Law is a compilation of essays on the nexus of new information and communication technologies, cultural ident...

Based on empirical research, this book shows how public interest litigation (PIL) grants the appellate courts enormous flexibility in procedure, al...

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...

The construction industry has historically been male-dominated due to societal expectations and biases, specifically around the physical demands of...

In analyzing how economic crime was managed in Russia, from the Brezhnev era to the Yeltsin years, this book reveals the historical roots of the 'c...

Nearly every common law jurisdiction in the world has adopted a charter or bill of rights. Yet adopting a new rights document creates, rather than ...

The third volume in the Canadian State Trials series examines Canadian legal responses to real or perceived threats to the safety and security of t...