Law & Society

This book is a powerful addition to a developing literature informed by arts and humanities research carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inve...

Focusing on India between the early nineteenth century and the First World War, Colonial Terror explores the centrality of the torture of Indian bo...

In the early modern centuries, several European states issued pioneering regulations to protect what they thought of as heritage that is, antiquit...

In the early modern centuries, several European states issued pioneering regulations to protect what they thought of as heritage that is, antiquit...

Set against the rapid aging of the world's population, Human Rights and the Care of Older People explores the potential for the rule against tortur...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminos...

The relationship between class and intimate violence against women is much misunderstood. While many studies of intimate violence focus on poor and...

Despite being one of the world's most vibrant democracies, police estimate between five and ten percent of the murders in South Africa result from ...

This open-access book provides fresh and much-needed insights into the interconnections between law, society and governance in Central Asia. By tak...

How the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britains foremost lawyers.Sister in Law is compelling, shocking and inspiring in equal ...

Informers are generally reviled. After all, 'snitches get stitches.' Informers who report to repressive regimes are particularly disdained. While i...

A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richerIn 2015, th...

A rigorous analysis of systemic misogyny in the law and a thoughtful exploration of the tools needed to transcend it through constitutional change ...

In 2003, when he was sixteen, Terrence Graham and three other teens attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida. Though they le...

A rigorous analysis of systemic misogyny in the law and a thoughtful exploration of the tools needed to transcend it through constitutional change ...

Whether youre new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Contract Law is all about, Beginning Contrac...

This book critically examines socio-political constructions of risk related to sexual offending behaviour by and among children and young people an...

Pacific Colony, a Southern California institution established to care for the feebleminded, justified the incarceration, sterilization, and forced ...