Law & Society

The inspirational story of a young German orphan who escaped a war-torn Berlin to rise to the highest ranks of the European legal system. When K...

The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy ...

Like the never-ending War on Terror, the drugs war is a multi-billion-dollar industry that wont go down without a fight. Pills, Powder, and Smoke e...

As early as the Silent Era, movie studios were sued over depictions of real people and events. Filmmakers have always altered the details of tru...

Does the law shield citizens from authoritarian regimes? Are the core beliefs of classical liberalismnamely the rights of all individuals and const...

Victors' Justice is a potent and articulate polemic against the manipulation of international penal law by the West, combining historical detail, j...

The never-before-told story of Ewan Forbes and the landmark case that rocked British society and transformed transgender experience to this day*LON...

While there is overwhelming support for democracy in India and voter turnout is higher than in many Western democracies, there are low levels of tr...

Justice in Public Life comprises three essays which are edited versions of lectures delivered at Westminster Abbey Institute by Revd Dr James Hawke...

For many inside and outside the legal academy, the right place to look for law is in constitutions, statutes, and judicial opinions. This book look...

For many inside and outside the legal academy, the right place to look for law is in constitutions, statutes, and judicial opinions. This book look...

Increasingly fraught debates about sex, consent, feminism, justice, law, and gender relations have taken centre stage in academic, journalistic and...

Drawing on archival materials, Michael Ng challenges the widely accepted narrative that freedom of expression in Hong Kong is a legacy of British r...

The founding principle of the United States was that the rule of law would be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set o...

Human Rights Equality Free Speech Privacy The Rule of Law These five ideas are vitally important to the way of life we enjoy today. The battl...

LIFE. SEX. RACE. POWER. FREE SPEECH. PROTEST. PRIVACY. DEMOCRACY. SOVEREIGNTY. DEATH. Society shapes law... and law shapes society. We like to ima...

This volume focuses on the rise of transnational constitutional laws, primarily created by the interaction between national and international court...

The papers selected for this volume offer a panorama of problems and methods at the intersection of legal theory and the humanities. All taken from...

If justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition? Today, the idea of gen...

When Helena Normanton was admitted to Middle Temple on 24 December 1919, she became the first woman to enter this traditional male preserve, settin...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and a Times, Spectator and Observer Book of the Year 2021 In the first decade of this century, it was unthinkable tha...

The first two years of the Obama administration have led to expectations, both in the United States and abroad, that in the coming years America wi...

A towering and beloved figure in legal scholarship, Martha Minow explores the complicated intersection between law, justice and forgiveness, asking...

The first known abolitionist critique of the death penaltyhere for the first time in EnglishIn 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria cr...

William D. Lopez details the incredible strain that immigration raids place on Latino communitiesand the families and friends who must recover from...

This book is for those who are concerned with the deteriorating situation of women in Pakistan and wish to obtain an overview of the legal and prac...

For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions. Today, although women occupy an increasing percen...

As Kenyan women traditionally have fewer formal employment opportunities, often occupying lower-paid jobs in the informal sector, the experiences o...

In 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience....

This book focuses on the socio-political environment that allows for the impactful work of NGOs through their proximity to local communities. The b...

An innovative collaboration between academics, practitioners, activists and artists, this timely and provocative book rewrites 16 significant Scots...

  'The most important thing you'll read this year' Elle  The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, autho...

Reproductive justice (RJ) is a pivotal movement that supplants the language and limitations of reproductive rights. RJ's tenets are that women have...

'As thrilling as a detective novel.' The Times'Powerful, moving and often captivating.' Financial Times'A compelling read for anyone who cares abou...

'Everyone should read Down Girl. It should be distributed in schools and every board room, athletic department and legislative space' - Soraya Chem...