Law & Society

If catastrophes are, by definition, exceptional events of such magnitude that worlds and lives are dramatically overturned, the question of timing ...

This volume presents a critical analysis of transatlantic relations in the field of environmental governance and climate change. The work focuses o...

This title was first published in 2002.This book offers an intriguing examination of the law concerning liability for psychiatric injury suffered b...

This book analyses the dichotomy between the goal of social inclusion and the effect of social exclusion through over-indebtedness since 2008 in Eu...

This title was first published in 2000: European Intellectual Property is a survey and discussion of the impact of the economic principles of the E...

Routledge QandAs give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exa...

Drawing on data from a Europe wide project, together with existing data on equality and diversity initiatives, this book explores the work of trade...

This book brings together academics, legal practitioners and activists with a wide range of pro-choice, pro-life and other views to explore the pos...

This volume deals with the manifold ways in which histories are debated and indeed historicity and historiography themselves are interrogated via t...

First published in 1997, this volume explores how we live in a society which is developing beyond human experience and comprehension fast. Advance...

This title was first published in 2001. The global legal landscape is littered with attempts to provide context and meaning for sexual harassment l...

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a key actor in the global investment regime since the 1980s. At the same time, international investment poli...

In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They sued to enforce the...

Hilaire Barnetts Constitutional and Administrative Law has consistently provided students with reliable, accessible and comprehensive coverage of t...

The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention) was adopted by the ...

This book explores the contentious topic of womens rights in Muslim-majority countries, with a specific focus on Iran and the Iranian womens moveme...

Leading global experts in the field of politics and mathematics bring forth key insights on how voting power should be allocated between EU member ...

Why have the early years of the 21st century seen increasing use of emergency-type powers or claims of supra-legal executive authority, particularl...

This volume makes a contribution to the ongoing lively discussion on European constitutionalism by offering a new perspective and a new interpretat...

Advancing legal scholarship in the area of mixed legal systems, as well as comparative law more generally, this book expands the comparative study ...

In considering diffusion from a global perspective, this book provides timely new insights into its application in a variety of fields and at many ...

Transnational business activities are important drivers of growth for developing and the least developed countries. However, they can also negative...

This book asks the fundamental question of how new human rights issues emerge in the human rights debate. To answer this, the book focuses on nongo...

Konstantinos Kapparis challenges the traditional view that free women, citizen and metic, were excluded from the Athenian legal system. Looking at ...