Social Law

The Care Act 2014 represents a major upheaval in adult social care law: the biggest since 1948. This book sets out and explains the provisions of t...

As a distinct scholarly contribution to law, feminist legal theory is now well over three decades old. Those three decades have seen consolidation ...

This study, by two leading scholars in the field, draws on feminist theory and science and technology studies to uncover a basic injustice for the ...

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

As most jurisdictions move away from the death penalty, some remain strongly committed to it, while others hold on to it but use it sparingly. This...

Public Health Law in a Nutshell, 4th Edition provides a compelling and informative assessment of the critical role of law in American society to pr...

Fletcher's Principles of Federal Indian Law covers the basics of federal Indian law, the relationships between tribal, state, and federal sovereign...

This guide provides a reliable resource on American Indian law. Its authoritative text covers the essentials of this complex body of law, with atte...

Cases and Materials on Consumer Law (5th Ed.) retains its comprehensive coverage and has been completely updated to reflect new developments in the...

In 1925 Adolfo Babe Romo, a Mexican American rancher in Tempe, Arizona, filed suit against his school district on behalf of his four young children...

This casebook covers contemporary issues in bioethics ranging from reproductive choice to decision making about death. It teaches legal doctrine th...

Historic Preservation Law in a Nutshell provides the leading in-depth summary of historic preservation law within its local, state, tribal, federal...

Containing over 25 percent new content and two completely revised chapters, this updated casebook addresses legal and public policy issues affectin...

This Nutshell presents an overview of the major federal disability laws with emphasis on the statutes, regulations, and significant points of subst...

Practicing Bioethics Law provides basic readings in the field of bioethics law, including court cases, statutes, administrative regulations, briefs...

This abridged edition uses the organization and methods that health law teachers and students have found so helpful over the last eight editions of...

Bioethics: Health Care Law and Ethics uses a variety of legal and interdisciplinary materials to engage students in the study of the intersection o...

This abridged edition uses the organization and methods that health law teachers and students have found so helpful over the last eight editions of...

This book offers a framework for studying modern quality approaches, including more expansive definitions of quality in health care, patient safety...

Roughly 20-25 cents out of every dollar spent by American consumers is for a product regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency...

This book is intended to provide a broad overview of Social Security law and practice. It covers the two main titles of the Social Security Act: Ol...

This statutory supplement is for use with the Pridgen, Sovern, and Peterson Consumer Law casebook or for practicing attorneys and is the most up-to...

This reliable source explores traditional and emerging areas in consumer protection law. Federal and state law dealing with consumer transactions i...

This pioneering casebook presents a thorough exploration of the rapidly evolving and complex area of marijuana law. Current through the end of 2018...

This casebook covers disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act and special education under the Individuals with Disabilit...

Public policy responses to escalating medical costs and constrained access pose fundamental challenges to health care law. Profound medical advance...

This text captures the key points of the precedents governing student rights and responsibilities relating to attendance, speech, expression, relig...

Types of CoursesThis book is designed for graduate courses titled Law and Education, Higher Education Law, University Law, College Law, and/or Lega...

This edition incorporates all significant changes since 2014, especially in income taxation (including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) and furth...

Contains the elements of sports law explained in an organised, coherent manner. This book simplifies the complex world of sports law and provides a...

Sports and the Law: Examining the Legal Evolution of America's Three Major Leagues, 3rd Edition, represents the most up-to-date legal analysis of a...

Reliable source on medical liability law. Written by experts in the field, this Nutshell offers insight on establishing professional relationships ...

A comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for better design, implementation and enforcement A month after the ...

This text is the first of its kind to address the various legal issues facing the emergency medical service. Readers will find a myriad of legal is...

Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice, 2010-2011 is a comprehensive yet practical guide to the Hong Kong tax system. The volume explains the three m...

The book covers the major areas of Hong Kong taxationProperty Tax, Salaries Tax, Profits Tax, Personal Assessment and Stamp Duty. It explains the p...

While sex work has long been controversial, it has become even more contested over the past decade as laws, policies, and enforcement practices hav...

The contributors to this issue investigate the complex ways that policies of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have diffused through the states over se...

In 1856, the US Supreme Court denied Dred Scott, now free of slavery, his Constitutional rights, solely because he was black. According to the Cour...

This handbook sets out an innovative approach to the theory of law, reconceptualising it in a material, embodied, socially contextualised and polit...

David Downes' early work on delinquency in East London made an original contribution to the comparative study of anomie and subcultural theory, an...

Text, Cases and Materials on Medical Law and Ethics presents a valuable collection of materials relating to often controversial areas of the law. C...

Trusted for over 40 years for its authoritative account of medical law, this text provides the right balance between in-depth legal coverage and an...

The approximately two million gay and lesbian elders in the United States are an underserved and understudied population. At a time when gay men an...