Social Law

How federalism can be used to provide recognition and accommodate ethnic groups is an important topic, not only in Africa, but in multi-ethnic comm...

The authors of this new collection argue that the many features of the now-infamous Duke University mens lacrosse controversy are best understood i...

Remorse is a powerful, important and yet academically neglected emotion. This book, one of the very few extended examinations of remorse, draws on ...

Emergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-bein...

The essays selected for this volume provide a comprehensive overview of the philosophical, ethical, historical, legal and practical issues in the d...

The intense interest in 'offender profiling' generated by FBI special agents, gave rise to an explosion of studies in a new area called investigati...

This volume offers snapshots of how rights are debated and employed in public discourse to reshape legal and political relations at the beginning o...

Written by two leading higher education practitioners, this comprehensive and practical guide to the law of higher education in the UK provides ext...

American law schools are in deep crisis. Enrollment is down, student loan debt is up, and the profession's supply of high-paying jobs is shrinking....

Two worlds that in academia remain largely separated are brought together in this book in a unique way; the world of food safety law and the world ...

How 'free' is the free movement of persons? Why does the law that enables it need to be 'revisited'? This collection of essays, curated by Claire K...

Food e-commerce is a fast-developing market. Regrettably, the number of products exchanged on the web that may be harmful to consumers is also stea...

This title is only available as a loose-leaf version with Pearson eText.   Special Education Law, 3/e captures the evolving nature of special edu...

Also available as E-book see eu-food-law-handbook For more information about the e-book, please contact Sales. The twenty-first century has witne...

This book is designed for a specialized health law course focusing on the organization and financing of health care. It is also well-suited for hea...

Although we often think of law and the legal system as abstract things, they are not: law is peoples work, made concrete and filled with life by th...

In many countries regional and local authorities are given more powers in the field of social security. Supposedly, this is a general trend taking ...

An accident happened in the North Sea and I need a complete overview of the rules regarding oil pollution at sea. I need to draft a legal advice fo...

The Eleventh Edition of The Law of Public Education, a textbook-casebook, incorporates recent developments in K-12 Education Law into its conceptua...

This book argues against the conventional wisdom that a U.S. right to health is out of reach. It shows that the necessary change is not extraordina...

Discrimination is still not sufficiently addressed within liberal democracies. Often only some groups are protected against discrimination and mere...

The 1982 U. S. Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe, which made it possible for undocumented children to enroll in Texas public schools, was a water...

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

Public Health Law in Practice offers an accessible deep dive into public health law for public health students and practitioners with or without a ...

What do seat belts, life jackets and anti-jack knife technology have in common? They were all the subjects of campaigns run by the British Safety C...

Fire Safety Law provides building-owners, managers, individual leaseholders, mortgage-lenders, landlords, and anyone involved in the purchase or sa...

Although much has been written about U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving higher education, little has been said about the foundational case law ...

Although much has been written about U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving higher education, little has been said about the foundational case law ...

Forensic psychiatry (the interface of psychiatry and the law), forensic psychology, and mental health law are growing and evolving subspecialties i...

Health care reform has been a dominant theme in public discourse for decades now. The passage of the Affordable Care Act was a major milestone, but...

How the United States can provide equal educational opportunity to every child The United States Supreme Court closed the courthouse door to feder...

A Precarious Life offers an internal view of conflict among one of the most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in Britain. The long-term...

Law and Neurodiversity offers invaluable guidance on how autism research can inform and improve juvenile justice policies in Canada and the United ...

The Nordic states were among the first in the world to enact general gender equality and anti-discrimination laws with low threshold enforcement me...

Medicine and Shariah brings together experts from various fields, including clinicians, Islamic studies experts, and Muslim theologians, to analyze...

Several centuries ago, thve nations that would become the Haudenosaunee Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca were locked in generations-l...

How the United States can provide equal educational opportunity to every child The United States Supreme Court closed the courthouse door to feder...