Social Law

The programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) form the foundation for the nation''''s social insurance network that has gre...

Social Security (comprising Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI)) is the largest single program in the federal gove...

When government officials become aware of an impending disaster, they may take steps to protect citizens before the incident occurs. Evacuation of ...

Mobile phone use in the United States has risen dramatically over the last 20 years, and Americans increasingly rely on mobile phones as their sole...

Methamphetamine: A Love Story presents an insider's view of the world of methamphetamine based on the life stories of thirty-three adults formerly ...

Research findings showed that secondary school students in Hong Kong face many challenges. In particular, morbid emphasis on academic excellence ha...

Anomie, strain and subcultural theories are among the leading theories of crime. Anomie theories state that crime results from the failure of soc...

IRS oversight of charitable organisations helps to ensure they abide by the purposes that justify their tax exemption and protects the sector from ...

The Oxford Handbook of Children and the Law presents cutting-edge scholarship on a broad range of topics covering the life course of humans from be...

Challenging the usual introductions to the study of law, A Critical Introduction to Law argues that law is inherently political and reflects the in...

This series provides an overview on education in America today, with a focus on the current issues, analyses, policies and programs being implement...

Examining new archival material from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, One Law for All? discusses legal transfer and practice in impe...

The primary source of federal aid to K-12 education is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), particularly Title I, Part A of Education...

Bullying in schools has become widely viewed as an urgent social, health, and educational concern that has moved to the forefront of public debate ...

As part of a larger scheme to regulate drugs and other controlled substances, federal law prohibits the cultivation, distribution, and possession o...

Changes in family structures, demographics, social attitudes and economic policies over the last sixty years have had a large impact on family live...

Community Care and the Law is the pre-eminent legal text on adult social care law. Its contributors are leading experts in the field and the lead a...

The work considers the international and European obligations of the UK in the realm of challenging the far-right and assesses the extent to which ...

Measuring Justice explores the ways in which South African court and managerial prosecutors deal with the quantification of social phenomena - such...

The visual arts offer refreshing and novel resources through which to understand the representation, power, ideology and critique of law. This vibr...

Countries emerging from violent conflict face difficult challenges about what the role of media should be in political transitions, particularly wh...

Recalling the Canadian laws pertaining to pornography and bawdy houses that were first developed during the Victorian era, this study recollects ho...

Prison Law is the leading text in its field. It offers comprehensive coverage of the substantive law, the Prison Rules, and the remedies available ...

What role can resources that go beyond text play in the development of moral education in law schools and law firms? How can these resources - espe...

Law and Development emerged in the United States in the 1960s and rapidly spread throughout the world. Its intellectual origins can be traced back ...