Social Law

This volume highlights important classic and contemporary works by law and society scholars who analyze the complex and often highly political rela...

Australia is now the only major Anglophone country that has not adopted a Bill of Rights. Since 1982 Canada, New Zealand and the UK have all adopte...

Synesthesia is the phenomenon where sensual perceptions are joined together as a combined experience that is, the ability to feel color, hear the ...

This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of forced marriage and 'honour' killings in Britain. Set against a background of increasing 'honour'...

Maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia was first recognised as a global concern in 2008 after the hijackings of World Food Programme vessels. It ...

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

This title was first published in 2001. Of the many far reaching issues facing post-communist states in the wake of the collapse of communist rule,...

This title was first published in 2002: Political ethics is a rapidly growing field in disciplines such as political science, philosophy, applied e...

This title was first published in 2002: The issue of immigration and crime in all of its many contexts and forms, is a problem which affects numero...

Social Citizenship in the Shadow of Competition explores how economic concepts and tools are reshaping regulatory law. Building on studies that li...

This title was first published in 2003.This book analyzes the policy initiatives used in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United...

Partnerships between the public and private sectors are an increasingly accepted method to deal with pressing global issues, such as those relating...

This title was first published in 2001: This book brings together the experiences of a diverse range of leading human rights advocates and activist...

This title was first published in 2001. The modern states claim to a monopoly of legitimate force bestows the concomitant duty of preventing the re...

The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN General Assembly in 2015 represents the latest attempt by the international comm...

This title was first published in 2001. This work is a uniquely multi-disciplinary contribution to the existing bioethical literature on the topic ...

During the past decade, the rise of online communication has proven to be particularly fertile ground for academic exploration at the intersection ...

This title was first published in 2002.The wide range of essays contained within this volume present contemporary thinking on the legal and ethical...

During its expansion from the Amazon jungle to Western societies, ayahuasca use has encountered different legal and cultural responses. Following o...

Coalitions of consumer groups, NGOs, and trade unions have traditionally been considered politically weak compared to well-organized and resourcefu...

This title was first published in 2001: Ethical thinking about medical decision-making has roots deep in history. This collection of contemporary e...

This title was first published in 2001. In the Western legal tradition, the history of restitution for unjust enrichment reaches back to pre-classi...

This book was originally published in 1999. When one or more essential organs failed, the consequence used to be death. However, conventional medic...

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 goal of every safety professional and safety program is to be proactive and to identify problems while complying within safety guidelines. This...

Maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia was first recognised as a global concern in 2008 after the hijackings of World Food Programme vessels. It ...

Within the global phenomenon of the (re)emergence of religion into issues of public debate, one of the most salient issues confronting contemporary...

Featuring contributions from scholars from across the globe, Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies is a comprehensive resource that addresses ...

This title was first published in 2001. The modern states claim to a monopoly of legitimate force bestows the concomitant duty of preventing the re...

The use of new information and communication technologies both inside the courts and in private online dispute resolution services is quickly chang...

This title was first published in 2000. The trend in the public courts and in the private sector toward resolving civil cases through mediation, as...

This volume chronicles a quarter-century of feminist theorizations on equality and liberty. The essays demonstrate a continuing commitment to femin...

This book argues, from a normative perspective, for the incorporation of an egalitarian sensitivity into tort law, and more generally, into private...

The relationship between intellectual property and food affects the production and availability of food by regulating dealings in products, process...

Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York Ci...

Maternity Discrimination is an ever increasingly important area of the law around the world, affecting both women and men as they juggle parenthood...

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

Transitional justice processes are now considered to be crucial steps in facilitating the move from conflict or repression to a secure democratic f...

Legal Pluralism and Governance in South Asia and the Diasporas contributes to the already heated debate about legal pluralism and the ontology of l...

This book contributes to a critical reflection of current legislative and jurisprudential developments in Non-Discrimination Law, focusing on the E...

Labour migration has been on the agenda of many countries around the globe at the same time as governments of both sending and receiving countries ...

This timely and valuable book explores the development of international human rights law over the last six decades. The volume brings together lead...

The importance of simulation in education, specifically in legal subjects, is here discussed and explored within this innovative collection. Demons...

Inquisitorial processes refers to the inquiry powers of administrative governance and this book examines the use of these powers in administrative ...

This volume concerns judges, judgment and judgmentalism. It studies the Victorians as judges across a range of important fields, including the lega...

This book explores the issue of selective law enforcement, arguing that the manipulation of the legal system by powerful insiders is a distinctive ...

This valuable book provides the latest review and analysis on franchise and distribution law in one comprehensive, easy-to-use resource. Every fran...