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...