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Trailblazing Women of the Georgian Era: The Eighteenth-Century Struggle for Female Success in a Man's World

Trailblazing Women of the Georgian Era: The Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Mike Rendell
ISBN: 9781473886056
Format: Paperback
$39.99

How the Law prevented women in the 18th Century from realising their potential & Examines how lack of education,...  Read More >>

The Shari'a: History, Ethics and Law

The Shari'a: History, Ethics and Law

Author: Amyn Sajoo
ISBN: 9781788313162
Format: Hardback
$70.00

Why is the term shari'a - the mention of which conjures up images of a politicised religion in many parts of the...  Read More >>

Glowglass

Glowglass

Author: Kirkland Ciccone
ISBN: 9781910829257
Format: Paperback
$20.67

Starrsha Glowglass's face is on the front page of every newspaper. She survived a massacre that claimed her Brothers...  Read More >>

The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women's Rights Around the World

The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women's...

Author: Mala Htun (University of New Mexico) ,  S. Laurel Weldon (Purdue University, Indiana)
ISBN: 9781108405461
Format: Paperback
$69.84

This book analyzes women's rights in seventy countries from 1975 to 2005, explaining the politics behind a wide...  Read More >>

New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities

New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities

Author: Matthew Maycock ,  Kate Hunt
ISBN: 9783319656533
Format: Hardback
$318.26

This edited collection utilises recent advances in theories on masculinities to explore and analyse the ways in...  Read More >>

Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South

Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South

Author: Kimberly M. Welch
ISBN: 9781469636436
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Based on new research conducted in courthouse basements and storage sheds in rural Mississippi and Louisiana, Kimberly...  Read More >>

Regulating Content on Social Media: Copyright, Terms of Service and Technological Features

Regulating Content on Social Media: Copyright, Terms...

Author: Corinne Tan
ISBN: 9781787351721
Format: Paperback
$64.69

How are users influenced by social media platforms when they generate content, and does this influence affect users'...  Read More >>

Regulating Content on Social Media: Copyright, Terms of Service and Technological Features

Regulating Content on Social Media: Copyright, Terms...

Author: Corinne Tan
ISBN: 9781787351738
Format: Hardback
$116.44

How are users influenced by social media platforms when they generate content, and does this influence affect users'...  Read More >>

Beyond Abortion: Roe v. Wadeand the Battle for Privacy

Beyond Abortion: Roe v. Wadeand the Battle for Privacy...

Author: Mary Ziegler
ISBN: 9780674976702
Format: Hardback
$93.95

Roe's privacy rationale inspired left-leaning movements unrelated to abortion around sexual orientation, class,...  Read More >>

Frameworks for Discursive Actions and Practices of the Law

Frameworks for Discursive Actions and Practices of the...

Author: Jan Engberg ,  Girolamo Tessuto
ISBN: 9781527505964
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This volume provides descriptive and interpretive insights into the 'living' usage of language and other semiotic...  Read More >>

Sexual Intimacy and Gender Identity 'Fraud': Reframing the Legal and Ethical Debate

Sexual Intimacy and Gender Identity 'Fraud': Reframing...

Author: Alex Sharpe
ISBN: 9781138502550
Format: Hardback
$252.00

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Muslim Identity Politics: Islam, Activism and Equality in Britain

Muslim Identity Politics: Islam, Activism and Equality...

Author: Khadijah Elshayyal
ISBN: 9781784537791
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Charts and analyses the history of Muslim identity politics in Britain during the second half of the 20th and the...  Read More >>

Hunting Justice: Displacement, Law, and Activism in the Kalahari

Hunting Justice: Displacement, Law, and Activism in...

Author: Maria Sapignoli
ISBN: 9781107191570
Format: Hardback
$183.71

This book follows the activist campaign that contested the Botswana government's removal of indigenous peoples from...  Read More >>

Is the Personal beyond Private and Public?: New Perspectives in Social Theory and Practice

Is the Personal beyond Private and Public?: New Perspectives...

Author: Arnab Chatterjee
ISBN: 9789352805204
Format: Hardback
$80.50

An examination of the notions of public, private and personal in the context of social theories and practices.  Read More >>

Unleashing the Force of Law: Legal Mobilization, National Security, and Basic Freedoms

Unleashing the Force of Law: Legal Mobilization, National...

Author: Devyani Prabhat
ISBN: 9781349928118
Format: Paperback
$44.99

An interdisciplinary, comparative study of the work of lawyers for civil liberties and basic freedoms, integrating...  Read More >>

Governmentality in EU External Trade and Environment Policy: Between Rights and Market

Governmentality in EU External Trade and Environment...

Author: Jessica Lawrence (European University INstitute, Italy)
ISBN: 9781138094727
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This book applies theories drawn from Foucauldian governmentality studies to investigate the ideological and political...  Read More >>

The Politics of Ratification of EU Treaties

The Politics of Ratification of EU Treaties

Author: Carlos Closa (Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid, Spain)
ISBN: 9781138496224
Format: Paperback
$96.99

Since its inception, the European Union (EU) has revised its foundational treaties several times, resulting in national...  Read More >>

Lawyers as Leaders

Lawyers as Leaders

Author: Deborah L. Rhode (Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford Law School)
ISBN: 9780190685584
Format: Paperback
$74.95

Why do we look to lawyers to lead, and why do so many of them prove to be so untrustworthy and unprepared? In Lawyers...  Read More >>

Institutional Translation for International Governance: Enhancing Quality in Multilingual Legal Communication

Institutional Translation for International Governance:...

Author: Professor Fernando Prieto Ramos (The University of Geneva, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781474292290
Format: Hardback
$200.00

This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of institutional translation issues related to the development...  Read More >>

Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa: The Role of Civil Society

Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa: The Role...

Author: Jasmina Brankovic ,  Hugo van der Merwe
ISBN: 9783319704159
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This edited volume examines the role of local civil society in shaping understandings and processes of transitional...  Read More >>

Recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility: The European Experience

Recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility: The...

Author: Rui Cunha Marques ,  Nuno Ferreira da Cruz
ISBN: 9781138546875
Format: Paperback
$96.99

An overriding value of European legislation on waste management is the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle....  Read More >>

Real Legal Certainty and its Relevance: Essays in honor of Jan Michiel Otto

Real Legal Certainty and its Relevance: Essays in honor...

Author: Adriaan Bedner ,  Barbara Oomen
ISBN: 9789087283155
Format: Paperback
$95.74

The concept of ‘real legal certainty’ provides a much needed corrective to the general attention for legal certainty...  Read More >>

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