Law & society books

Fierce and sometimes ugly battles are being waged, especially in America, over who is allowed to marry, and what...  Read More >>

This book examines moral issues in public and private life from a religious but not devotional perspective.  Read More >>

Built around a diverse selection of academic literature and illuminated through comprehensive and critical commentary,...  Read More >>

Ronald Niezen examines the processes by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective human rights are defended...  Read More >>

This book offers a new way to think about the legacies of two institutions, the Nuremberg Trials and South Africa's...  Read More >>

In a democracy, regulating the legal profession, setting the parameters of access to justice and determining the...  Read More >>

This unique collection of materials and commentary on cultural law covers a broad range of themes to demonstrate...  Read More >>

This book explores how scientific evidence on the human mind might help to explain why racial equality is so elusive....  Read More >>

This fresh understanding of global law and contemporary gender relations asks 'whom do we care about?' not 'what...  Read More >>

Constitutionalism affirms the idea that democracy should not lead to the violation of human rights or the oppression...  Read More >>

Academics, especially legal anthropologists and sociologists, have discussed legal pluralism for decades. This book...  Read More >>

New to English law? Need to know how rules are made, interpreted and applied? This classic textbook, fully updated,...  Read More >>

An examination of the relationship between competition and the deregulation and liberalisation of the US and European...  Read More >>

A collection of rich ethnographically grounded case studies which examine how ordinary people across the globe use...  Read More >>

Bringing together an international range of academics, Gender, Sexualities and Law provides a comprehensive interrogation...  Read More >>

Feminist Perspectives on Tort brings together acknowledged experts in these two areas to pursue a distinctly feminist...  Read More >>

Europe is increasingly becoming an everyday reality for many companies, not only for large corporations but small...  Read More >>

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How is law mobilized and who has the power and authority to construct its meaning? This important volume examines...  Read More >>

An important collection examining how socio-legal studies and empirical legal research can be integrated into the...  Read More >>

How Women Represent Women argues that political parties fundamentally structure the ways in which women legislators...  Read More >>

By 1216 the foundations of the English common law had been laid. This book assesses the development of law and society...  Read More >>

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This book opens windows onto Jewish legal culture, by offering fourteen exploratory essays, each of which focuses...  Read More >>

Regulating Sexuality: Legal Consciousness in Lesbian and Gay Lives explores the impact that recent seismic shifts...  Read More >>