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Spatializing Law: An Anthropological Geography of Law in Society

Spatializing Law: An Anthropological Geography of Law...

Author: Franz von Benda-Beckmann ,  Keebet von Benda-Beckmann
ISBN: 9780754672913
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Exploring the interrelations between social spaces and boundaries and physical space, Spatializing Law examines...  Read More >>

The Status of Women under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic Legislation: Third Edition of the Revised and Updated Work

The Status of Women under Islamic Law and Modern Islamic...

Author: Jamal J. Nasir
ISBN: 9789004172739
Format: Hardback
$195.95

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Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing: The International Problem-Solving Court Movement

Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing: The International Problem-Solving...

Author: James L. Nolan, Jr.
ISBN: 9780691129525
Format: Hardback
$138.60

A study of the international problem-solving court movement and the first comparative analysis of the development...  Read More >>

Methods of Interpretation: How the Supreme Court Reads the Constitution

Methods of Interpretation: How the Supreme Court Reads...

Author: Lackland H. Bloom Jr
ISBN: 9780195377118
Format: Hardback
$228.95

Methods of Interpretation: How the Supreme Court Reads the Constitution examines the various methodologies the Supreme...  Read More >>

The Law of Obscenity and Pornography

The Law of Obscenity and Pornography

Author: C Jasper
ISBN: 9780195386172
Format: Hardback
$118.80

In this comprehensive legal almanac, Margaret C. Jasper explores all of the laws surrounding obscenity and pornography....  Read More >>

The Defence of Unpopular Causes

The Defence of Unpopular Causes

Author: Lex Lasry
ISBN: 9780522854954
Format: Paperback
$34.95

This examination explores the defence of unpopular causes around the world since World War II, including famous...  Read More >>

Ubiquitous Law: Legal Theory and the Space for Legal Pluralism

Ubiquitous Law: Legal Theory and the Space for Legal...

Author: Emmanuel Melissaris ,  Professor Austin D. Sarat
ISBN: 9780754625421
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Ubiquitous Law explores the possibility of understanding the law in dissociation from the State and considers the...  Read More >>

Legal Republicanism: National and International Perspectives

Legal Republicanism: National and International Perspectives...

Author: Samantha Besson (, Professor of Public International Law and European Law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland) ,  José Luis Martí (, Associate Professor of Law, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
ISBN: 9780199559169
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Interest in republicanism as a political theory has burgeoned in recent years, but its implications for the understanding...  Read More >>

Ethics, Law and Society: Volume IV

Ethics, Law and Society: Volume IV

Author: Jennifer Gunning ,  Søren Holm
ISBN: 9780754676461
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This key collection addresses issues arising in biomedical and medical ethics ranging from assisted reproductive...  Read More >>

Diversity and Tolerance in Socio-Legal Contexts: Explorations in the Semiotics of Law

Diversity and Tolerance in Socio-Legal Contexts: Explorations...

Author: Vijay K. Bhatia ,  Anne Wagner
ISBN: 9780754673866
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book explores how the various disciplines of law and linguistics can help us understand the nature of 'Diversity...  Read More >>

Older People in Law and Society

Older People in Law and Society

Author: Jonathan Herring (Fellow in Law at Exeter College, University of Oxford.)
ISBN: 9780199229024
Format: Hardback
$261.95

It is widely claimed that we are facing a demographic time bomb, with an increasing older population and a decreasing...  Read More >>

Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages

Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages

Author: Anthony Musson ,  Edward Powell
ISBN: 9780719038020
Format: Paperback
$43.99

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Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages

Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages

Author: Anthony Musson ,  Edward Powell
ISBN: 9780719038013
Format: Hardback
$234.96

A collection of translated legal sources charting the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal...  Read More >>

Foucault's Law

Foucault's Law

Author: Ben Golder ,  Peter Fitzpatrick
ISBN: 9780415424547
Format: Paperback
$56.00

Provocative and unorthodox, this is the first book in twenty years to address Foucault’s position on law. Engaging...  Read More >>

The European Social Model and Transitional Labour Markets: Law and Policy

The European Social Model and Transitional Labour Markets:...

Author: Ralf Rogowski ,  Professor Ralf Rogowski
ISBN: 9780754649588
Format: Hardback
$194.00

Bringing together theoretical, empirical and comparative perspectives on the European Social Model (ESM) and transitional...  Read More >>

The Currency of Justice: Fines and Damages in Consumer Societies

The Currency of Justice: Fines and Damages in Consumer...

Author: Pat O'Malley (University of Sydney, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415425674
Format: Hardback
$224.00

The Currency of Justice examines the broad implications of the ‘monetization of justice’ as more and more of life...  Read More >>

Corrective and Distributive Justice: From Aristotle to Modern Times

Corrective and Distributive Justice: From Aristotle...

Author: Izhak Englard
ISBN: 9780195380071
Format: Hardback
$286.95

Corrective and Distributive Justice: From Aristotle to Modern Times retraces the intricate history of the distinction...  Read More >>

Understanding Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Legal Theory

Understanding Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Legal...

Author: Raymond Wacks
ISBN: 9780199532124
Format: Paperback
$184.80

This book reveals the nature of jurisprudence with clarity and enthusiasm to provide an illuminating guide to the...  Read More >>

Beyond Law in Context: Developing a Sociological Understanding of Law

Beyond Law in Context: Developing a Sociological Understanding...

Author: David Nelken ,  Professor Tom D. Campbell
ISBN: 9780754628026
Format: Hardback
$368.00

This intriguing collection of essays by David Nelken examines the relationship between law, society and social theory...  Read More >>

Failure to Protect: America's Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State

Failure to Protect: America's Sexual Predator Laws and...

Author: Eric S. Janus
ISBN: 9780801475313
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Most crimes of sexual violence are committed by people known to the victim-acquaintances and family members. Yet...  Read More >>

Everyday Law for Latino/as

Everyday Law for Latino/as

Author: Steven W. Bender ,  Raquel Aldana
ISBN: 9781594513442
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Practical guide to US law for Latino/as, the most populous minority in the US.  Read More >>

Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law

Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too...

Author: Philip K. Howard
ISBN: 9780393065664
Format: Hardback
$65.87

How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common...  Read More >>

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