Law & society books

This book explores the recent trend of enhancing the role of the people in constitutional change. It traces the...  Read More >>

Renowed country experts on African politics address the important issue of the increasing number and role of women...  Read More >>

It also posits that international prosecutors help wage a mostly silent and largely unacknowledged politico-cultural...  Read More >>

Urasstabaso Ruiz argues that the historical and ideological trajectories of these territories need to be understood...  Read More >>

Enters into highly contemporary debates about media freedoms and the role of communication in states emerging from,...  Read More >>

Darkness Now Visible addresses readers who are concerned about the future of democracy in the US and elsewhere....  Read More >>

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This book gathers together contributions by experts to pin down the relation between institutions and the gender...  Read More >>

Using extensive archival research, Getting Out explores the complex nature of criminal justice administration, the...  Read More >>

This book presents an analysis of the current controversies relating to freedom for religion and freedom from religion....  Read More >>

Published in 1998. This research analyses the underlying assumptions contained within the existing theories of public...  Read More >>

This book presents a detailed analysis of Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program.  Read More >>

This book applies contemporary legal scholarship to explore how order was maintained in Athens and the role of legal...  Read More >>

Despite a popular view that trials are the focal point of the criminal justice process, in reality, the most frequent...  Read More >>

Told in contemporary Anishinaabe storytelling style, Otter’s Journey takes us across the globe to explore how the...  Read More >>

"Investigating the extent to which the European Union can be defined as a ""highly competitive social market economy"",...  Read More >>

This book develops a responsible and practical method for evaluating the success, failure, or “crisis” of American...  Read More >>

Through detailed readings of popular science fiction, including the novels of Frank Herbert and Octavia E. Butler...  Read More >>

This book aims to improve the understanding of the set of mechanisms through which democratic control is exerted...  Read More >>

First published in 1997, this book discusses the interplaying factors environmental issues have on justice and property...  Read More >>

Published in 1999. This book provides detailed analysis of the positions and strategies adopted by Britain during...  Read More >>

Offering an alternative exploration of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and its work, this book...  Read More >>

First published in 1998, this book is an exposition of the law of defamation as it applies in those countries (excluding...  Read More >>

First published in 1999. The aim of this book is to assess the impact of the rules of Community law or absence thereof...  Read More >>

This book brings together a collection of emergent research that moves the debate on desistance beyond a general...  Read More >>