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Not The Marrying Kind
A Feminist Critique of Same-Sex Marriage
Av N. Barker
Häftad, 2013
704 kr
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Not the Marrying Kind is a new and comprehensive exploration of the contemporary same-sex marriage debates in several jurisdictions including Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. It departs from much of the existing scholarship on same-sex marriage, which …
Pills for the Poorest
An Exploration of TRIPS and Access to Medication in Sub-Saharan Africa
Av E. Cloatre
Inbunden, 2013
1092 kr
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The desperate need for a vast part of the global population to access better medicines in more certain ways is one of the biggest concerns of the modern era. Pills for the Poorest offers a new perspective on the much-debated issue of the links between intellectual property and access to medication. …
Intersections of Law and Culture
Av Priska Gisler, Sara Steinert Borella m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
506 kr
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An inter-disciplinary, international collection that examines the mutual influences between law and culture through a series of sophisticated case studies showing how cultural phenomena are brought under legal regulation, how laws are resisted through cultural practices, and how those practices …
Integrating Socio-Legal Studies into the Law Curriculum
Av Caroline Hunter, David Cowan
Inbunden, 2012
326 kr
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An important collection examining how socio-legal studies and empirical legal research can be integrated into the law curriculum, looking at both core qualifying subjects and stand-alone socio-legal modules, and considering theoretical and methodological approaches combined with practical examples.
Law, Power and Culture
Supporting Change From Within
Av F. Knight
Inbunden, 2014
1092 kr
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A fresh theory on how individuals respond to inequalities occurring within their own communities. This original and insightful study draws on empirical research on the Santal people of Asia, examining power relations within social fields, and the state, to reveal a typology of power practices, and …
Indigenous Crime and Settler Law
White Sovereignty after Empire
Av H. Douglas, M. Finnane
Inbunden, 2012
506 kr
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In a break from the contemporary focus on the law's response to inter-racial crime, the authors examine the law's approach to the victimization of one Indigenous person by another. Drawing on a wealth of archival material relating to homicides in Australia, they conclude that settlers and …
Exploring the 'Socio' of Socio-Legal Studies
Inbunden, 2013
1304 kr
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In this insightful collection, a broad range of scholars analyzes a core issue for socio-legal studies, what is understood by the 'socio' of the 'socio-legal'. Drawing from legal theory, cultural studies, and social policy, the collection's wide scope of themes and topics provides an important …
Resisting Economic Globalization
Critical Theory and International Investment Law
Inbunden, 2013
502 kr
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There is at present much disenchantment with the rules governing international investment. Conceived as a set of disciplines establishing thresholds of tolerable state behaviour, dissatisfaction has precipitated acts of resistance in various parts of the world. Resisting Economic Globalization …
Religion of Law
Race, Citizenship and Children's Belonging
Av S. Jivraj
Inbunden, 2013
504 kr
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How is religion, particularly non-Christianness, conceptualised and represented in English law? What is the relationship between religion, race, ethnicity and culture in these conceptualisations? What might be the socio-political effects of conceptualising religion in particular ways? This book …
Changing Concepts of Contract
Essays in Honour of Ian Macneil
Av David Campbell, Linda Mulcahy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1002 kr
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Changing Concepts of Contract is a prestigious collection of essays that re-examines the remarkable contributions of Ian Macneil to the study of contract law and contracting behaviour. Ian Macneil, who taught at Cornell University, the University of Virginia and, latterly, at Northwestern …
Politics of Freedom of Expression
The Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
Av M. Richards
Inbunden, 2013
504 kr
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The principle of content-neutrality is the cornerstone of freedom of expression jurisprudence, protecting the core values of freedom of speech set out in the first amendment, whilst also enabling the government to place reasonable restrictions on protected speech. The Politics of Freedom of …
Exploring the 'Legal' in Socio-Legal Studies
Av David Cowan, Daniel Wincott
Inbunden, 2015
1202 kr
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Socio-legal studies have had an ambivalent relationship with the 'legal' – one of its defining aspects, but at the same time one that the discipline has sought to transcend or even leave behind. While socio-legal studies benefit hugely from the insights, methods and theories of other social science …
Future Regulation of Work
New Concepts, New Paradigms
Av Nicole Busby, Douglas Brodie m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
504 kr
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Labour law is in crisis. Global economic factors and the changing contours of work and workplace relations have led to a reorientation of the social, economic, political and cultural environment within which labour law has developed. This is not a jurisdictional problem but rather is deeply …
Unleashing the Force of Law
Legal Mobilization, National Security, and Basic Freedoms
Inbunden, 2016
504 kr
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Basic freedoms cannot be abandoned in times of conflict, or can they? Are basic freedoms routinely forsaken during times when there are national security concerns? These questions present different conundrums for the legal profession, which generally values basic freedoms but is also part of the …
Development in an Era of Capital Control
Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility within a Transnational Regulatory Framework
Inbunden, 2016
903 kr
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Development in an Era of Capital Control investigates Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a 21st century buzz word. Centred around the responsibility of business to give back to society, this idea is a departure from the traditional view that the responsibility of business is to make a profit. …
Stories of Care: A Labour of Law
Gender and Class at Work
Av LJB Hayes
Häftad, 2017
853 kr
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Stories of Care: A Labour of Law is an interdisciplinary study of the interactions of law and labour that shape paid care work. Based on the experiences of homecare workers, this highly topical text unpicks doctrinal assumptions about class and gender to interrogate contemporary labour law. It …
Performing Judicial Authority in the Lower Courts
Av Sharyn Roach Anleu, Kathy Mack
Inbunden, 2016
1002 kr
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Judicial authority is constituted by everyday practices of individual judicial officers, balancing the obligations of formal law and procedure with the distinctive interactional demands of lower courts. Performing Judicial Authority in the Lower Courts draws on extensive original, independent …
Resisting Economic Globalization
Critical Theory and International Investment Law
Häftad, 2015
504 kr
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There is at present much disenchantment with the rules governing international investment. Conceived as a set of disciplines establishing thresholds of tolerable state behaviour, dissatisfaction has precipitated acts of resistance in various parts of the world. Resisting Economic Globalization …
Mapping Paths to Family Justice
Resolving Family Disputes in Neoliberal Times
Av Anne Barlow, Rosemary Hunter m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
903 kr
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The family justice system in England and Wales has undergone radical change over the past 20 years. A significant part of this shifting landscape has been an increasing emphasis on settling private family disputes out of court, which has been embraced by policy-makers, judges and practitioners …
Changing Concepts of Contract
Essays in Honour of Ian Macneil
Av David Campbell, Linda Mulcahy m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
853 kr
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Changing Concepts of Contract is a prestigious collection of essays that re-examines the remarkable contributions of Ian Macneil to the study of contract law and contracting behaviour. Ian Macneil, who taught at Cornell University, the University of Virginia and, latterly, at Northwestern …
Religion of Law
Race, Citizenship and Children's Belonging
Av S. Jivraj
Häftad, 2015
504 kr
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How is religion, particularly non-Christianness, conceptualised and represented in English law? What is the relationship between religion, race, ethnicity and culture in these conceptualisations? What might be the socio-political effects of conceptualising religion in particular ways? This book …
Ownership, Narrative, Things
Av Dave Cowan, Helen Carr m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
853 kr
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This book uses a case study of a low-cost home ownership initiative at the margins of renting and owning provided by social landlords – known as shared ownership – to challenge everyday assumptions held about the ‘social’ and the ‘legal’ in property. The authors provide a study of the construction …
Nobody's Law
Legal Consciousness and Legal Alienation in Everyday Life
Av Marc Hertogh
Inbunden, 2018
753 kr
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Nobody’s Law shows how people – who are disappointed, disenchanted, and outraged about the justice system – gradually move away from law. Using detailed case studies and combining different theoretical perspectives, this book explores the legal consciousness of ordinary people, businessmen, and …
Gender, Work and Social Control
A Century of Disability Benefits
Inbunden, 2019
1301 kr
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This book uses previously unknown archive materials to explore the meaning of the term ‘incapable of work’ over a hundred years (1911–present). Nowadays, people claiming disability benefits must undergo medical tests to assess whether or not they are capable of work. Media reports and high profile …
Indigenous Justice
New Tools, Approaches, and Spaces
Av Jennifer Hendry, Melissa L. Tatum m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1202 kr
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This highly topical collection of essays addresses contemporary issues facing Indigenous communities from a broad range of multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives. Drawing from across the social sciences and humanities, this important volume challenges the established norms, theories, and …
Children, Young People and the Press in a Transitioning Society
Representations, Reactions and Criminalisation
Av Faith Gordon
Inbunden, 2018
1102 kr
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This book assesses the implications of how children and young people are represented in print media in Northern Ireland – a post-conflict transitioning society. Gordon analyses how children and young people’s perceived involvement in anti-social and criminal behaviour is constructed and amplified …
Stories of Care: A Labour of Law
Gender and Class at Work
Av LJB Hayes
Inbunden, 2017
1102 kr
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Stories of Care: A Labour of Law is an interdisciplinary study of the interactions of law and labour that shape paid care work. Based on the experiences of homecare workers, this highly topical text unpicks doctrinal assumptions about class and gender to interrogate contemporary labour law. It …
Unleashing the Force of Law
Legal Mobilization, National Security, and Basic Freedoms
Häftad, 2018
255 kr
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Basic freedoms cannot be abandoned in times of conflict, or can they? Are basic freedoms routinely forsaken during times when there are national security concerns? These questions present different conundrums for the legal profession, which generally values basic freedoms but is also part of the …
Indigenous Justice
New Tools, Approaches, and Spaces
Av Jennifer Hendry, Melissa L. Tatum m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
853 kr
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This highly topical collection of essays addresses contemporary issues facing Indigenous communities from a broad range of multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives. Drawing from across the social sciences and humanities, this important volume challenges the established norms, theories, and …
Children, Young People and the Press in a Transitioning Society
Representations, Reactions and Criminalisation
Av Faith Gordon
Häftad, 2019
803 kr
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This book assesses the implications of how children and young people are represented in print media in Northern Ireland – a post-conflict transitioning society. Gordon analyses how children and young people’s perceived involvement in anti-social and criminal behaviour is constructed and amplified …
