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23 produkter
Polygamy, Policy and Postcolonialism in English Marriage Law
A Critical Feminist Analysis
Inbunden, 2023
962 kr
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Slaves, mistresses, concubines – the English courts have used these terms to describe polygamous wives in the past, but are they still seen this way today? Using a critical postcolonial feminist lens, this book provides a contextualized exploration of English legal responses to polygamy. Through …
Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution
Av Lucy Series
Häftad, 2022
348 kr
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ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.During the 20th century the locus of care shifted from large institutions into the community. However, this shift was not always accompanied by liberation from restrictive practices. In 2014 a UK Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of …
Death, Family and the Law
The Contemporary Inquest in Context
Inbunden, 2022
1169 kr
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When a death is investigated by a coroner, what is the place of the family in that process?This accessibly written book draws together empirical, theoretical and historical perspectives to develop a rich, nuanced analysis of the contemporary inquest system in England and Wales. It investigates …
Death, Family and the Law
The Contemporary Inquest in Context
Häftad, 2022
348 kr
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When a death is investigated by a coroner, what is the place of the family in that process?This accessibly written book draws together empirical, theoretical and historical perspectives to develop a rich, nuanced analysis of the contemporary inquest system in England and Wales. It investigates …
Egalitarian Digital Privacy
Image-based Abuse and Beyond
Inbunden, 2023
1169 kr
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Should digital platforms be responsible for intimate images posted without the subject’s consent? Could the viewers of such images be liable simply for viewing them? This book answers these questions in the affirmative, while considering the social, legal and technological features of unauthorized …
Intersex Embodiment
Legal Frameworks beyond Identity and Disorder
Av Fae Garland, Mitchell Travis
Inbunden, 2022
1103 kr
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This book examines the divergent medical, political and legal constructions of intersex. The authors use empirical data to explore how intersex people are embodied through these frameworks which in turn influence their lived experiences. Through their analysis, the authors reveal the factors that …
Women, Precarious Work and Care
The Failure of Family-friendly Rights
Häftad, 2021
200 kr
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Most workers on temporary, zero hours and involuntary part-time contracts in the UK are women. Many are also carers. Yet employment law tends to exclude such women from family-friendly rights. Drawing on interviews with women in precarious work, this book exposes the everyday problems that these …
Pandemic Legalities
Legal Responses to COVID-19 – Justice and Social Responsibility
Av Dave Cowan, Dave Cowan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1169 kr
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The effects of COVID-19 are visited disproportionately on the already disadvantaged.This important text maps out ways in which those already disadvantaged have been affected by legal responses to COVID-19. Contributors tackle issues including virtual trials, adult social care, racism, tax and …
Pandemic Legalities
Legal Responses to COVID-19 – Justice and Social Responsibility
Av Dave Cowan, Dave Cowan m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
288 kr
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The effects of COVID-19 are visited disproportionately on the already disadvantaged.This important text maps out ways in which those already disadvantaged have been affected by legal responses to COVID-19. Contributors tackle issues including virtual trials, adult social care, racism, tax and …
Unsettling Apologies
Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa
Inbunden, 2022
1311 kr
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There has recently been a global resurgence of demands for the acknowledgement of historical and contemporary wrongs, as well as for apologies and reparation for harms suffered. Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural, …
Unsettling Apologies
Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa
Häftad, 2022
433 kr
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There has recently been a global resurgence of demands for the acknowledgement of historical and contemporary wrongs, as well as for apologies and reparation for harms suffered. Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural, …
Observing Justice
Digital Transparency, Openness and Accountability in Criminal Courts
Inbunden, 2023
588 kr
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This book examines how major but often under-scrutinised legal, social, and technological developments have affected the transparency and accountability of the criminal justice process.Drawing on empirical and evaluative studies, as well as their own research experiences, the authors explore key …
Children’s Voices, Family Disputes and Child-Inclusive Mediation
The Right to Be Heard
Av Anne Barlow, Jan Ewing
Häftad, 2024
185 kr
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ePDF and ePUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Recent legislative changes in England and Wales have eroded children’s ability to exercise their article 12 UNCRC rights to information, consultation and representation when parents separate. However, children’s voices may be heard …
Adult Social Care Law and Policy
Lessons from the Pandemic
Av Jean V. McHale, Laura Noszlopy
Häftad, 2025
369 kr
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Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book provides an in-depth sociolegal examination of adult social care law and policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the tensions between legislation, policy, and practice in what was already an under-resourced and …
Fragile Rights
Disability, Public Policy, and Social Change
Inbunden, 2023
1169 kr
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The French version of this book was the winner of the 2022 Grand Prix de la Protection Sociale. Over the years many disability-related rights have been legally recognized, but how has this changed the everyday lives of people with disabilities? Drawing on biographical interviews collected from …
Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy
Av Beverley Clough, Laura Pritchard-Jones
Inbunden, 2024
1042 kr
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Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care. Recent case law has added new layers of complexity, requiring that a person must be able to understand that the other …
Future Directions in Surrogacy Law
Law and Policy Reform in the UK and Beyond
Av Kirsty Horsey, Zaina Mahmoud m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1104 kr
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This edited collection brings together a range of experts on surrogacy, at a time when the law in the UK has been fully reconsidered for the first time in generations.Society has developed significantly since surrogacy laws were first written and the existing law is out of date and no longer fit …
Queering UK Refugee Law
Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration
Av Alex Powell
Inbunden, 2025
1042 kr
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In the context of a global backlash against both migrant and LGBTIQA+ rights , this book critically examines the experiences of LGBTIQA+ people within the UK asylum system. The book draws on interviews with refugees, legal practitioners and charity workers to analyse the systemic challenges faced …
Vulnerability Theory and the Trinity Lectures
Institutionalizing the Individual
Inbunden, 2025
751 kr
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Vulnerability theory offers an alternative to social-contract and rights-based paradigms. Beginning with the corporeal body, the theory argues we are inevitably and constantly dependent on social institutions that are generated (and ideally monitored) through law. Accordingly, vulnerability theory …
Vulnerability Theory and the Trinity Lectures
Institutionalizing the Individual
Häftad, 2025
265 kr
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Vulnerability theory offers an alternative to social-contract and rights-based paradigms. Beginning with the corporeal body, the theory argues we are inevitably and constantly dependent on social institutions that are generated (and ideally monitored) through law. Accordingly, vulnerability theory …
What is a Family?
Law and Regulation in a Transdisciplinary Context
Av Alice Margaria, Claire Fenton-Glynn
Inbunden, 2030
1042 kr
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EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.How families are formed, lived and understood has shifted dramatically—yet legal frameworks often still reflect outdated norms. This collection brings together a diverse team of international contributors to explore what a family is …
What is a Family?
Law and Regulation in a Transdisciplinary Context
Av Alice Margaria, Claire Fenton-Glynn
Häftad, 2026
394 kr
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Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.How families are formed, lived and understood has shifted dramatically—yet legal frameworks often still reflect outdated norms. This collection brings together a diverse team of international contributors to explore what a family is through a variety …
Governing Gender
Transgender Children, Hormones, and the Law
Inbunden, 2026
1164 kr
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How do legal institutions govern young people’s access to gender-affirming care?Amid intensifying global efforts to restrict such care, this book analyses 124 Australian court judgments concerning puberty blockers and hormones handed down over 20 years. Examining the ontological, epistemological, …
