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Paperback. Examines three waves of property, inheritance, and maintenance law reform, arguing that each wave of legislation was related to a broader political vision, and was intended to precipitate vast social and economic effects. This title analyzes the impact of these reforms, emphasizing the ambitions of regulated populations. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; 3JJC; LAZ; LNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813518
- ISBN
- 9780774813518
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Hardback. Investigates the day-to-day practices of the officials who manage human rights complaints. This work documents agencies' struggle to reconcile a huge body of claims within expansive standards and restrictive rules. It also examines how independent human rights advocates and organizations challenge the agency to respond to calls for change. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPP; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Canadian First
- SKU
- V9780774813525
- ISBN
- 9780774813525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Hardback. The essays in this book present important perspectives on the role of Indigenous legal traditions in reclaiming and preserving the autonomy of Aboriginal communities and in reconciling the relationship between these communities and Canadian governments. Editor(s): Law Commission of Canada. Series: Legal Dimensions S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813709
- ISBN
- 9780774813709
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Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Hardback. Pension funds own significant shares of the world's largest corporations. However, the beneficiaries of pensions often have little or no say in corporate governance. This book speaks to this imbalance by exploring different ways to make capital accountable to labour, offering suggestions for improving corporate responsibility. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LNPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813976
- ISBN
- 9780774813976
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Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Hardback. The image of "backlash" is pervasive in contemporary debates about the impact of second-wave feminism on law and policy, but systematic research on the subject is lacking. This book addresses that gap and analyzes late 20th-century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash explain reactions to feminism over time? Editor(s): Chunn, Dorothy E.; Boyd, Susan B.; Lessard, Hester. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFK; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814119
- ISBN
- 9780774814119
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Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Hardback. Offers a genealogy of religious freedom in a social climate of risk and fear. This book is also the story of Bethany Hughes, a member of the Jehovah's Witness, and her legal battle to define the parameters of her medical treatment. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HRAM; LAQ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814294
- ISBN
- 9780774814294
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Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Paperback. Offers a genealogy of religious freedom in a social climate of risk and fear. This book also presents the story of Bethany Hughes, a member of the Jehovah's Witness, and her legal battle to define the parameters of her medical treatment. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HRAM; LAQ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814300
- ISBN
- 9780774814300
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Paperback. Tackles the pressing question of how Canadian engagement with globalization can be marshaled to advance rather than impair human security, ecological integrity, and social emancipation. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JPA; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780774814898
- ISBN
- 9780774814898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Hardback. Reveals how local life and culture in selected colonies interacted with the rule of law that accompanied the British colonial project. This book presents an account of the 'incomplete implementation of the British constitution' in the colonies. It explores themes of legal translation, local understandings, and judicial biography. Editor(s): Foster, Hamar; Berger, Benjamin L.; Buck, Mr. A. R. Series Editor(s): Pue, W. Wesley. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 black & white photos, 5 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MB; LAM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774814911
- ISBN
- 9780774814911
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Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Paperback. Features essays that reflect the different directions in which legal history in the settler colonies of the British Empire has developed. This title shows how local life and culture in selected settlements influenced, and was influenced by, the ideology of the rule of law that accompanied the British colonial project. Editor(s): Foster, Hamar; Berger, Benjamin L.; Buck, Mr. A. R. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814928
- ISBN
- 9780774814928
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Hardback. Examines the complex, often uneasy, relationship between law and religion in a democracy that is committed to equal citizenship and religious pluralism. This book seeks to elucidate the relationship between these different normative systems and to understand the impact of law on religious diversity in Canada. Editor(s): Moon, Richard John. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814973
- ISBN
- 9780774814973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Paperback. The relationship between law and religion in democracies committed to equal citizenship and religious pluralism has become the subject of significant interest in recent years. This title seeks to elucidate this complex and often uneasy relationship. Editor(s): Moon, Richard John. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HRAC; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814980
- ISBN
- 9780774814980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.95
€ 40.99
€ 39.95
Hardback. An important analysis of how the 1994 Howard decision on the Williams Treaties was based on erroneous cultural assumptions that favoured public over special rights. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJPR; JFSL9; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815123
- ISBN
- 9780774815123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.75
€ 44.99
€ 44.75
Paperback. Drawing upon insights from law and politics, Multi-Party Litigation outlines the historical development, political design, and regulatory desirability of multi-party litigation strategies in cross-national perspective and describes a battle being fought on multiple fronts by competing interests. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPH; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774815970
- ISBN
- 9780774815970
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Contested Constitutionalism is a critique of Canadian democracy, judicial power, and the place of Quebec and Aboriginal peoples within the federation, all of which have been altered by the Charter s introduction in 1982. Editor(s): Kelly, James B.; Manfredi, Christopher P. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816755
- ISBN
- 9780774816755
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Hardback. Drawing on case files and newspapers accounts of women's confrontations with the law in the Toronto Women's Police Court, Feminized Justice offers a multifaceted portrait of women, crime, and courts in early twentieth-century Toronto. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSJ1; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774817110
- ISBN
- 9780774817110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Hardback. This timely, evocative book showcases Bertha Wilson's contributions to the Canadian legal landscape and explores the issues that this controversial personality grappled with in her life and career. Editor(s): Brooks, Kim. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAT; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774817325
- ISBN
- 9780774817325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Hardback. The first systematic analysis of general theories about Canada's post-Charter constitutional evolution. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774817868
- ISBN
- 9780774817868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.77
€ 112.77
Hardback. Five unique case studies reveal how crime is being constructed and enforced in contemporary Canada. Editor(s): Mosher, Janet; Brockman, Joan. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKV; LAQ; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774818193
- ISBN
- 9780774818193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Hardback. A new generation of critical criminologists examines the future of criminology and criminal justice in Canada. Editor(s): Doyle, Professor Aaron; Moore, Dawn. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHB; JKV; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774818346
- ISBN
- 9780774818346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38