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Paperback. Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to display bumper stickers or wear T-shirts that announce their crimes? This book presents a critique of the role that shame and disgust play in our individual and social lives and, in particular, in the law. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126258
ISBN
9780691126258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Paperback. These essays highlight the struggle to make the law relevant and responsive to the LGBT community Editor(s): Barclay, Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPW; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814791318
ISBN
9780814791318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.58

Hardback. This new volume of Sociology of Crime, Deviance and Law addresses issues of race and ethnicity within the law and law-related phenomena. Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JKV; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787146044
ISBN
9781787146044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.46

Hardcover. Addresses a variety of issues related to economic crisis in the broadest sense of the term, involving diverse national and international contexts, historical epochs, and a range of problems related to economic life. This title tackles criminologically relevant questions in connection with crime/deviance and/or the control thereof. Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; KCX; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857248015
ISBN
9780857248015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.94

Hardcover. Editor(s): Burell, Mattias; Svensson, Marina. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947242
ISBN
9781933947242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
10th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138783911
ISBN
9781138783911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. We all want freedom, we all want justice, yet few have given thought to how both can be achieved together. Seeking the solution, the author has taken a multi-disciplinary approach and puts forward proposals which may finally bridge the left/right divide. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 colour photographs. BIC Classification: JPF; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Shepheard-Walwyn
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856835100
ISBN
9780856835100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.01

Paperback. Spells out how American crime policy has reached the lowpoint it has and where we can go from here. This work explains how the worst of policies can be undone and how the avoidable human suffering they produce can be diminished. Series: Studies in Crime and Public Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: JKV; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195304909
ISBN
9780195304909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176507
ISBN
9780231176507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.92
€ 57.47

Hardback. By highlighting the institutional and socio-cultural context of human rights, this timely collection provides illuminating insights into the emergence and contemporary societal significance of human rights. Editor(s): Madsen, Mikael Rask; Verschraegen, Gert. Series: Onati International Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849463959
ISBN
9781849463959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 178 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 183 x 17. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607411611
ISBN
9781607411611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.32
€ 70.85

Hardback. Examining practices of representation and their relation to juridical and cultural formations, this volume features contributions that are based on four themes in contemporary, theoretically informed critical scholarship. The chapters range across the media of speech and writing, word and image, legislation and judgment, literature, and cinema. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762311514
ISBN
9780762311514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.55

Hardback. This volume explores the implication of modern law in the seemingly ancient cultural practice of karo kari, which allows male family members to take the lives of female relatives accused of adultery. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JHMC; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330810
ISBN
9781785330810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.07

Hardback. In this book, Natalie Persadie explains that, among developing countries, the achievement of legal advances for women-at either the international or national levels-is particularly difficult where practical measures are not subsequently implemented. She examines the need for financial and human resources to make such legal measures effective. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSJ1; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University Press of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761858096
ISBN
9780761858096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.30

hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226413730
ISBN
9780226413730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.43

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813569727
ISBN
9780813569727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137606358
ISBN
9781137606358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170886
ISBN
9780691170886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Offers a study of the Russian bar (advokatura) that provides a portrait of how, after the USSR's collapse, practising lawyers called advocates began to assume new, self-defined roles as contributors to legal reform and defenders of rights in Russia. It is useful for specialists on Russia, post-communism, human rights, and legal studies. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; LAQ; LAZ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774811637
ISBN
9780774811637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: LAM; LAQ; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415841436
ISBN
9780415841436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.82

Paperback. Roman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars who will provide different perspectives on this debate. It addresses particular themes within this debate such as law and legal practice, law and gender as well as law and economics. Editor(s): du Plessis, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748668205
ISBN
9780748668205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, and public health initiatives that provide only marginal protection of sex workers' rights. This book asks how we might understand sex workers' demands that they be treated as workers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. 1 table. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFMX; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142517
ISBN
9780691142517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 758 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; LAQ; LAZ; LN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
758
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849462730
ISBN
9781849462730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.90

hardcover. This highly original and creative study reconnects the law to its narrative roots by showing how and why stories become laws. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442642294
ISBN
9781442642294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.24

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