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Hardback. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 492 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; LAQG; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826518
ISBN
9780774826518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Paperback. A provocative meditation on how "Metis" has come to signify an ever-expanding racial category rather than an indigenous people with a shared sense of history and culture. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHB; JPH; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827225
ISBN
9780774827225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. A history of human rights law in Canada, with a focus on sex discrimination in British Columbia. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, , black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1179.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827492
ISBN
9780774827492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Hardback. Law and society scholars challenge the common belief that law is simply a neutral tool by which society sets standards and resolves disputes. This book provides readers an accessible overview to the breadth of developments in this research tradition, bringing to life the developments in this dynamic field. Editor(s): Larson, Erik W.; Schmidt, Patrick D. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 984.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770818
ISBN
9780814770818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Hardcover. Explains and conceptualizes social control in its diversity. This title includes treatments of informal control (socialization, group formation and the controls exerted in everyday life) as well as medical control (norms regarding health and illness, particularly with regard to notions of 'normal' behaviour). Editor(s): Chriss, James J. Series Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JKV; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857243454
ISBN
9780857243454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.57

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

Paperback. Reflecting a developing trend towards interdisciplinary research in economics and law, this agenda-setting volume makes the case for the economic sociology of law. It locates this novel subject in a wider socio-legal tradition. Editor(s): Ashiagbor, Diamond; Kotiswaran, Prabha; Perry-Kessaris, Amanda. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118508251
ISBN
9781118508251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Paperback. The essays in this volume take on the challenge of explaining the current formation of the relation between sovereignty, law and violence in what is termed 'Democracy's Empire'. Editor(s): Motha, Stewart. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPHV; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405163132
ISBN
9781405163132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Hardback. Presents original research that explores the extent to which the constraints of law explain economic behavior and the role of economics in forming the law. This title proposes three different definitions for market power from an antitrust perspective. It offers an analysis of efforts exerted and utilities obtained in a double lawsuit. Editor(s): Kirkwood, John B.; Zerbe, Richard O., Jr. Series Editor(s): Gold, Dana; Zerbe, Richard O., Jr. Series: Research in Law & Economics. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCA; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 232 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780528984
ISBN
9781780528984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.04

Hardback. Leading socio-legal scholars explore whether and how the idea of harnessing the regulatory capacity of a social sphere provides a new analytical lens that can provide fresh insights into transnational risk regulation. Editor(s): Lange, Bettina; Thomas, Dania; Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: LAM; LAQ; LBDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781907382
ISBN
9781781907382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.81

Hardback. In The Beautiful Prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformation into a socially constructive institution. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JKVP1; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Edition
n
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783509676
ISBN
9781783509676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.81

Hardcover. This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society focuses on law and the liberal state; presenting an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to analysis of law and liberty. The first chapters focus on law's relationship with the American liberal state, while the remaining papers consider specific applications of the law within society Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAQ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784412395
ISBN
9781784412395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.81

Hardcover. The articles in this volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society cover an exciting and diverse range of topics, from immigration and human rights policies to same-sex marriage and capital punishment debates. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784415686
ISBN
9781784415686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.04

Hardback. This special issue of SLPS examines the relationship between law and disasters. The papers come from members of the Collaborative Research Network on the Jurisprudence of Disasters within the Law and Society Association. The volume addresses the 'myths' of contemporary disaster law and policy, such as that of society's "invincibility". Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Edition
Special
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785602993
ISBN
9781785602993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.04

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

Hardcover. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780226296449
ISBN
9780226296449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 35.18

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

Paperback. A portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement. It explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups - social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates - that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; LAQ; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226768342
ISBN
9780226768342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. This book examines the ethics of human expression - in the law and in the rest of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JPVH2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138374
ISBN
9780691138374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. Comparative law and legal anthropology have traditionally restricted themselves to their own fields of inquiry. Mapping Marriage Law in Spanish Gitano Communities turns this tendency on its head and investigates what happens when .. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JHMC; LAQ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774809252
ISBN
9780774809252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

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

Hardback. Kimberly White provides an essential point of reference from which to evaluate current criminal law practices and law reform initiatives in Canada. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKV; LAQ; LNFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774812764
ISBN
9780774812764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

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