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Hardback. Presents advanced scholarship on human rights. This work examines both the theoretical dimensions and dilemmas of human rights in the modern world and particular cases in which the problems and possibilities of human rights are examined. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAQ; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780522524
ISBN
9781780522524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.34

Hardback. This volume carefully examines the relationship between gender, equality, and power across an array of realms: sex, reproduction, pleasure, work, money. It identifies social, political, economic, developmental, and psychological and somatic forces, operating both internally and externally, that complicate the expression and constraint of power. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Special
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785607837
ISBN
9781785607837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.28

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

Paperback. Sustained growth depends on innovation, whether it's cutting-edge software from Silicon Valley, an improved assembly line in Sichuan, or a new export market for Swaziland's leather. This title proposes a legal theory of economic growth that details how effective property, contract, and business laws help to unite capital and ideas. Series: The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 line illus. 29 tables. BIC Classification: KCG; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159713
ISBN
9780691159713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

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

Paperback. Editor(s): Wiener, Richard L.; Bornstein, Brian H.; Schopp, Robert; Willborn, Steven L. Num Pages: 298 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JMK; LAQ; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441942760
ISBN
9781441942760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.78

Hardback. Our basic assumption about the law is that it is designed to operate fairly and openly. This book examines four controversial areas involving people's perceptions of others - racial profiling, affirmative action, workplace harassment, and hate speech/hate crime - from the perspectives of psychology, decision theory, and the law. Editor(s): Wiener, Richard L.; Bornstein, Brian H.; Schopp, Robert; Wilborn, Steve. Num Pages: 298 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387462172
ISBN
9780387462172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.77

Hardback. In this book, Perlin and Lynch approach issues of sexual autonomy and disability from multiple perspectives, including constitutional law, international human rights, therapeutic jurisprudence, history, cognitive psychology, dignity studies, and theories and findings on gender constructs and societal norms. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; LAQ; LNTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137481078
ISBN
9781137481078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

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

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

€ 69.42

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays exploring "catholic" and "Catholic" perspectives on American law - catholic in their claims of universal truths, and Catholic in their grounding in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Editor(s): Scaperlanda, Michael A.; Collett, Teresa S. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCX6; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813214825
ISBN
9780813214825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.70

Hardback. This book re-evaluates the role of recognition in analyzing relations between groups in plural societies, the position of indigenous peoples in settler societies, and the principle of the self-determination of peoples. Editor(s): Eisenberg, Avigail; Webber, Jeremy; Coulthard, Glen J.; Boisselle, Andree. Series: Ethnicity and Democratic Governance. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPA; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827416
ISBN
9780774827416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Hardback. Considers the weapon of law in conflict regions Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JWDG; JWXK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047982
ISBN
9781849047982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.61

Paperback. In the 1960s and 1970s, analogies between sex discrimination and racial injustice became potent weapons in the battle for women s rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Serena Mayeri s "Reasoning from Race" is the first history of this key strategy and its consequences for American law. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; LAQG; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674284302
ISBN
9780674284302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

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

paperback. Analyzes late 20th-century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash accurately explain reactions to feminism over time? This book offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change. Editor(s): Chunn, Dorothy E.; Boyd, Susan B.; Lessard, Hester. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, approx. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFFK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814126
ISBN
9780774814126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.70

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

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

hardcover. Examines how the LGBT movement's engagement with the law shapes the very meanings of sexuality, sex, gender, privacy, discrimination, and family in law and society. This book contains essays that highlight the struggle to make the law relevant and responsive to the LGBT community. Editor(s): Barclay, Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPW; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814791301
ISBN
9780814791301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

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. Series: Questions and Answers. Num Pages: 220 pages, 47 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; LAQ; LNA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 10. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
11th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138778696
ISBN
9781138778696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
11th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138779075
ISBN
9781138779075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.02

Paperback. A companion to "First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law". It looks at the key features of Canadian, US, and international law influencing indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. It examines legal and extralegal avenues for reform, including ethics codes, research protocols, institutional policies, human rights law, and First Nation legal orders. Editor(s): Bell, Catherine; Paterson, Robert. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LAQ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814645
ISBN
9780774814645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JKV; LAQ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319431345
ISBN
9783319431345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.43

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