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Law & society
Hardback. Brings together research on law's cultural life and on institutions and actors who translate interests, preferences, and values into legal policy. This work offers perspectives from an interdisciplinary and international community and contains contributions from scholars of theology, political science, criminology, bio-ethics, and law. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506960
- ISBN
- 9781849506960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.16
€ 114.16
Hardback. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society contains a sampling of work from some of the most promising junior scholars in the next generation of the law and society community. Nominated by their advisors or mentors, their work explores some of the newest areas of law and society research as well as brings fresh insight to bear on enduring Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781849507509
- ISBN
- 9781849507509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardback. Features a symposium on law and film as well as two articles of general interest. This book addresses central questions in the operation of law and legal systems. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848553781
- ISBN
- 9781848553781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.57
€ 119.57
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
€ 129.04
Hardback. Contains an international and interdisciplinary array of legal scholarship. This work illuminates the law's response to its social context as well as the way law shapes that context. It shows how legal scholars contribute to public debate about contemporary issues as well as how they articulate the nature of rights and the limits of law. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 277 pages, ill. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780526225
- ISBN
- 9781780526225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.16
€ 137.16
Hardback. Trials are well known as paradigmatic legal events. Some attract wide attention; others mostly escape notice. This title brings together the work of some of the leading scholars to think about the nature, utility, and limits of trials. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506151
- ISBN
- 9781849506151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.16
€ 114.16
Hardback. Describes a broader audience of legal scholars who study: the intersection of legal thought and consciousness and the development of legal practices and institutions; and the development of legal thought and practices. This title provides the research that spans a wide range of law related subjects including law and inequality. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762313242
- ISBN
- 9780762313242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.63
€ 123.63
Hardback. Rights and rights talk have a long and storied history and have occupied a crucial place in the ideology of liberal legalism. With the development of Critical Legal Studies in the 1970s and 80s, rights were subject to extensive critique. This work takes stock of the field, charts its progress and points the way for its future development. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848559301
- ISBN
- 9781848559301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.16
€ 114.16
Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; LAQG; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177146
- ISBN
- 9780231177146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPQB; LAQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503600058
- ISBN
- 9781503600058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.29
€ 77.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPQB; LAQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781503602151
- ISBN
- 9781503602151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. A work on sociology that presents a theoretical approach of pure sociology. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; LAF; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Special
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857243416
- ISBN
- 9780857243416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.03
€ 63.03
Hardcover. This book examines how the modern criminal trial is the result of competing discourses of justice, from human rights to state law and order, that allows for the consideration of key stakeholder interests, specifically those of victims, defendants, police, communities and the state. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAM; LAQ; LBBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420. 264 pages. This book examines how the modern criminal trial is the result of competing discourses of justice, from human rights to state law and order, that allows for the consideration of key stakeholder interests, specifically those of victims, defendants, police, communities and the state. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAM; LAQ; LBBZ. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 20. Weight: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577855
- ISBN
- 9780230577855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. This book documents and analyzes the experiences of the UN's first Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. It highlights the conceptual advances in the legal understanding of the right to food in international human rights law, as well as analyzes key practical challenges through experiences in 11 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Series: International Relations and Development Series. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN1; JPVH; LAQ; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284647
- ISBN
- 9780230284647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.44
€ 129.44
Hardback. A cohesive study of the current regulatory approaches to work across different jurisdictions, this prestigious collection of essays from established international scholars examines the diminishing relevance of the current model of labour law and considers the form, nature and challenges of regulation in a global labour market. Editor(s): Busby, Nicole; Brodie, Douglas (Professor); Zahn, Rebecca. Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432438
- ISBN
- 9781137432438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardcover. Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Ewick, Patricia. Series: Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 330 x 28. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118701461
- ISBN
- 9781118701461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.43
€ 218.43
Paperback. In follow-up studies, dozens of reviews, and even a book of essays evaluating his conclusions, Gerald N Rosenberg's critics have spent years debating the arguments he first put forward in "The Hollow Hope". Addressing its critics in a fresh conclusion, this work reignites for a new generation the national debate it sparked years ago. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 534 pages, 8 line drawings, 35 tables. BIC Classification: JP; LAF; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 534
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226726717
- ISBN
- 9780226726717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Hardcover. This unique book provides a rare insight into the debilitating impact of regimes that fail to respond to the complex and gender specific needs of women behind bars. Exploring the marginalization, mental health and experiences of women in prison, it specifically focuses on the legacy of women's imprisonment in Northern Ireland. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JKVP; JKVP1; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576681
- ISBN
- 9780230576681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. This book is about the Irish District Court which is a key linchpin in the Irish criminal justice system. The District Court is the court in which all persons charged with criminal offences are initially processed and, despite its limited jurisdiction, it accounts for the majority of committals to Irish prisons. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; LAQ; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050483
- ISBN
- 9781782050483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardcover. This unique volume develops a new philosophy of law and a new theory of law enforcement. The concepts developed provide the basis for a general unified theory of law that reconciles what legislators and judges do, with what police do to resolve important questions in the field and make public policy recommendations. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; LAB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366238
- ISBN
- 9781137366238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
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
€ 97.45
Hardcover. By 1216 the foundations of the English common law had been laid. This book assesses the development of law and society during the preceding three centuries, including the Norman Conquest of 1066. It analyses the great legacy of the Anglo-Saxon realm, the impact of Norman custom, and the energetic contribution of the twelfth-century kings. Series: The Oxford History of the Laws of England Series. Num Pages: 984 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBLC1; LAFC; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198260301
- ISBN
- 9780198260301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 451.11
€ 451.11