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Law and and justice are important themes in film, not only in courtroom dramas, but also in the western, the film noir, even the documentary. In the Godfather trilogy Francis Ford Coppola shows that the Mafia possesses its own strict codes, even though...

This collection examines contemporary challenges to the criminal justice system in England and Wales.The chapters, written by established academics, rising stars and practising lawyers, seek not only to highlight these challenges but to offer solutions...

This book makes the case for a more legally literate society and then addresses why and how a law school might contribute to achieving that. Moreover examining what public legal education (PLE) is and the forms it can take, the book looks specifically at...

This textbook on the sociology of law is organised according to the theoretical traditions of sociology, and oriented towards providing an accessible, but sophisticated, introduction to, and overview of, the central themes, problems and debates in this...

The Insurance Act 2015 represents the first major reform of English commercial insurance law for many years. Its impact will be felt not only in England, where it will greatly affect both maritime and commercial insurance practice, but also elsewhere...

The system of the European Convention of Human Rights imposes positive obligations on the state to guarantee human rights in circumstances where state agents dot not directly interfere. In addition to the traditional/liberal negative obligation of...

Certain types of crime are increasingly being perpetrated across national borders and require a unified regional or global response to combat them. Transnational criminal law covers both the international treaty obligations which require States to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781287348245Author Raymond Leslie BuellFormat PaperbackImprint Gale, Making of Modern LawPublisher Gale, Making of Modern LawWeight(grams) 626g

Family businesses and wealth owners today face a wide range of challenges, including increasing government interventionism, business disruption, technology-driven change, international conflicts and the climate crisis. Added to this is the move to...

You've planned your revision and you know your subject inside out! But how do you apply what you have learned to get the best marks in the examination room? Routledge Q&As give you the ideal opportunity to practice and refine your exam technique, helping...

This text seeks to situate socio-legal studies in a global context. Law and society scholarship in the United States and elsewhere typically assumes one legal system and one society and explores the relationship between them. Such a narrow endeavor...

In a period when the nature and scope of the European internal market is hotly contested, this collection offers a topical analysis of the most pressing issues relating to market integration and public services in the EU. As the debate continues over the...

Digital Technologies and the Law of Obligations critically examines the emergence of new digital technologies and the challenges they pose to the traditional law of obligations, and discusses the extent to which existing contract and tort law rules and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865973954Author Benjamin ConstantFormat PaperbackPage Count 558Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 983g

This volume presents new perspectives on Israeli society, Palestinian society, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Based on historical foundations, it examines how Israel institutionalizes ethnic privileging among its nationally diverse citizens. Arab,...

The British justice system is an ancient one that has continually evolved to meet modern needs. In this set of three essays, originally presented as the Hamlyn lectures in 2012, Jack Straw reviews some of the most important recent reforms to the system...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781275110434Author LuckingFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Gale, Making of Modern LawPublisher Gale, Making of Modern LawWeight(grams)...

New digital technologies, from AI-fired 'legal tech' tools to virtual proceedings, are transforming the legal system. But much of the debate surrounding legal tech has zoomed out to a nebulous future of 'robo-judges' and 'robo-lawyers.' This volume is an...

Exploring potential scenarios of artificial intelligence regulation which prevent automated reality harming individual human rights or social values, this book reviews current debates surrounding AI regulation in the context of the emerging risks and...

This book engages with a traditional yet persistent question of legal theory - what is law? However, instead of attempting to define and limit law, the aim of the book is to unlimit law, to take the idea of law beyond its conventionally accepted...

As research continues to accumulate on the connections between media and crime, #Crime explores the impact of social media on the criminal legal system. It examines how media influences our perceptions of crime, the perpetration of crime, and the...

A radical reassessment of the trial of Joan of Arc that gives a new sense of Joan in her time.The transcripts of Joan of Arc's trial for heresy at Rouen in 1431 and the minutes of her interrogation have long been recognized as our best source of...

Liberal democracy appears in crisis. From the rise of 'law and order' and ever tougher forms of means-testing under 'austerity politics' to the outcome of Britain's referendum on leaving the EU, commentators have rushed to explain the current conjuncture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977345526Author Scott L RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Mindful Living PressPublisher Mindful Living PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm)...

This fascinating book documents the everyday abuse, assault, and intimidation that is suffered by black and Asian people in Great Britain every day, using information gathered in an East London London case study. The author explains and analyses the...

That 'poor law was law' is a fact that has slipped from the consciousness of historians of welfare in England and Wales, and in North America. Welfare's Forgotten Past remedies this situation by tracing the history of the legal right of the settled poor...

Governing by Numbers is a jargon-free account of how delegated legislation - laws that do not pass through the full legislative scrutiny to which Acts of Parliament are subjected - is made. It is based on new research involving an analysis of nearly...

Today in the United States, millions of men, women, and children are considered 'illegal aliens' under federal law. While the presence of these migrants runs against the law, many arrive in response to US demand for cheap labor and stay to contribute to...

The law of contract is ripe for feminist analysis. Despite increasing calls for the re-conceptualisation of neo-classical ways of thinking, feminist perspectives on contract tend to be marginalised in mainstream textbooks. This edited collection...

Explores diverse feminist and legal responses to domestic violence across cultures. Argues that domestic violence must be viewed in its social and cultural context and offers suggestions for those dealing with incidents of abuse.About the AuthorMartha...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783844102857Author Thomas BernhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Josef Eul Verlag GmbhPublisher Josef Eul Verlag GmbhWeight(grams)...

This book explores the largely neglected relationship between men, masculinities and honour-based abuse (HBA). There is a common misconception that HBA - whether physical violence, emotional abuse or so-called 'honour' killings - occurs only against...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781240065707Author Dr James ManningFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint Gale, Making of Modern LawPublisher Gale, Making of Modern LawWeight(grams)...

A clear, concise primer on the GDPR The GDPR aims to unify data protection and ease the flow of personal data across the EU. It applies to every organisation in the world that handles EU residents' personal data. While the GDPR is not law in...

This book analyses the use and abuse of social welfare as a means of border control for asylum seekers and refugees in Australia.Offering an unparalleled critique of the regulation and deterrence of protection seekers via the denial or depletion of...

Francis (FA) Mann was among the most brilliant of an exceptional group of German-Jewish emigres who came to Britain in the 1930s to escape persecution in Hitler's Germany. Born and educated in Germany, he was in time to become one of Britain's most...

Assisted Dying explores the law relating to euthanasia and assisted suicide, tracing its development from prohibition through to the laissez faire attitude adopted in a number of countries in the 21st Century. This book provides an in-depth critique of...

This volume presents a leading contribution to the substantive arena relating to homicide in the criminal law. In broad terms, the ambit of homicide standardisations in extant law is contestable and opaque. This book provides a logical template to focus...

At the height of the opiate epidemic, Tennessee lawmakers made it a crime for a pregnant woman to transmit narcotics to a fetus. They promised that charging new mothers with this crime would help them receive the treatment and support they often...