Ghost citizens

As nationalism and oppression of minority racialized groups proliferate globally, the plight of stateless people becomes ever more urgent. Legal scholar Jamie Liew explores what statelessness means as a shattering legal condition, lived experience and arena of powerful struggle for genuine justice.

Criminal lessons

Why do people commit crimes? How can crime be prevented? And what can society and criminal justice professionals do to implement constructive responses to criminal behavior? Summarizing what he has learned about crime and criminals during his long career, one of social work's most distinguished t...

Urban climate law

Aimed at a nonspecialist audience, this book provides concise and comprehensible answers to the core questions cities confront when seeking to develop legally sound local climate policy.

Hong kong taxation

This book explains the principles and practice of Hong Kong taxation law together with the relevant Court and Board of Review decisions and numerous practical examples. The new edition includes legislative changes up to July 31, 2018, as well as the latest developments pertaining to the OECD’s Ba...

The tiebout model at fifty

This book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Charles Tiebout’s enormously influential article, “A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures,” and honors the contributions of Wallace Oates as expositor and popularizer of the Tiebout model. While Tiebout holds the patent on the hyp...

Conservatorship

This book is an incisive and compelling portrait of the functioning—and failings—of California’s conservatorship system, drawing on hundreds of interviews with professionals, policy makers, families, and conservatees.

Globalizing the streets

Not since the 1960s have the activities of resistance among lower- and working-class youth caused such anxiety in the international community. Yet today the dispossessed are responding to the challenges of globalization and its methods of social control. The contributors to this volume examine th...

A citizen’s guide to the rule of law

In our daily lives, we take the rule of law for granted, often failing to recognize threats to it—until it is too late. This citizen’s guide explains in plain language what the rule of law is, why it matters, and why we have to defend it.

Human trafficking around the world

This unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations.

The making of lee boyd malvo

In October of 2002, a series of sniper attacks paralyzed the Washington Beltway, turning normally placid gas stations, parking lots, restaurants, and school grounds into chaotic killing fields. After the spree, ten people were dead and several others wounded. The perpetrators were forty-one-year-...

International law and the post-soviet space ii

This volume deals with legal issues concerning Russia’s annexation of Crimea and intervention in the Donbas, so-called ‘frozen conflicts’ and ‘hybrid warfare,’ the use of courts and tribunals to address armed aggression, and the implications of recent events for the security guarantees connected ...

Addressing rape reform in law and practice

The first comprehensive book on rape since Susan Brownmiller's Against Our Will and Susan Estrich's Real Rape, this volume probes every aspect of rape law and the discrepancies between ideal law (on the books) and real law (in action). Susan Caringella canvasses the success and failure of reform ...

Banished to the homeland

The 1996 U.S. Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act has led to the forcible deportation of tens of thousands of Dominicans from the United States. Following thousands of these individuals over a seven-year period, David C. Brotherton and Luis Barrios use a unique combination of sociological a...

Rethinking the politics of labour in canada, 2nd ed.

This updated multidisciplinary collection of essays explores the strategic political possibilities and challenges facing the Canadian labour movement in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

International law and the post-soviet space i

The regions that once comprised the Soviet Union have been the scene of crises with serious implications for international law. Legal proceedings in connection with events in the post-Soviet space may be steps toward the resolution of recent crises—or tests of the resiliency of modern internation...

A tale of two taxes

This book examines the Canadian province of Ontario's 1998 attempt to reform its property tax laws and provides strategies—such as restructuring education finance and introducing a new form of business taxation, at both the provincial and local levels—to help policy makers design a better future.

Using assisted negotiation to settle land use disputes

Fidic quick reference guide

This book provides commentary on the FIDIC Red Book: FIDIC Conditions of Contracts for Construction for building and engineering works designed by the Employer.

The keys to banking law

The Keys to Banking Law guides you through today’s system of financial regulation that is unlike anything else in the world. To that end, the guide: explores the history of banking law in the U.S. to provide context for the complexities of the law examines the bank family, with special emphasis o...

The paralegal's guide to professional responsibility, sixth edition

Professional responsibility is at the core of delivering effective legal services. Paralegals are expected to obey the ethics rules by which their lawyer employers are bound. To help paralegals stay on top of ethics issues, the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility has updated The Paralegal'...

Reforming international extradition

Extradition often priorities international comity and state rights over individual protections. This can create unfairness and concerns about extraditee welfare. Using case studies, this book explores these issues and argues that defendant-centered reforms are needed to adjust these unequal level...

The sustainability of restorative justice

Restorative justice is a concept which could have significant implications for both the law and social regulation. In this book, the authors give an insight to how the introduction of these techniques has been received in the Republic of Ireland, shedding light on what could be the key to develop...

Special issue: who belongs?

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society is essential reading for legal scholars with a unique focus on the disciplines of sociology, politics and the humanities. This 60th anniversary issue examines how law defines identity. It discusses key topics such as; birthright citizenship, immigrant members...

Professional services agreements

This is a comprehensive review of the issues that readers need to be aware of when negotiating the minefield of professional services contracts in the construction industry.

An estate planner's guide to buy-sell agreements for the closely held business, fourth edition

An Estate Planner's Guide to Buy-Sell Agreements for the Closely Held Business is a comprehensive guide to buy-sell agreements for estate planning attorneys and other professionals who advise closely held businesses and their owners. It includes a detailed discussion of the objectives of a buy-se...

Studies in law, politics, and society

This volume of Studies in Law, Politics and Society brings together an international and interdisciplinary array of scholars to explore issues on the cutting edge of socio-legal research.

Special issue

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society focuses on the issue of copyright. The papers contain critical analysis and investigation into existing copyright law and provide insight for policymakers and commentators.

From economy to society

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.

Cdm 2015 questions and answers 2021

This new edition of CDM 2015: Questions and Answers provides concise answers to frequently asked questions about the management of health, safety and welfare on construction projects.

Cdm regulations 2015 explained

CDM Regulations 2015 Explained provides a straightforward, independent and authoritative assessment and analysis of the new 2015 CDM Regulations. The individual roles of each party involved in a construction project are detailed in light of the latest updates to the Regulations.

The new science of trial advocacy

Studies in law, politics and society

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.

Special issue cassandra's curse

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, su...

Research in law and economics

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 ...

Legal protection for traditional knowledge

Legal Protection for Traditional Knowledge calls attention to the vital contributions that aboriginal knowledge makes to global development and how the legal systems in place, particularly in India, must change to protect this knowledge.This book is a must-read for researchers in economics, devel...

Marketisation and forensic science provision in england and wales

This unique work of evidence scholarship details the development of marketised forensic science provision in the UK. Exploring the impact that public policy developments have had upon the sector, it delves into the re-structuring of both the governance and delivery of expert scientific evidence.

Health law essentials

The field of health law is broad, complex, and exciting, but it can also be overwhelming to young health care lawyers or those new to the field. Written by seasoned experts, this comprehensive resource covers organizational and operational issues that impact health care stakeholders, physician le...