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Essays on the theory and practice of comparative law.

This collection explores how the Imaginary (images, imagery, imagination) has a role in the production and reproduction of 'visions' of legal and social justice.

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By highlighting the institutional and socio-cultural context of human rights, this timely collection provides illuminating insights into the emergence and contemporary societal significance of human rights.

While some defences to liability recognised in the law of torts have been explored in detail, the theoretical foundations of defences generally have received scant attention. This book attempts to fill this gap.

The status of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty in the contemporary UK constitution is much contested. This book develops an account of the continuing significance of the doctrine.

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The expression 'the criminal question' does not at present have much currency in English language criminology. The term was carried across from Italian debates about the orientation of criminology, and, in particular, debates about what came to be called critical criminology. One definition offered early in the debate described it as 'an area constituted by actions, institutions, policies, and discourses whose boundaries shift.' According to t...

Concerns associated with globalisation of markets, exacerbated by the 'credit crunch', have placed pressure on many nation states to make their labour markets more 'flexible'. In so doing, many states have sought to reduce labour standards and to diminish the influence of trade unions as the advocates of such standards. One response to this development, both nationally and internationally, has been to emphasise that workers' rights are fundame...

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A collection of essays examining the practical, day-to-day relationship between law and politics in a number of settings.

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This book analyses the emerging practice in the post-Cold War era of the creation of a democratic political system along with the creation of new states.

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This book suggests that by looking at accessory liability though the lens of private law, its nature and principles can be better understood and doctrinal confusion regarding the elements of liability, defences and remedies resolved.

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Does gender make a difference to the way the judiciary works and should work? Or is gender-blindness a built-in prerequisite of judicial objectivity? If gender does make a difference, how might this be defined? These are the key questions posed in this collection of essays, by some 30 authors, from 15 countries.