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This book explores legislation intended to protect the interests of people with disabilities or impairments. Considering a broad range of ethical and legal concerns which arise in issues of life,...

Bringing together a well-respected team of commentators, many of them indigenous Australians themselves, this revised and updated edition examines the legal, social and political developments that...

"First Published in 2002, Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."Author: Charles BarrowPublisher: Routledge CavendishPublication Date: Mar 20, 2002Number of Pages: 440...

The 'reparational turn' in the field of law has resulted in the increased use of so-called 'informal' approaches to conflict resolution, including primarily the three mechanisms considered in this...

Analyzing the concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this timely new book explores a broad selection of disciplines, including criminal and medical law, medical ethics, philosophy and...

Attempts to try individuals such as Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein for international crimes and the creation of the International Criminal Court highlight the growing currency and importance...

Never have international relations between nations been so complex as in the current political climate. In this contemporary world international negotiation has become a combination of traditional...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Author: Gabriel MoensPublisher: Routledge CavendishPublication Date: Jun 19, 2003Number of Pages: 452...

This book is an ideal sourcebook for students and practitioners who are interested in international business transactions and want to gain familiarity with the law and practice of international trade...

Analyzing globalization and the increasing tension it has caused between the goals of free trade and environmental protection, International Trade and the Protection of the Environment provides a...

The last two decades have seen major advances in the legal protection of the human rights of women around the world. A series of international and national court cases has developed an important body...

In what circumstances and on what basis, should those who transmit serious diseases to their sexual partners be criminalised? In this new book Matthew Weait uses English case law as the basis of a...

Introduction to Critical Legal Theory provides an accessible introduction to the study of law and legal theory. It covers all the seminal movements in classical, modern and postmodern legal thought,...

"First Published in 1998, Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."Author: Hilaire BarnettPublisher: Routledge CavendishPublication Date: Sep 07, 1998Number of Pages: 364...

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Author: Leonard Jason-LloydPublisher: Routledge CavendishPublication Date: May 04, 2005Number of Pages: 306...

Thirty years ago, English jurist Patrick Devlin wrote: "Is it not a pleasant tribute to the medical profession that by and large it has been able to manage its relations with its patients ... without...

A novel and incisive investigation of the role of judicial precedents and customs in Russian law, this book examines the trends in the development of judge-made law in Russian civil law since the...

Accessible and clearly structured, this is the first book to include examinations of public and private law in the discussion about access to foreign laws. With commentaries by an international...

The establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice sees the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean at an important and exciting judicial crossroads. Debate, often acrimonious, continues over the...

The first to use Judith Butler's work as a reading of how the legal subject is formed, this book traces how Butler comes to the themes of ethics, law and politics analyzing their interrelation and...

For much of the history of the western legal order, jurisdiction has been the first question of law. This book investigates the difference that jurisdiction continues to make to the ordering of...

This challenging book on jurisprudence begins by posing questions in the post-modern context, and then seeks to bridge the gap between our traditions and contemporary situation. It offers a narrative...

Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to...

Land Law and Policy in Papua New Guinea analyzes the policy considerations which underscore the mechanisms for regulation of land use through a comprehensive study of Papua New Guinea society.Author:...

Starting from concrete legal issues, Alan Norrie develops a critical vision of law in its relation to morality and socio-historical context. Traced historically, the conflicts he describes can be...

Following the events of September 11, a new legal order is emerging in which the 'terrorist threat' has been used as justification to marginalise human rights. This collection of themed essays offers...

Bringing a sociologist's insight to legal institutions and narratives, this book is an innovative and timely sociological contribution to current concerns regarding critical cosmopolitanism, human...

This new book is an edited collection of papers arising from a conference on Law and Development in the twenty-first century held in 2001. It is in honour of the work of Dr Peter Slinn.Author: John...

Law and Faith in a Sceptical Age is an analysis of the legal position of religious believers in a dominantly secular society.Great Britain is a society based upon broadly liberal principles. It...

This book describes the nature of these changes and identifies the accountability gaps which have inevitably opened up in the absence of a written constitution or a considered Administrative...