How American Politics Works
American politics is a paradox of cynicism and adulation. This book explains the system’s complex inner workings through the “four Ps”: Philosophy, Pragmatism, Personality, and Profit—the constant clash between high ideals and self-interest.
Legal Issues in the Digital Economy
Artificial Intelligence and the collaborative economy are blurring traditional legal categories and creating new requirements for worker protection. This book analyzes the ongoing changes, challenges, and opportunities from a European Union law perspective.
Despite his influence, sociologist Talcott Parsons’s extensive analysis of law has been largely neglected. This first-of-its-kind volume collects his writings on the U.S. legal system, providing a roadmap for thinking about contemporary social issues.
This volume presents papers on recent developments in administrative law. It covers the reconfiguration of administrative law, codification in comparative law, and contemporary challenges. The book will appeal to practitioners, researchers, and students in the field.
This book examines Nigeria’s reform of personal property security law. While the new unitary system is acclaimed for enhancing credit access for small businesses, this text highlights the enactment’s drawbacks, offering lessons for stakeholders within and outside Nigeria.
A History of Women’s Prisons in England
This revisionist history challenges the invisibility of women in penal policy. Examining women’s prisons in England from the late 18th to the 20th century, it investigates the clash between desirable policy and its detrimental implementation on female prisoners.
Corporations Have Almost as Many Constitutional Rights as Individuals
This book explains how, over 225 years, US Supreme Court decisions have enshrined corporations with constitutional rights, transforming them from individual freedoms to corporate entitlements used to evade government regulations.
Joining, Staying in, and Leaving the European Union
This book explores the legal, political, and economic perspectives of a Member State’s “circle of life” in the EU: accession, participation, and potential exit in the form of withdrawal or expulsion.
This book delves into the Ukraine conflict through international law. It scrutinizes Russia’s arguments, drawing parallels to legal doctrines previously used by other major powers. A pioneering and impartial analysis essential for anyone wishing to stay informed.
This collection by world-class Nigerian legal academics provides critical analyses of Nigerian law, with international comparisons. Covering the gamut from land and commercial to human rights law, it is exceedingly useful to legal practitioners, academics, and students.
Women’s Rights after the Arab Spring
The 2011 Arab Spring was meant to be a new dawn for women’s freedom, but the rise of Islamic parties created a new challenge. This book analyzes post-2011 constitutional reforms to ask: how can women’s demands be reconciled with new political establishments?
This book discusses how labour law and welfare systems will be affected by the ongoing transformation of work. It considers the impact of demography, the environment, and technology in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to provide a picture of the future of work.
In 2013, 12-year-old Asunta Basterra was found murdered. Her parents were convicted, but the trial left matters unsolved. This is the first book in English on the case, featuring exclusive interviews with Asunta’s mother in prison, the lawyers, and the police involved.
Exiting the European Union
This book provides a detailed discussion of the legal process for a Member State’s exit from the EU. It covers voluntary withdrawal like Brexit, forced expulsion, and secession. A relevant read for anyone interested in what the future holds for European integration.
Covering a vast range of sex case law, this exhaustive volume will be of particular use in legal research, learning, and argument at any stage of advocacy, politicization, activism, prosecution, defense, and education.
Islamic kafala has no legal correspondence with secular systems, requiring measures to protect society’s most vulnerable. As international conventions prioritize child protection, this study explores the balance between religious freedoms, cultural identity, and legal rules.
Trade Union Powers
Following Portugal’s austerity crisis (2011-2015), how did trade unions resist devastating impacts like wage cuts and unemployment? This book explores case studies in the metal, telecom, and transport sectors to reveal how some unions reinvented themselves while others imploded.
Overcoming the Corruption Conundrum in Africa
This book takes a socio-legal approach to the corruption conundrum in Africa. It suggests solutions can be found by interrogating how society reacts to it, and argues that the problem endures primarily due to a critical lack of political will.
Regulating Decision-Making in Multiple Pregnancy
This book examines fetal reduction in multiple pregnancies, finding legal, ethical, and professional norms offer little explicit guidance for this difficult decision. Using new evidence, it shows doctors are weakly guided and advances recommendations for shared decision-making.
The Value of Work and Its Rules between Innovation and Tradition
Amid global challenges, this book examines the principle “labour is not a commodity” and its practical implications. It helps academics and practitioners understand today’s socio-economic changes, globalization, and the role of public and private institutions.