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Gender & the Law

  • Women Punishmentby Pat Carlen

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 40.95

    In the last decade there has been growing international concern about the increasing numbers of women in prison, the effects that imprisonment has on their children, the realisation that gaoled women have different criminal profiles and rehabilitative needs to male prisoners, and the seeming intractability of the associated problems. In response there... more...

  • Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rightsby Paul Johnson

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00

    Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights ?is the first book-length study of the Court?s jurisprudence in respect of sexual orientation. It offers a socio-legal analysis of the substantial number of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs on the wide range of complaints brought by gay men and lesbians under the European Convention... more...

  • A Question of Choiceby Sarah Weddington

    The Feminist Press at CUNY 2013; US$ 16.95

    The incredible story of how a twenty-seven-year-old lawyer won Roe v. Wade , and what it means forty years later. more...

  • International Human Rights, Decolonisation and Globalisationby Shelley Wright

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 185.00

    Covering a diverse range of topics, case studies and theories, the author undertakes a critique of the principal assumptions on which the existing international human rights regime has been constructed. She argues that the decolonization of human rights, and the creation of a global community that is conducive to the well-being of all humans, will... more...

  • New Frontiersby Paul J. du Plessis

    Edinburgh University Press 2013; US$ 112.00

    Headline: An interdisciplinary, edited collection on social science methodologies for approaching Roman legal sources. Blurb: Roman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are increasingly being asked to conduct research in an interdisciplinary manner whereby... more...

  • Mediationby Esther Haas; Toni Wirz; Der Schweizerische Beobacter; Ursula Trümpy; Focus Grafik

    Beobachter-Buchverlag 2013; Not Available

    Konflikte lassen sich im Dialog besser lösen als im Streit. Dieses Handbuch zeigt, wie selbst schwierige Gespräche mit Hilfe von Mediation gelingen. Dieser Beobachter-Ratgeber zeigt, wie Mediation funktioniert und welche Vorteile sie in der Lösung von Konflikten bietet. Wie bringt man die verschiedenen Parteien an einen Tisch? Wie finden sich Kompromisse,... more...

  • Women at the Marginsby J Dianne Garner; Rosemary Sarri; Josefina Figueira-Mcdonough

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 47.95

    A compelling look at the crisis of disadvantaged women This powerful document takes a sobering look at the phenomenon of marginalized women pushed to the edges of society, holding on with the barest of hope and extraordinary bravery. Handicapped by the increasing societal inequality they face as an everyday fact of life, these women (and in many... more...

  • Homosexuality, Law and Resistanceby Derek McGhee

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 193.00

    This book explores contemporary social theory and developments in the study of sexuality through the analysis of law and its practices. Each chapter explores the power of discourse in law in relation to homosexualities, while simultaneously examining how homosexuals resist and disrupt these legal discourses. It is a valuable addition to the literature... more...

  • Gender, Crime Criminal Justiceby Sandra L. Walklate

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95

    This book provides a lucid and highly acclaimed introduction to gender issues in crime and criminal justice, central to any understanding of crime and criminal justice policy and practice. This second edition has been updated to take full account of recent developments, particularly in the areas of policing, crime prevention, restorative justice... more...

  • Up Against a Wallby Rose Corrigan

    NYU Press 2013; US$ 39.00

    Rape law reform has long been hailed as one of the most successful projects of second-wave feminism. Yet forty years after the anti-rape movement emerged, legal and medical institutions continue to resist implementing reforms intended to provide more just and compassionate legal and medical responses to victims of sexual violence. In Up Against a Wall... more...