Böcker i Onati International Series in Law and Society-serien

This book explores what response the law has or should have to different family practices arising from cultural and religious beliefs. The issue has become increasingly debated as western countries have become more culturally diverse.

The present book brings together perspectives from different legal fields to examine the significant legal, moral and political issues which arise in relation to the use of lethal force in both domestic and international law.

This book explores new directions in contemporary theorising about the impact of social and cultural dynamics on crime and social control.

This book takes a much needed "global" perspective and presents important new insights into changing penal policy and practice.

This book takes a much needed "global" perspective and presents important new insights into changing penal policy and practice.

These essays focus on the global impact of legal policies on levels of poverty.

This book analyzes the concept of the family in the context of increasing challenges and questions created by multicultural societies.

In this book historians, legal scholars and political theorists consider the fate of national democracy in the age of globalization.

In this book historians, legal scholars and political theorists consider the fate of national democracy in the age of globalization.

This collection of papers investigates the institution of the law in combination with, and as part of, a multiplicity of sign systems.

This collection of papers investigates the institution of the law in combination with, and as part of, a multiplicity of sign systems.

This book considers the relationship between family law and family values in the way law is framed and closes with a plea to rethink family law.

This book questions various spaces engage with the construction of identity, character and values, both historically and the present day.

This multidisciplinary book studies and assesses the range of problems that form the 'language question' in Europe and diverse societies.

This book examines transnational policing, a term meaning the policing reform by various parties involved in the policing of recipient countries.

This book contains empirical research on the nature and importance of children's relationships with parents after parental separation.

This book analyses a range of equality projects across public and private law, considering competing conceptions of equality and alternatives to it.

This book is about the harms and crimes women are subjected to as a result of global social processes, and their efforts to control their futures.

This book focuses on the paradox presented by cultural/institutional diversity and contractual efficiency in cross-border business transactions.

This book provides an introduction to the important scholarship of Eugen Ehrlich and a starting point for further reading and discussion.

This book by internationally renowned scholars investigates emerging patterns in the shape and form of the legal regulation of domestic relations.

Is there something distinctive about penology in Europe? Do Europeans think about punishment and penal policy in a different way to people in other parts of the globe? If so, why is this the case and how does it work in practice? This book addresses the issues that have been emerging recently in the interdisciplinary field of 'European penology'.

This collection highlights the gendered nature of the making and unmaking of Keynesian states in the twentieth century.

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.

This book tests for the contemporary world the proposition that lawyers are active agents in the construction of liberal political regimes.

This book explores the relationship between law, rights and social mobilisation in Europe, and examines the ways in which legal processes are mobilised by less privileged social actors to advance their rights claims and pursue social change.

This collection explores debates on global capitalism and its regulation. It integrates three areas: Karl Polanyi's economic sociology, regulation studies and socio-legal studies of transnational risks.

Life imprisonment is the most severe penalty that can be imposed by the criminal justice system. Despite this, it is a relatively under-researched form of punishment and no meaningful attempt has been made to understand its human rights implications. This important collection fills that gap by addressing these two key questions: namely what is life imprisonment and what human rights are relevant to it? These questions are explored from the perspective of a range of jurisdictions. In addition it offers a dual perspective drawing on both empirical and doctrinal research. Under the editorship of two leading scholars in the field, this innovative and important work will be a landmark publication in field of penal studies and human rights.