Socio-Legal Studies

Exploring the intricate and multi-dimensional conception of clarity and obscurity in law, this volume presents and examines the most recent research and theories. It provides practical guidance on how to avoid obscurity in legal drafting, as well as legal interpretation at both the national and inte..

Exploring the intricate and multi-dimensional conception of clarity and obscurity in law, this volume presents and examines the most recent research and theories. It provides practical guidance on how to avoid obscurity in legal drafting, as well as legal interpretation at both the national and inte..

All institutions concerned with the process of judging are necessarily concerned with the question of doubt. The contributors to this book broaden the theoretical understandings of the social role of doubt both in social science and in law. By putting ritual and judicial settings into comparative pe..

Recent years have witnessed several tragedies during school and youth expeditions. This succinct guide to the legal position of outdoor activities refers to a wide range of activities and recent legal cases and points out common pitfalls noted in the research and in the litigation...

Recent years have witnessed several tragedies during school and youth expeditions. This succinct guide to the legal position of outdoor activities refers to a wide range of activities and recent legal cases and points out common pitfalls noted in the research and in the litigation...

Bringing together case studies from around the world, this volume makes an innovative and important contribution to current discussions about the relationship between religion and law...

Bringing together case studies from around the world, this volume makes an innovative and important contribution to current discussions about the relationship between religion and law...

This volume addresses the exercise of personal autonomy in situations of contemporary normative pluralism. The work develops an interdisciplinary conceptual framework and presents empirical studies examining the gap between the principle of personal autonomy and its implementation...

Police and Policing Law..

Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which advanced industrial democracies - specifically the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - seek to regulate the activities of political parties in electoral contests. Utilizing an int..

Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which advanced industrial democracies - specifically the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - seek to regulate the activities of political parties in electoral contests. Utilizing an int..

This book explores the various notions of the right to park, which jurisprudentially is enacted between individuals in everyday parking. From parking areas to the courtroom, parking engenders disputes over equality, speech, legitimacy, and entitlement that reach beyond the stated scope of policy. Lo..