Socio-Legal Studies

Cultural and religious identity and family law are inter-related in a number of ways and raise various complex issues. European legal systems have taken various approaches to meeting these challenges. This book examines this complexity and indicates areas in which conflicts may arise by analysing ex..

Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse provides a sopisticated analysis of relevant legislation and case law in order to examine the assumptions and limits of the debates surrounding the issue of Islamic veiling...

The Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse provides a sopisticated analysis of relevant legislation and case law in order to examine the assumptions and limits of the debates surrounding the issue of Islamic veiling...

This book presents a comparative analysis of the judiciary in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal systems. It compares postulations of legal theory to legal practice in order to show that social practice can diverge significantly from religious and legal principles. It thus provides a greater ..

Jurisprudence of National Identity..

Conflicts caused by competing concepts of property are the subject of this book that reshapes study of the relationship between law and society in Australasia and North America. Each chapters analyzes decisions made by governments and courts upon questions of policy and law in terms of their conseq..

This book explores the ways language is used by the professional legal community for the communication of its main business - the negotiation of justice - in today’s globalized world. The three main aspects of language use are explored: in the legal contexts of litigation, arbitration and mediation;..

This book explores the ways language is used by the professional legal community for the communication of its main business - the negotiation of justice - in today’s globalized world. The three main aspects of language use are explored: in the legal contexts of litigation, arbitration and mediation;..

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 read today in law's treatment of legality and justice, judgment and responsibility. _x005F_x000D_ Joint ..

Law and Faith in a Sceptical Age is an analysis of the legal position of religious believers in the dominantly secular society of Great Britain...

Law and Families..

This volume provides an overview of current perspectives on socio-legal studies with particular attention focused on the concept of 'structural coupling'. The first part of the book presents a reconstruction of theoretical tendencies in the field of socio-legal studies, characterised by the emergenc..