Everything we know is wrong!

the trendspotter's handbook

The world is curved

hidden dangers to the global economy

If you're looking for an indepth read on how the mortgage crisis led to this brutal bear market, get hold of a copy of David Smick's The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy. It's subtitled "The mortgage crisis was ...

Sex, violence and crime

Foucault and the "Man" Question

What happens when you sex violent crimes? More specifically, what happens when you make men's violence against women the subject of a conversation or the focus of scholarly attention? The short answer is: all hell breaks loose. Adrian Howe explores some of the ways ...

Enforcement of European Union environmental Law

legal issues and challenges

Offering a detailed legal account of the various legal arrangements at EU level, this book is an ideal reference tool for practitioners and legal scholars. As well as examining the principle sources of EU environmental law enforcement, it also contributes to the legal and political ...

Comparative Law in a changing world

This book provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the legal approach to key areas of law within different legal systems and also offers a blueprint for comparative legal study within the context of the epistemological debate on comparative law and comparative legal research methods ...

Critical company Law

Multi-disciplinary in approach, this comprehensive volume examines English company law from both a socio-legal and black letter perspective. Using a contextual and critical framework; drawing on the influence of American law and legal scholarship and a case study of mutual building societies' march to the ...

Interpretation of contracts

current controversies in Law

In this volume Mitchell examines case law, academic debate and the resurgence of interest in formalist contract interpretation in the US to explore the meaning of contextual interpretation, arguments for and against it and suggestions on how parties may influence the interpretation methods applied to ...

Law, antisemitism and the Holocaust

Whilst an increasing amount of attention is being paid to law's connection or involvement with National Socialism, less attention is focused upon thinking through the links between law and the emergence of anti-Semitism. As a consequence, anti-Semitism is presented as a pre- existent given ...

Hypercrime

the new geometry of harm

"Hypercrime" develops a new theoretical approach toward current reformulations in criminal behaviours, in particular the phenomenon of cybercrime. Emphasizing a spatialized conception of deviance, one that clarifies the continuities between crime in the traditional, physical context and developing spaces of interaction such as a 'cyberspace ...

Sports Law

Firmly established as the market-leading textbook on sports law, the third edition of this comprehensive and innovative book provides a detailed examination of the legal issues surrounding and governing sport. Analysing sports law within a socio- economic and cultural context, the role that sport plays ...

Working for yourself

an entrepreneur's guide to the basics

Working for yourself can seem a very daunting prospect, but this helpful guide answers every question a would-be entrepreneur needs to know. Fully revised and updated it reflects all the latest developments in the world of self-employment and new business. All the major issues which ...

Shareholder participation and the corporation

a fresh inter-disciplinary approach in happiness

Due to a spate of recent corporate collapses, corporate governance has emerged as an important area of concern throughout the world. One particular area of renewed focus has been the role that shareholders should assume in the corporation. Commentators have varying attitudes on the virtues ...

Student handbook of criminal justice and criminology

This new title is a 'one-stop shop' for those who teach, study or are interested in criminology and the criminal justice systems of the UK. Written by some of the leading criminologists in the country, "The Handbook" is accessible and reader-friendly, guiding the user through ...

Migration, diasporas and legal systems in Europe

At a time when issues concerning migration and the formation of diasporic communities have come to be critical for all European legal systems, this volume reflects, discusses and analyses the questions raised by diasporas who have established themselves in Europe over more than fifty years ...

The law and ethics of medical research

international bioethics and human rights

'Controversy about medical research is rarely out of the news. This book covers the law and ethics touching on a broad range of different kinds of research, from embryo research to research of the dead, and offers a comparative and multinational insight into the regulation ...

Law and the beautiful soul

What is law? How is legal responsibility defined? How does law reflect moral judgment? Why are law's definitions uncertain and conflicted? Basic questions for liberal law and criminal justice - what could they have to do with the forgotten historical figure of the Beautiful Soul ...

Business Law

This new edition of Business Law has been thoroughly updated and expanded to provide a clear and comprehensive treatment of the key aspects of business law. Major developments since the last edition have been comprehensively covered, including the increasing impact of the Human Rights Act ...

Secrets and Laws

collected essays in Law, lives and literature

This book demonstrates that law can be newly interrogated when examined through the lens of literature. Like its forerunner, Empty Justice, the book creates simple pathways which energise and illustrate the links between legal theory and legal science and doctrine, through the wider visions of ...

The modern Law of contract

The Modern Law of Contract builds on the success of the popular Principles of Contract Law. Taking account of a variety of theoretical approaches economic, sociological and empirical the book combines meticulous examination of authorities and commentary with a modern and contextual approach. The range ...

E-Commerce Law