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Guido Calabresi is an extraordinary person. His family, of Jewish heritage, occupied a secure and centuries-old position near the top of Italian society-- until the rise of fascism. Guido's parents ……続きを見る

A timely defense of affirmative action policies that offers a more nuanced understanding of how centuries of invidious racism, discrimination, and segregation in the United States led to and justifi……続きを見る

Gender-based violence undermines the core values of human rights on which the Council of Europe is based and to which its member states have subscribed Gender-based violence refers to any type of ha……続きを見る

La violence fondée sur le genre va à l’encontre des valeurs essentielles des droits humains sur lesquelles est fondé le Conseil de l’Europe et auxquelles adhèrent ses États membres. La violence fond……続きを見る

Integrating gender into all aspects of drug policy, including the criminal justice system.In its efforts to place human rights at the heart of drug policies, the Pompidou Group has decided to pursue……続きを見る

@mamajuridica cree en el "empoderamiento legal", es decir, en que conocer la ley te permite navegar en un mundo –y un país– que desde siempre ha sido hostil hacia las mujeres, especialmente si eres ……続きを見る

The Roman Catholic Church has been criticized for many reasons, including its legalism. The growing aversion of church members to the law and the church hierarchy's juridified interpretation of Chri……続きを見る

To what extent is the legal subject gendered? Using illustrative examples from a range of jurisdictions and thematically organised chapters, this volume offers a comprehensive consideration of this ……続きを見る

Legal scholars, economists, and international development practitioners often assume that the state is capable of 'securing' rights to land and addressing gender inequality in land tenure. In this i……続きを見る

A poignant account of everyday polygamy and what its regulation reveals about who is viewed as an "Other" In the past thirty years, polygamy has become a flashpoint of conflict as Western government……続きを見る

This impressive study will appeal to a wide audience of scholars, students, and practitioners of family law, political science, and political economy; social and socio-legal scholars; sociologists o……続きを見る

A detailed examination of the limitations and pitfalls of pursuing the community-based reform movement in the American criminal justice system. As the extent of America's mass incarceration crisis h……続きを見る

A rigorous analysis of systemic misogyny in the law and a thoughtful exploration of the tools needed to transcend it through constitutional change beyond litigation in the courts. Just as racism is ……続きを見る

This edited volume represents a joint effort by international experts to analyze the prevalence and nature of gender-based domestic violence across the globe and how it is dealt with at both nationa……続きを見る

Justice After Stonewall is an interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and progress experienced by the LGBT community since the Stonewall riots in 1969. The riots (sparked by a police raid in New Yo……続きを見る

First published in 1983, Prejudice and Pride chronicles legal and social discrimination against gay people living in Britain in 1980s. The book alerts its readers to the ways in which gay men and wo……続きを見る

The explosive account of the trial of the century 'Powerful, vivid and affecting. A compassionate account of the consequences of crime' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Urgent, necessary and courageous' ELIZABETH DA……続きを見る

“Un libro temerario, la narrazione di un percorso insieme intellettuale e collettivo, che ci consegna numerosi spunti di riflessione. Un’occasione da non lasciar cadere, che riguarda tutti noi e il ……続きを見る

Bringing key Shakespeare texts into dialogue with feminist socio-legal research, this book investigates the notion of a ‘crime of passion’ – indicatively, wife-killing. Its key concern is to bring a……続きを見る

Legal Issues is an international journal managed and published by the UK Law Students' Association (UKLSA). The Journal publishes fine research in all fields of law on the basis of its contribution ……続きを見る

The #MeToo movement inspired millions to testify to the widespread experience of sexual violence. More broadly, it shifted the deeply ingrained response to women’s accounts of sexual violence from d……続きを見る

This book places prostitution at the very centre of European history in the twentieth century. With its wide geographical focus from Italy to the USSR via Sweden, Germany, occupied Czechoslovakia an……続きを見る

This Special Report explores strategies for maximising inclusion and diversity in the legal profession both in-house and in private practice. The second edition has been fully updated to take into a……続きを見る

Violent Affections uncovers techniques of power that work to translate emotions into violence against queer people. Based on analysis of over 300 criminal cases of anti-queer violence in Russia befo……続きを見る

This special report focuses on law firms' gender pay gaps with statistics from the top 50 law firms. This follows the new UK government regulations that came into force in April 2017 which required ……続きを見る

This book argues against the conventional wisdom that a U.S. right to health is out of reach. It shows that the necessary change is not extraordinary but familiar and that the law has already laid c……続きを見る

This volume explores in depth femicide and feminicide, bringing together our current knowledge on this phenomenon and its prevention. No country is free from femicide/feminicide, which represents th……続きを見る

A pesar de los muchos logros de los movimientos feministas y de que, en general, la legislación resguarda los derechos de las mujeres, día a día somos testigos de cuánto camino nos queda por recorre……続きを見る

Negritudes em tempo de cólera: relações raciais no brasil contemporâneo, apresenta um debate completo acerca das relações de poder que se surgiram no período do Brasil colônia. De modo que as reflex……続きを見る

Through a comparative analysis involving 13 countries from Africa, America, Asia and Europe, this book provides an invaluable assessment of women’s equality at the global level. The work focuses on ……続きを見る