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This book critiques legal frameworks involving the bulk processing of personal data to predict and prevent crime through advanced profiling technologies. It questions their legitimacy and impact in light of the EU's powers to provide security while safeguarding fundamental human rights.

This book lays out the evolution of the often contested Construction Management discipline, covering the what, where and who of research in this emerging field.

Focused on the Australian punk and hardcore music scene, this book provides an innovative balance between the acknowledgment of harm, and the celebration of pleasure in live music spaces.

This book develops principles of proper sentence justification, presents results of comparative empirical study on sentence justifications in post-communist countries and provides practical measures to improve the current situation. It determines why reasoning is relevant and provides evidence favouring an increased role for justification.

Maritime Autonomous Vehicles have the potential to radically alter all uses of maritime space. This book explores the current international legal framework and the options available to regulate maritime security in the face of emerging technologies. It will be of interest to researchers of the law of the sea and maritime security.

This book examines the right to an adequate standard of living in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), shedding light on the multifaceted challenges, opportunities, and imperatives for action. It provides an evidence-based assessment of SSA currently, highlighting urgent need for comprehensive, context-specific approaches to advancing this right.

The right to participate in cultural life is profoundly rooted in international human rights law, and, with regard to persons with disabilities, it is enunciated in Article 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD or the Convention).

This handbook explores the context, analysis and management of political risk arising from recent tectonic geopolitical challenges to the world order posed by pandemics, nationalist policy interventions, changing supply chains, technological transformation, and a climate crisis.

This book critically analyses the conceptual understanding of financial investigation and financial intelligence among UK law enforcement authorities and their commentators. It provides a critical review of financial investigation, including international standards, and how it is perceived and applied by law enforcement agencies.

This book examines the conceptual issues relating to the link between conflict and poverty as well as presenting case studies of countries often regarded as 'hot spots' for conflict in Africa.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the illicit practice of football trafficking, focusing on the exploitation of underage African players being transferred to Europe. It delves into the broader context of human trafficking, examining relevant international laws and their application to football.

First published in 1976, Psychopath is a study of Patrick Mackay who, in 1974 - with a string of muggings and killings behind him - was on trial for murder and was imprisoned in November 1975.

First published in 1985, Women-in-Law is a collection of essays examining the complex interactions of law, sexuality, and the family.

First published in 1974, The American Prison Business studies the lunacies, the delusions, and the bizarre inner workings of the American prison business.

Exploring the nuances and complexities in men's and women's accounts of how mainstream pornography is experienced in their everyday lives, this book demonstrates how pornography can be both a site for pleasure and pain across gendered lines.

Election law plays a critical role in regulating the political arena at a time when Americans are witnessing unprecedented levels of polarization. The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law provides a comprehensive overview of the field, a survey of core themes, and summaries of the most pressing debates. Bringing together 47 leading scholars of election law, the Handbook offers readers a clearly written guide to aid navigation through this complex area, tackling controversial issues and situating them within the field's ongoing scholarly dialogue. Unparalleled in the breadth and depth of its coverage, The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law is an invaluable resource for scholars, students, policymakers, and practitioners.

'The work's strength lies in two main features. First.it provides guidance by reference to numerous cases (some of which might well have been overlooked) for the purposes of assisting someone to draft a contract effectively. Secondly, it provides "worked examples".it is very useful and I hope that it will reach a wider audience.'HH Humphrey Lloyd KC, former judge of the Technology and Construction CourtInternational Construction Law Review (Review of a previous edition)Do you need help with drafting standard contract clauses, but only have a few minutes? This book is an alphabetical, quick-access guide. It provides up-to-date, practical drafting advice on the purpose and effect of a wide range of the clauses in common use. The Fifth Edition covers major developments and includes new sections covering: - 'Good governance', eg compliance with health and safety, bribery and slavery laws- Revised and expanded sections dealing with: - Entire agreement clauses - Exemption clauses - Indemnities - Warranties This book includes:- A step-by-step commentary- Examples of best practice in different situations- Detailed notes on each type of boilerplate clause- A summary of relevant law, including statutory definitions and case law- Precedents supplied as an accompanying electronic downloadComprehensive and organised for ease of use, this title guides the user through each clause, explaining its purpose, considering its relevance, and providing illustrative examples.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

Provides a radical reappraisal of the right to free speech by critiquing pre-existing theory and a novel reinterpretation of the right as a matter of theory and practice.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of news media and social media in the propagation and treatment of the global #MeToo movement.

Sexual Violence and Predatory Journalism in India examines unethical editorial practices in the reporting of sexual crimes against women in India, introducing the term Predatory Journalism.

With an introduction by Sir Roy Goode, this book presents perspectives on legal issues of international sales transactions as perceived by world leading experts, exposing pragmatic and modern aspects of everything from drafting, to uniform laws, to dispute resolution.