Law

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.

The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Immigration is an outstanding reference source to this vitally important topic and will be of great interest to those studying philosophy, politics and related subjects such as law, sociology and social policy.

First published in 1983, Modern Partnership Law departs from the traditionally stale treatment of the subject. This book contains chapters on partnership finance; employees; partnerships between spouses and legal intervention in partnership law.

Despite formal equality gains such as LGBTQ workplace protections (Bostock v. Clayton County 2020), heteronormative cultural orders still permeate queer rights discourse. Laura Borchert engages with the cultural-legal construction of sexual minorities in the US and deconstructs naturalized assumptions about ¿the Queer¿ in US law and culture and central constitutional-cultural imaginaries by conducting interdisciplinary wide readings of legal texts. She makes a strong case for utilizing suspect classification to secure queer rights and offers the first distinctively cultural studies perspective on equal protection and sexual orientation by using a queer hermeneutics of law.

Legacies of the Surveillance State offers a chilling exploration of two historical surveillance societies: East Germany and Northern Ireland during the 1970s and 1980s to provide a unique perspective on the human cost of surveillance.

This book offers new historical, legal and literary explorations of a status held by uncountable formerly enslaved persons in the Roman Empire: Junian Latinity. It is the first book in any language to provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary study of this status. Divided in two parts, the book sets the scene with six chapters that discuss the legal innovations that created Junian Latinity, as well as the historical contexts in which the status was conceived and in which it developed - from the late republican period to the early medieval world. Four chapters in the second book part offer then new research on key Latin literary texts to provide fresh insights into the role of Junian Latinity in Roman imperial society. The book makes a strong case for the centrality of Junian Latinity in the Roman Empire and the importance of its modern study.

Just Culture and the Criminalisation of Air Accidents equips the reader with the tools to understand the meaning of criminalisation in the civil aviation industry. It enables them to resolve problems that arise in risk management within the context of their professional employment.

Cyber Terrorism: A Guide for Facility Managers addresses cyberterrorism and other forms of terrorist activity including mailroom security, bomb threats, and the constant attacks from viruses, hackers, and other invasive programs.