Books in the Onati International Series in Law and Society series

This book by internationally renowned scholars investigates emerging patterns in the shape and form of the legal regulation of domestic relations.

Is there something distinctive about penology in Europe? Do Europeans think about punishment and penal policy in a different way to people in other parts of the globe? If so, why is this the case and how does it work in practice? This book addresses the issues that have been emerging recently in the interdisciplinary field of 'European penology'.

This collection highlights the gendered nature of the making and unmaking of Keynesian states in the twentieth century.

By highlighting the institutional and socio-cultural context of human rights, this timely collection provides illuminating insights into the emergence and contemporary societal significance of human rights.

This book tests for the contemporary world the proposition that lawyers are active agents in the construction of liberal political regimes.

This book explores the relationship between law, rights and social mobilisation in Europe, and examines the ways in which legal processes are mobilised by less privileged social actors to advance their rights claims and pursue social change.

This collection explores debates on global capitalism and its regulation. It integrates three areas: Karl Polanyi's economic sociology, regulation studies and socio-legal studies of transnational risks.

Life imprisonment is the most severe penalty that can be imposed by the criminal justice system. Despite this, it is a relatively under-researched form of punishment and no meaningful attempt has been made to understand its human rights implications. This important collection fills that gap by addressing these two key questions: namely what is life imprisonment and what human rights are relevant to it? These questions are explored from the perspective of a range of jurisdictions. In addition it offers a dual perspective drawing on both empirical and doctrinal research. Under the editorship of two leading scholars in the field, this innovative and important work will be a landmark publication in field of penal studies and human rights.

This innovative collection offers one of the first analysis of criminologies of the military from an interdisciplinary perspective. Criminologists have commented in detail in the past on the military; war crimes for example, is a well discussed topic. This collection looks at those equally important, but less explored aspects, such as private military actors, insurgents and paramilitary groups. The contributions, by leading experts in the field, have a broad reach and take a truly global approach to the subject.

Is there something distinctive about penology in Europe? Do Europeans think about punishment and penal policy in a different way to people in other parts of the globe? If so, why is this the case and how does it work in practice? This book addresses the issues that have been emerging recently in the interdisciplinary field of 'European penology'.

This collection examines the human rights to social security and social protection from a women''s rights perspective. The contributors stress the need to address women''s poverty and exclusion within a human rights framework that takes account of gender. The chapters unpack the rights to social security and protection and their relationship to human rights principles such as gender equality, participation and dignity. Alongside conceptual insights across the field of women''s social security rights, the collection analyses recent developments in international law and in a range of national settings. It considers the ILO''s Social Protection Floors Recommendation and the work of UN treaty bodies. It explores the different approaches to expansion of social protection in developing countries (China, Chile and Bolivia). It also discusses conditionality in cash transfer programmes, a central debate in social policy and development, through a gender lens. Contributors consider the position of poor women, particularly single mothers, in developed countries (Australia, Canada, the United States, Ireland and Spain) facing the damaging consequences of welfare cuts. The collection engages with shifts in global discourse on the role of social policy and the way in which ideas of crisis and austerity have been used to undermine rights with harsh impacts on women.

This collection explores debates on global capitalism and its regulation. It integrates three areas: Karl Polanyi's economic sociology, regulation studies and socio-legal studies of transnational risks.

This book explores what response the law has or should have to different family practices arising from cultural and religious beliefs. The issue has become increasingly debated as western countries have become more culturally diverse.

In this book the authors examine various paths to peace and reconciliation in low intensity conflicts.