Búsqueda de Editorial : POLICY PRESS. UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

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  • RUSSIA, THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
    BATES, E. / DZEHTSIAROU, K. / FORDE, A.
    In March 2022, following the invasion of Ukraine, Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe after 26 years as a member. This timely and in-depth analysis explores Russia's tumultuous relationship with the Council of Europe and European Court of Human Rights. It examines Russia’s membership record and the profound impacts of its expulsion for Europe’s human rights system. ...
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    50,00 €

  • MENTAL CAPACITY LAW, SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND INTIMACY
    CLOUGH, B. / PRITCHARD-JONES, L.
    Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care. Recent case law has added new layers of complexity, requiring that a person must be able to understand that the other person needs to consent and can withdraw that consent. While this has been welco...
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    140,00 €

  • CHILDREN’S VOICES, FAMILY DISPUTES AND CHILD-INCLUSIVE MEDIATION
    ANNE BARLOW / JAN EWING
    ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Recent legislative changes in England and Wales have eroded children’s ability to exercise their article 12 UNCRC rights to information, consultation and representation when parents separate. However, children’s voices may be heard through child-inclusive mediation (CIM). Considered from a children’s rights perspect...
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    30,00 €

  • LABOUR LAW AND THE PERSON
    RODGERS, L.
    This book aims to revitalise the link between social justice and labour law through exploring the issue of personhood and the 'subject' of the law. Rodgers argues that incorporating a more 'relational' notion of self into labour law not only provides a fresh normative perspective through which to evaluate existing labour laws, but will also make us more able to respond to labou...
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    161,00 €

  • RACIAL JUSTICE AND THE LIMITS OF LAW
    MALKANI, B.
    Racial justice is never far from the headlines. The Windrush scandal, the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston, and racism within the police have all recently captured the public’s attention and generated legal action. But, although the ideals of the legal system such as fairness and equality seem allied to the struggle for racial justice, all too often campaigners have bee...
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    33,00 €

  • PROPERTY IN CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM
    IRELAND, P.
    Amid the shift towards neoliberalism and the privatization of resources, this book provides a radical new lens to view property and property theory. Boldly challenging the conventional theories of property law that have shaped our understanding for centuries, leading expert Paddy Ireland explores the rise and growth of new intangible property forms; the nature of ‘investment’ a...
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    34,00 €

  • CHILDREN’S VOICES, FAMILY DISPUTES AND CHILD-INCLUSIVE MEDIATION
    BARLOW, A. /   / EWING, J.
    Recent legislative changes in England and Wales have eroded children’s ability to exercise their article 12 UNCRC rights to information, consultation and representation when parents separate. However, children’s voices may be heard through child-inclusive mediation (CIM). Considered from a children’s rights perspective, this book provides a critical socio-legal account of CIM p...
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    26,00 €

  • LOW-PAID EU MIGRANT WORKERS
    BARNARD, C. /   / COSTELLO, F. /   / BUTLIN, S.
    This book offers an in-depth exploration of the lives of EU migrant workers in the UK following Brexit and COVID-19. Drawing on a longitudinal study, the book delves into the legal problems migrant workers face and sheds much-needed light on the hidden interactions between the law and communities around issues such as employment, housing, welfare and health. Through personal na...
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    135,00 €

  • CALIBRATING COLONIAL CRIME
    CASTELLINO, J.
    This profound book by leading socio-legal scholar Joshua Castellino offers a fresh perspective on the lingering legacies of colonization. While decolonization liberated territories, it left the root causes of historical injustice unaddressed. Governance change did not address past wrongs and transferred injustice through political and financial architectures. Castellino present...
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    135,00 €

  • THE CRIME DATA HANDBOOK
    LAURA HUEY / DAVID BUIL-GIL
    Crime research has grown substantially over the past decade, with a rise in evidence-informed approaches to criminal justice, statistics-driven decision-making and predictive analytics. The fuel that has driven this growth is data – and one of its most pressing challenges is the lack of research on the use and interpretation of data sources. This accessible, engaging book close...
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    58,50 €

  • DIVERSE VOICES IN TORT LAW
    KIRSTY HORSEY
    This captivating book explores uncharted territory in tort law, shedding light on underexplored viewpoints in the field. The collection brings issues of social class, race, gender, marginalisation, vulnerability and harm into conversation with core tort law topics to encourage a more critical examination of the law and its impact on different groups of people. Written by expert...
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    52,50 €

  • POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE
    O’BRIEN, N.
    In recent years, failures in health and social care, mental health services, public housing and education have dominated headlines and been the subject of much public debate. The means for addressing such concerns remain notably legalistic and subject to a particular brand of liberal legalism that stifles the possibility of transformational intervention. This book argues that t...
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    135,00 €

  • ACCESS TO JUSTICE, DIGITALIZATION AND VULNERABILITY
    NAOMI CREUTZFELDT / ARABELLA KYPRIANIDES / BEN BRADFORD / JONATHAN JACKSON
    The pandemic has significantly impacted people's engagement with the administrative justice system (AJS). As we navigate the post-pandemic era, the siloed landscape of tribunals, ombuds, advice services and NGOs face the challenge of maintaining trust in the justice system's fairness, efficacy and inclusivity. Examining the journeys individuals undertake to seek justice in hous...
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    150,00 €

  • UNCHECKED POWER?
    ALISON L. YOUNG
    Is the government really acting for the people? Or does this rhetoric simply justify an executive power-grab? For some, Boris Johnson’s premiership epitomised how far the UK’s democracy has been captured by populism and the Prime Minister seemed more concerned about fulfilling the wishes of the British people than with following the rules or listening to Parliament. Events like...
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    28,50 €

  • TACKLING TORTURE
    MALCOLM D. EVANS
    How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the UN appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it? In this vitally important work, Malcolm D. Evans tells the story of torture prevention under international law, setting out what is really happening around the world. Challenging assumptions about torture’s root causes, he calls for w...
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    38,00 €

  • THE CRIMINALISATION OF UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT MINORS
    IOANNIS PAPADOPOULOS
    In recent times, Greece is often viewed as the gateway to Europe for high numbers of asylum-seeking individuals, including unaccompanied minors. Between 2016 and 2020, under Greek law unaccompanied children were to be temporarily placed in a protective environment upon irregular entry, pending referral to suitable accommodation. However, in practice, they were being subjected t...
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    160,00 €

  • EGALITARIAN DIGITAL PRIVACY
    TSACHI KEREN-PAZ
    Should digital platforms be responsible for intimate images posted without the subject’s consent? Could the viewers of such images be liable simply for viewing them? This book answers these questions in the affirmative, while considering the social, legal and technological features of unauthorized dissemination of intimate images, or ‘revenge porn’. In doing so, it asks fundame...
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    159,00 €

  • HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL MIGRATION
    SARAH HUPP WILLIAMSON
    Factors such as inequality, gender, globalization, corruption, and instability clearly matter in human trafficking. But does corruption work the same way in Cambodia as it does in Bolivia? Does instability need to be present alongside inequality to lead to human trafficking? How do issues of migration connect? Using migration, feminist, and criminological theory, this book asks...
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    149,76 €

  • EUROPEAN WHITE-COLLAR CRIME
    LORD, N. / INZELT, É. / WIM H.
    From corporate corruption and the facilitation of money laundering, to food fraud and labour exploitation, European citizens continue to be confronted by serious corporate and white-collar crimes. Presenting an original series of provocative essays, this book offers a European framing of white-collar crime. Experts from different countries foreground what is unique, innovative ...
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    149,76 €

  • PORTS, CRIME AND SECURITY
    SERGI / REID / LUCA STORTI / EASTON
    The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the US-China trade dispute have heightened interest in the geopolitics and security of modern ports. Ports are where contemporary societal dilemmas converge: the (de)regulation of international flows; the (in)visible impact of globalization; the perennial tension between trade and security; and the thin line between legitimate, illicit and ille...
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    84,24 €

  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH
    HILLIER, T. / DINGWALL, G.
    Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth? Drawing on a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, this book investigates the concept of truth – its complexities and nuances – and scrutinizes how well the criminal justice process facilitates truth-finding. From allegation to sentencing, the chapters take the rea...
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    140,40 €

  • POLICE–COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN TIMES OF CRISIS
    DEUCHAR, ROSS / CRICHLOW, VAUGHN / SETH W. FALLIK
    The death of Michael Brown at the hands of a white Ferguson police officer has uncovered an apparent legitimacy crisis at the heart of American policing. Some have claimed that de-policing may have led officers to become less proactive. How exactly has the policing of gangs and violence changed in the post-Ferguson era? This book explores this question, drawing on participant o...
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    42,00 €

  • TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINOLOGY
    MACKENZIE, S.
    This pioneering study looks across key trafficking crimes to develop a social theory of transnational criminal markets. These include human trafficking, drug dealing, and black markets in wildlife, diamonds, guns and antiquities, The author offers an in-depth analysis of structural similarities and differences within illicit trade networks, and explores the economic underpinnin...
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    112,32 €

  • IMAGINATIVE CRIMINOLOGY
    SEAL, L. / O'NEILL, M.
    This distinctive and engaging book proposes an imaginative criminology, focusing on how spaces of transgression are lived, portrayed and imagined. These include spaces of control or confinement, including prison and borders, and spaces of resistance. Examples range from camps where asylum seekers and migrants are confined to the exploration of deviant identities and the imagine...
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    93,60 €

  • A CRIMINOLOGY OF POLICING AND SECURITY FRONTIERS
    LIPPERT, RANDY / WALBY, KEVIN
    Policing and security provision are subjects central to criminology. Yet there are newer and neglected forms that are currently unscrutinised. By examining the work of community safety officers, ambassador patrols, conservation officers, and private police foundations, who operate on and are animated by a frontier, this book reveals why criminological inquiry must reach beyond ...
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    99,84 €

  • DISRUPTING RAPE CULTURE
    FANGHANEL, A.
    ’50 shades’, pussy grabbing, topless protest, nasty women. Women, sexuality and politics are at the forefront of popular discussion today. Despite the rise in research and public awareness about rape culture and gendered violence, women’s bodies in public space continue to be treated violently. Using case studies from the US and UK – focusing on the sexualised pregnancy, the BD...
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    124,80 €

  • A CRIMINOLOGY OF MORAL ORDER
    HANS BOUTELLIER
    Moral order is disturbed by criminal events. However, in a secularized and networked society a common moral ground is increasingly hard to find. People feel confused about the bigger issues of our time such as crime, anti-social behaviour, Islamist radicalism, sexual harassment and populism. Traditionally, issues around morality have been neglected by criminologists. Through ...
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    99,84 €