Combining her expertise in legal theory and judicial practice in a continental-European civil-law system, Jeanne Gaakeer explores the intertwinement of legal theory and practice to develop a humanities-inspired methodology for both the academic interdisciplinary study of law and…
Combining her expertise in legal theory and her judicial practice in criminal law in a Court of Appeal, Jeanne Gaakeer explores the intertwinement of legal theory and practice to develop a humanities-inspired methodology for both the academic interdisciplinary study of law and l…
Combining her expertise in legal theory and judicial practice in a continental-European civil-law system, Jeanne Gaakeer explores the intertwinement of legal theory and practice to develop a humanities-inspired methodology for both the academic interdisciplinary study of law and…
"This state-of-the-art Research Handbook provides an overview of research into, and the scope of current thinking in, the field of big data analytics and the law. It contains a wealth of information to survey the issues surrounding big data analytics in legal settings, as well a…
This book explores big questions like these, explaining the laws and legal precedents, and religious, political, and moral codes that have shaped the world we live in. Written in plain English, The Law Book cuts through the legal jargon and is packed with pithy explanations of t…
"Can someone be a good person yet act in a professional role that may involve deception, procedural trickery, withholding information, and working on behalf of terrible people and institutions? This question is at the heart of legal ethics. Using cases from around the common law…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "In the field of socio-legal studies or law and society scholarship, it is rare to find empirically rich and conceptually sophisticated understandings of actual legal practice. This book, in contrast, connects the conceptual and the empirical, the abs…
"Chapter 1 Troubling Encounters 1.1 Ways of Case-Making: A Provocation This book is a testament to a journey through social scientific and judicial case-making practices. That is, it seeks to take seriously how judges as well as social scientists make their case about the world:…
"Chapter 1 Troubling Encounters 1.1 Ways of Case-Making: A Provocation This book is a testament to a journey through social scientific and judicial case-making practices. That is, it seeks to take seriously how judges as well as social scientists make their case about the world:…
"Chapter 1 Troubling Encounters 1.1 Ways of Case-Making: A Provocation This book is a testament to a journey through social scientific and judicial case-making practices. That is, it seeks to take seriously how judges as well as social scientists make their case about the world:…
A central theme of law and society is that people's ideas about law and the decisions they make to mobilize law are shaped by community norms and cultural context. But this was not always an established concept. Among the first empirical pieces to articulate this theory was Davi…
"How as a society can we find ways of ensuring the people who are the most vulnerable or have little voice can avail themselves of the protection in law to improve their social, cultural, health and economic outcomes as befits civilised society? Better Law for a Better World ans…
"How as a society can we find ways of ensuring the people who are the most vulnerable or have little voice can avail themselves of the protection in law to improve their social, cultural, health and economic outcomes as befits civilised society? Better Law for a Better World ans…
"With probing questions and articulate answers, Cosslett and her subjects shed light on the challenges of legal practice in the current legal market." Nick Allard, Dean of Brooklyn Law School (BLS Law Notes, 11.16.12)Lawyers at Work reveals what it means and what it takes to be …
