Science at the Bar is the first book to examine how two powerful American institutions interact with each other. Jasanoff argues that the courts do not simply depend on scientific findings for guidance - they actually influence the production of science and technology. With its …
Colorblind Racial Profiling outlines the history of racial profiling practices and policies in the United States from 1974 to the present day. Drawing on a wide variety of sources including case law, newspaper and television reporting, government reports, and police manuals, aut…
Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über den Prozess gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher des 'Dritten Reiches', der vom Internationalen Militärtribunal in Nürnberg auf Veranlassung der Alliierten eingeleitet worden war. Angeklagt war ein verbrecherisches Regime, das die Welt in einen…
"Policing Black Bodies is a timely and much-needed exposure of historical and contemporary practices of state-sanctioned violence against Black lives in Canada. This groundbreaking work dispels many prevailing myths that cast Canada as a land of benevolence and racial equality, …
A history of prison and confinement in Africa