Civil Justice After Covid: A Change For The Better? - An Examination of the Civil Justice System in England and Wales pre and post COVID-19 and the impact on the administration of justice. (Reeves Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

Civil Justice After Covid: A Change For The Better? - An Examination of the Civil Justice System in England and Wales pre and post COVID-19 and the impact on the administration of justice. (Reeves Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

Pandemic Legalities: Legal Responses to Covid-19 - Justice and Social Responsibility (Lahey Kathleen)(Paperback)

The effects of COVID-19 are visited disproportionately on the already disadvantaged. This important text maps out ways in which those already disadvantaged have been affected by legal responses to COVID-19. Contributors tackle issues including virtual trials, adult social care, racism, tax and

Form and Flow: The Spatial Politics of Urban Resilience and Climate Justice (Goh Kian)(Paperback)

An examination of urban climate change response strategies and the resistance to them by grassroots activists and social movements. Cities around the world are formulating plans to respond to climate change and adapt to its impact. Often, marginalized urban residents resist these plans, offering

Social (In)Justice and Mental Health (Shim Ruth S.)(Paperback)

Social (In)Justice and Mental Health introduces readers to the concept of social justice and the outsized, but often ignored, role that social injustice plays in the identification, diagnosis, and management of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The contributors are first-rate,

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts (Rabb Intisar A.)(Pevná vazba)

This book presents an in-depth exploration of the administration of justice during Islam's founding period, 632-1250 CE. Inspired by the scholarship of Roy Parviz Mottahedeh and composed in his honor, this volume brings together ten leading scholars of Islamic law to examine the history of early

European judicial systems - efficiency and quality of justice (European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice)(Paperback / softback)

The Case for a Review of the Law of Murder (Modernising Justice)(Paperback)

Many people will find it hard to believe that within key aspects of the Law of England and Wales there lie significant defects -- such is the extent to which our laws and system of justice have been routinely described as 'The best in the world'. This new analysis by reform group Modernising

Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America (Barak Gregg)(Pevná vazba)

Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is an introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book explores how power and privilege shape our understanding of crime and justice. The fifth edition features new material on police

Discourse and Diversionary Justice: An Analysis of Youth Justice Conferencing (Zappavigna Michele)(Pevná vazba)

This book analyses the Youth Justice Conferencing Program in New South Wales, Australia. Exploring this form of diversionary justice from the perspectives of functional linguistics and performance studies, the authors combine close textual analysis with ethnographic research methodologies. They

Communicating Covid-19: Everyday Life, Digital Capitalism, and Conspiracy Theories in Pandemic Times (Fuchs Christian)(Paperback)

Communicating COVID-19 analyses the changes of everyday communication in the COVID-19 crisis. Exploring how misinformation has spread online throughout the pandemic, the impact of changes on society and the way we communicate, and the effect this has had on the spread of

Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Scholastic Focus) (Goldstone Lawrence)(Pevná vazba)

A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States.Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in power in the US: Should African Americans, so many of them former

Justice and Mercy: Moral Theology and the Exercise of Law in Twelfth-Century England (Byrne Philippa)(Paperback)

This study investigates justice and mercy in twelfth-century England, using theological texts, sermons, legal treatises and letter collections to explore how moralists approached questions of judgement and judicial ethics in the foundational period of English common

Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam (Kamali Mohammad Hashim)(Paperback)

In Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam, M H Kamali presents the reader with an analysis of the three concepts of freedom, equality and justice from an Islamic point of view and their manifestations in the religious, social, legal and political fields. The author discusses the evidence to be

Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White (Sullivan Patricia)(Pevná vazba)

A leading civil rights historian places Robert Kennedy for the first time at the center of the movement for racial justice of the 1960s--and shows how many of today's issues can be traced back to that pivotal time. History, race, and politics converged in the 1960s in ways that indelibly changed

Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes (Sheller Mimi)(Paperback)

Mobility justice is one of the crucial political and ethical issues of our day. We are in the midst of a global climate crisis and experiencing the extreme challenges of urbanization. In Mobility Justice, Mimi Sheller makes a passionate argument for a new understanding of the contemporary crisis of

Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice (Garth Hanna)(Paperback)

An in-depth look at Black food and the challenges it faces today For Black Americans, the food system is broken. When it comes to nutrition, Black consumers experience an unjust and inequitable distribution of resources. Black Food Matters examines these issues through in-depth essays that analyze

The History of the Civil Rights Movement: The Story of the African American Fight for Justice and Equality (Peel Dan)(Pevná vazba)

Marking 55 years since the landmark Civil Rights Act was signed into law, this book takes you on a fascinating journey through the defining moments of America's Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s. You'll find everything from Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott to Martin Luther

The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life (Nesmith Ande A.)(Paperback)

This book examines and encourages the increasing involvement of those in the social sciences, including social work, as well as everyday citizens, with environmental injustices that affect the natural ecology, community health, and physical and mental health of marginalized communities. The authors

Thinking in a Pandemic: The Crisis of Science and Policy in the Age of Covid-19 (Boston Review)(Paperback)

Leading scientists, epidemiologists, and philosophers explore the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic and argue for the necessity of scientific reasoning and collective responsibility. We are living in the midst of the greatest public health crisis of our time. Confronting the many challenges of this

The Little Book of Restorative Justice (Zehr Howard)(Paperback)

Howard Zehr is the father of Restorative Justice and is known worldwide for his pioneering work in transforming understandings of justice. Here he proposes workable principles and practices for making Restorative Justice possible in this revised and updated edition of his bestselling, seminal book

Gunslinging justice: The American culture of gun violence in Westerns and the law (Joyce Justin a.)(Pevná vazba)

Gunslinging justice examines gun violence in Western films and literature alongside changes in justifiable homicide and gun rights in the United

Justice and mercy: Moral theology and the exercise of law in twelfth-century England (Byrne Philippa)(Pevná vazba)

This study investigates justice and mercy in twelfth-century England, using theological texts, sermons, legal treatises and letter collections to explore how moralists approached questions of judgement and judicial ethics in the foundational period of English common

Reckonings - Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice (Fulbrook Mary (Dean of the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences Dean of the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences University College London))(Paperback / softback)

Reckonings documents how Holocaust victims have sought justice over the decades and the haunting disparity between crime and

Health Justice: An Argument from the Capabilities Approach (Venkatapuram Sridhar)(Paperback)

An ambitious integration of the health sciences and the Capabilities Approach, Health Justice aims to provide a concrete ethical grounding for the human right to health, while advancing the field of health policy and placing health at the centre of social justice