Socio-Legal Studies

Shari’a As Discourse exposes some of the various issues raised in relation to Muslim communities in Europe, by putting the intellectual and legal traditions into dialogue. It brings together a number of scholars to provide a valuable reference for all those interested in exploring how Muslims and no..

This book develops an analytical framework that aims to discern the meaning and value that women may ascribe to morally ambiguous practices. An analysis of law’s approach to polygamy, surrogacy and sex work, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, provides a basis for evaluating th..

This book develops an analytical framework that aims to discern the meaning and value that women may ascribe to morally ambiguous practices. An analysis of law’s approach to polygamy, surrogacy and sex work, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, provides a basis for evaluating th..

This book explores how economic concepts and tools are reshaping regulatory law. Building on studies that link law - both institutionally and discursively - to the legitimation of economic neo-liberalism, the book charts lawmakers' attempts to justify social welfare regulation in the language impose..

Social mobility, access to the professions, and the efficacy of professional associations in affecting the profession with which they are intertwined come together here in an exploration of access to the UK Bar...

This book examines how contemporary migrants form and transform their involvement with the law in their host countries and which factors influence this relationship. It suggests a more comprehensive insight into the socio-legal integration of migrants by analysing the interplay between the new legal..

This book examines how contemporary migrants form and transform their involvement with the law in their host countries and which factors influence this relationship. It suggests a more comprehensive insight into the socio-legal integration of migrants by analysing the interplay between the new legal..

This collection brings together some of the most influential sociologists of law to confront the challenges of current transnational constitutionalism. The study defines the constitution’s contents and functions both at the conceptual level and by taking empirical issues of particular comparative in..

This collection brings together some of the most influential sociologists of law to confront the challenges of current transnational constitutionalism. The study defines the constitution’s contents and functions both at the conceptual level and by taking empirical issues of particular comparative in..

Exploring the interrelations between social spaces and boundaries and physical space, Spatializing Law examines how spaces are constructed on the terrestrial and marine surface of the earth with legal means in a rich variety of socio-political, legal and ecological settings...

Exploring the interrelations between social spaces and boundaries and physical space, Spatializing Law examines how spaces are constructed on the terrestrial and marine surface of the earth with legal means in a rich variety of socio-political, legal and ecological settings...

Legal pluralism and the experience of the state in the Caucasus are at the centre of this edited volume. This is a region affected by a multitude of legal orders and the book describes social action and governance in the light of this, and considers how conceptions of order are enforced, used, follo..