Examining the social revolutions in France, the United States, and England during industrialization this book looks at the different ways in which social upheaval has prompted radical divergences in the organisation and regulation of the legal profession.
Examining the social revolutions in France, the United States, and England during industrialization this book looks at the different ways in which soc...
This book argues that three elements affect the political significance of judicial decisions. First is the status of judges (the way they are recruited and the guarantees they enjoy) and the way judges define their role in the judicial and political process. Second is the organization of the judicial system, including the existence of judicial review of legislation, the structure of trials and the arrangement of public prosecution. Thirdly, judicial power is affected by the broader political system: a polity in which power is divided and fragmented offers wider opportunities for the judiciary...
This book argues that three elements affect the political significance of judicial decisions. First is the status of judges (the way they are recruite...
Rules affect all areas of governmental and public life, helping to shape policy-making and to regulate and enforce the law, particularly in matters of the environment, health, and safety. This book is the first comprehensive study of the use of non-statutory rules in government. When should government be carried out with rules? What are the alternatives to governing with rules, and are they part of 'good' governmental processes? These issues are at the heart of this book, which focuses on the potential and limitations of such non-statutory rules as codes or circulars. It examines how...
Rules affect all areas of governmental and public life, helping to shape policy-making and to regulate and enforce the law, particularly in matters of...
This volume presents in-depth coverage of the jury systems of Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Scotland, and the United States. Coverage includes civil as well as criminal juries. There is also a chapter on the newly revived criminal jury systems of Spain and Russia, and a chapter on potential revival of the jury system that once existed in Japan. Each chapter is authored by leading scholars who are intimately familiar with the jury system on which they write.
This volume presents in-depth coverage of the jury systems of Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, S...
Sexually Transmitted Debt is the first major study of an increasingly evident social and legal problem: the provision of third party loan security by a spouse/partner for the business debts of the other spouse/partner. Belinda Fehlberg brings a multi-pronged approach to the issue, layering detailed legal analysis with consideration of relevant sociological literature and empirical research. The result is a very readable text in which the gap between the law and practical experience clearly emerges.
Sexually Transmitted Debt is the first major study of an increasingly evident social and legal problem: the provision of third party loan security by ...
This new volume originated in a collective project aimed at developing an alternative theoretical approach to the market monopoly theory that currently dominates studies of the legal professions. In contrast to theories linking the rise of professionalism to the development of economic liberalism, this book advances a political theory of lawyers' collective action. The contributors focus on areas where the engagement of lawyers has shaped the core of liberal politics; these papers can only enrich our understanding of the political importance of lawyers.
This new volume originated in a collective project aimed at developing an alternative theoretical approach to the market monopoly theory that currentl...
The family has become a political battleground in eastern and western Europe. In both areas, the State seems to have moved away from interventionist policies to a fresh quest for individual freedom from interference. This process of rolling back the influence of the State has been dubbed "privatization" of the family, and its consequences are examined here in considerable detail by a group of experts. In the West, inequality of economic power is now determining decisions such as whether or if at all to seek divorce or abortion in situations where previously the State regulated these decisions...
The family has become a political battleground in eastern and western Europe. In both areas, the State seems to have moved away from interventionist p...
The current health care crisis in the United States has prompted wide interest in how medical systems around the world regulate themselves. This comprehensive book considers whether or not Britain's General Medical Council of professional conduct jurisdiction acts fairly and justly when dealing both with doctors whose conduct it controls, and members of the public whose interests it was established to protect. By looking at the legal history of the Council since its inception to the present, it is possible to see how the system of medical discipline in Britain developed, to reveal its present...
The current health care crisis in the United States has prompted wide interest in how medical systems around the world regulate themselves. This compr...
