Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain, Paperback - Charles Upchurch

Reducere. In nineteenth-century England, sodomy was punishable by death; even an accusation could damage a man's reputation for life. The last executions for...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Steven A. RamirezNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 238 x 161 x 28Cover type: Har...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas--and what it tells us about crime and p...

Geometrical Justice enlists the pathbreaking geometrical theory of law developed by sociologist Donald Black. Drawing on large datasets, this book ...

In the decades after Irish independence, 292 women were prosecuted for murder, facing the threat of conviction and death sentencing. Within a risin...

This book offers a systematic exposition of Aristotle's legal thought. It argues that Aristotle's seemingly dispersed statements on legislation and...

Publisher: Council of EuropeAuthor(s): Council of EuropeNumber of pages: 6Collection: European treaty seriesPublication date: 2002Dimensions: 207 x...

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Gary De Krey examines the political history of England, Scotland and Ireland from the Interregnum through Britain's eighteenth-century rise to powe...

Reducere. A cutting edge look at the state of the death penalty in America, from the point of view of a judge, a district sttorney, two defense lawyers and t...

For more than 300 years Massachusetts executed men and women convicted of murder. This book offers an account of how the efforts of reformers and a...

Modern-day motherhood is hard and discrimination against women who are, have been or could be pregnant is on the rise. Pregnant Then Screwed tells ...

Tracing the evolution of political discourse on abortion from the 1960s to today, this interdisciplinary book argues that in order to understand th...

In Aristotle and Law, George Duke argues that Aristotle's seemingly dispersed statements on law and legislation are unified by a commitment to law'...

The diverse afterlife scenarios that pervade the Oresteia have never been examined together. This innovative study argues that they transform its t...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Iain (University of Plymouth, UK) ChanningIllustration(s): 1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Tables, black ...

Reducere. DescriptionOver a career spanning nearly four decades, Rick Unklesbay has tried over one hundred murder cases before juries that ended with sixteen...

Bad English examines the impact of increasing language diversity in transforming contemporary literature in Britain, in the context of its conteste...

Final volume of the seven-volume Cambridge History of the Book in Britain series, focusing on the twentieth century and beyond. The book is for stu...

Why Noncompliance traces the history of noncompliance within the European Union (EU), focusing on which states continuously do or do not follow EU ...

Using as its central example the British Association for the Advancement of Science this is the first book-length treatment of this leading body fo...

Reducere. Powerful, wry essays offering modern takes on a primitive practice, from one of our most widely read death penalty abolitionists As Ruth Bader Gins...

Publisher: University of Virginia PressAuthor(s): Adam SillsNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 176 x 255 x 21Cover type: Paperba...

The Happenings that burst on to the late 1950s cultural scene were rapidly declared passe and even 'dead', but this book reveals how an internation...

Reducere. In Twisted Tech, author Scott McClallen seeks to analyze and explore the intersection of technology, free speech, and privacy. He believes technolo...

Publisher: Anthem PressNumber of pages: 230Collection: Anthem Law and Society SeriesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 231 x 154 x 15Cover type: Har...

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In Sexual Hegemony Christopher Chitty traces the five-hundred year history of capitalist sexual relations by excavating the class dynamics of the b...

Publisher: UCL PressIllustration(s): 19 Illustrations, colorCollection: FringePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 233 x 155 x 27Cover type: Paperback...

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Reducere. The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding ch...

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Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co LtdNumber of pages: 240Collection: Labour in CanadaPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 20Cover type: Pa...

Drawing on a range of material, the book demonstrates just how much death matters in wartime - not just to the individual, threatened with their ow...

This book offers a historical survey of attitudes towards same-sex love during the centuries that gave us the Plantagenet court of Henry II and Ele...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Amanda (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) SpaldingNumber of pages: 232Publication date: 2022D...

As one of China's most influential law professors, He Weifang has been at the forefront of the country's treacherous path toward justice and judici...

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This book is a study of the British casino industry and how it has been shaped by criminality, prohibition, regulation and liberalization since the...

Through a detailed and fascinating exploration of changing medical knowledge and practice, this book provides a timeline of humankind-s understandi...

This book draws on empirical analysis to question traditional assumptions about emergencies as 'exceptions' and to develop an alternative conceptua...

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Reducere. Are there any commonalities between such phenomena as soccer hooliganism, sabotage by peasants of landlords' property, road rage, and even the even...

Britain faces huge challenges: inequality, public services under constant pressure, climate change - and in the long term, the impacts of automatio...