Law & Courts Books

New and Published Books

1. Representation and Effectiveness in Latin American Democracies

   Congress, Judiciary and Civil Society

   Edited by Moira B. MacKinnon, Ludovico Feoli

   Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

   Legislatures, the judiciary and civil society are important actors in representative democracies. In what ways and how well do they represent? And how effectively do they carry out their institutional and social roles? Both questions refer to the key dimensions of democracy analyzed in this book:...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
2. Social Contract Theory in American Jurisprudence

   Too Much Liberty and Too Much Authority

   By Thomas R. Pope

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   Despite decades of attempts and the best intentions of its members, the United States Supreme Court has failed to develop a coherent jurisprudence regarding the state’s proper relationship to the individual. Without some objective standard upon which to ground jurisprudence, decisions have moved...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Role of Courts in Transitional Justice

   Voices from Latin America and Spain

   Edited by Jessica Almqvist, Carlos Esposito

   Bringing together a group of outstanding judges, scholars and experts with first-hand experience in the field of transitional justice in Latin America and Spain, this book offers an insider’s perspective on the enhanced role of courts in prosecuting serious human rights violations and grave crimes,...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Politics of the Globalization of Law

   Getting from Rights to Justice

   Edited by Alison Brysk

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   How does the globalization of law, the emergence of multiple and shifting venues of legal accountability, enhance or evade the fulfillment of international human rights? Alison Brysk’s edited volume aims to assess the institutional and political factors that determine the influence of the...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
5. Public Order and Private Lives (Routledge Revivals)

   The Politics of Law and Order

   By Michael Brake, Chris Hale

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1992, Public Order and Private Lives is a radical examination of the political forces which shaped the law and order debate in Britain at that time. The authors offer a significant and provoking analysis of Conservative policies on crime, showing that, ironically, they created...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Dual System of Privacy Rights in the United States

   By Mary McThomas

   Series: Law, Courts and Politics

   Theoretically, the right to privacy is an individual’s right to space away from the public gaze to make life choices that are best for her or him, regardless of the beliefs of the majority. Yet the right to privacy in the United States has proven problematic for both political theorists and...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. Official Discourse (Routledge Revivals)

   On Discourse Analysis, Government Publications, Ideology and the State

   By Frank Burton, Pat Carlen

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1979, Official Discourse is an unofficial report of theoretical investigations into a specific state of practice- the publication of reports of official inquiries into law, order and justice issues. The commissions, tribunals and committees of inquiry scrutinized in this book...

   Published November 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. Law and Politics

   Edited by Keith Whittington

   Series: Critical Concepts in Political Science

   Law and politics are deeply intertwined. Law is an essential tool of government action, an instrument with which government tries to influence society. Law is also the means by which government itself is structured, regulated, and controlled. It is no surprise, then, that law is an important prize...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. Law and Election Politics

   The Rules of the Game, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Matthew J. Streb

   Though the courts have been extremely active in interpreting the rules of the electoral game, this role is misunderstood and understudied—as, in many cases, are the rules themselves. Law and Election Politics illustrates how election laws and electoral politics are intertwined, analyzing the rules...

   Published October 17th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Power of the European Court of Justice

    Edited by Susanne K. Schmidt, R. Daniel Kelemen

    Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

    The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has played a vital role in promoting the process of European integration. In recent years, however, the expansion of EU law has led it to impact ever more politically sensitive issues, and controversial ECJ judgments have elicited unprecedented levels of...

    Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge