Law & Society 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. Resisting Injustice and the Feminist Ethics of Care in the Age of Obama

   “Suddenly,…All the Truth Was Coming Out”

   By David A.J. Richards

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   David A. J. Richards’s Resisting Injustice and The Feminist Ethics of Care in The Age of Obama: "Suddenly,…All The Truth Was Coming Out" builds on his and Carol Gilligan’s The Deepening Darkness to examine the roots of the resistance movements of the 1960s, the political psychology behind...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
3. Balancing between Trade and Risk

   Integrating Legal and Social Science Perspectives

   Edited by Marjolein B. A. van Asselt, Esther Versluis, Ellen Vos

   The trade aspects of risk and the risk aspects of trade deserve more systematic and genuine interdisciplinary attention if we are to really understand the global, international and supranational dimensions of risk regulation. This book brings together legal and social science research on risk...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
4. 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
5. Dealing with the Legacy of Authoritarianism

   The “Politics of the Past” in Southern European Democracies

   Edited by Antonio Costa Pinto, Leonardo Morlino

   Series: South European Society and Politics

   In recent years the agenda of how to ‘deal with the past’ has become a central dimension of the quality of contemporary democracies. Many years after the process of authoritarian breakdown, consolidated democracies revisit the past either symbolically or to punish the elites associated with the...

   Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
6. The Politics of International Law and Compliance

   Serbia, Croatia and The Hague Tribunal

   By Nikolas M. Rajkovic

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Leading the debate on the domestic effect of the growing influence of international adjudication, this invaluable text examines Serbia and Croatia’s erratic record of compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Since the demise of the Milosevic and Tudjman...

   Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge
7. Judging Law and Policy

   Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System

   By Robert M. Howard, Amy Steigerwalt

   To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change? This innovative text analyzes this question generally and in seven distinct policy areas that play out in both federal and state courts—tax policy, environmental policy, reproductive rights, sex equality,...

   Published August 7th 2011 by Routledge
8. Immigration and American Democracy

   Subverting the Rule of Law

   By Robert Koulish

   While the idea of immigration embodies America’s rhetorical commitment to democracy, recent immigration control policies also showcase abysmal failures in democratic practice. Immigration and American Democracy examines these failures in terms of state sovereignty, neoliberalism, and...

   Published December 13th 2009 by Routledge
9. Africa's Contemporary Challenges

   The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral

   Edited by Carlos Lopes

   This book reviews Cabral’s intellectual contribution to current debates on race, identity, nation building, democracy, leadership and ethics. The key leader of the national liberation movements of former Portuguese African colonies is considered to be one of their foremost intellectuals...

   Published November 1st 2009 by Routledge