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Book Synopsis`Jenkins' book makes the law relevant, understandable and manageable to counsellors and psychotherapists. It makes clear, reassuring and essential reading for therapists in training as well as those in practice. [All] counsellors and psychotherapisys need to be up to speed with the law and with how it relates to their work. This book is more than timely with the impending introduction of regulation, and the fact that increasingly the work of counsellors and psychotherapists is being subjected to legal scrutiny' - Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy JournalCounselling, Psychotherapy and the Law is the long-awaited Second Edition of Peter Jenkins' comprehensive introduction to legal issues in relation to counselling and psychotherapy in the UK. This text has been fully updated to include coverage of the key developments in the law that have had major impact on therapists' practice with regard to data protection and the management of confidentialityTrade Review This is a book for the current times, where the professions are experiencing a heightened concern for ethical behaviour among their practitioners. Peter Jenkins appreciates the dilemmas facing the professions offering counselling and psychotherapy, especially that of the protected space versus the protected professional. Helpful to the reader are the boxes and case studies throughout the text. The boxes outline key points. The case studies are excerpts from law reports, published personal accounts by clients and books by therapists and bring immediacy and life to the concepts. While directed at a UK audience of counsellors and psychotherapists, this book is suitable for the Australian context. This is a valuable book for those practicing counselling and psychotherapy. -- Cecelia Winkelman * Journal of Family Studies * Despite requiring real concentration, this is an essential read for counsellors and psychotherapists irrespective of background and theoretical orientation. Trainers, supervisors and agency coordinators especially would benefit from the up to date material contained here. -- Therapy Today Jenkins′ book makes the law relevant, understandable and manageable to counsellors and psychotherapists. It makes clear, reassuring and essential reading for therapists in training as well as those in practice. [All] counsellors and psychotherapisys need to be up to speed with the law and with how it relates to their work. This book is more than timely with the impending introduction of regulation, and the fact that increasingly the work of counsellors and psychotherapists is being subjected to legal scrutiny. -- Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal Peter Jenkins has consulted widely over the content of this book, both within the psychological therapies field and with legal eagles. [His] use of clear flow diagrams and comparison boxes enable the reader to identify the similarities and differences between professional and moral/ethical debates. It is a thoroughly researched and accessible text. -- Association for University and College Counselling Journal A comprehensive overview of a rapidly evolving field. This book represents a helpful addition to practitioners′ bookshelves as a reference work, but also a beneficial read to stimulate thoughtful responses to practical dilemmas. It provides a good support to both therapeutic and supervision practices across the spectrum of experience and theoretical models. -- The PsychotherapistTable of ContentsTHERAPY, ETHICS AND THE LAW Therapy and the Law Ethical Principles and the law THE LEGAL CONTEXT OF THERAPY Content and Structure of the Law Communicating Information Law Relating To Service Provision and Employment THERAPISTS, COURTS AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM Reform of the Civil Law System Structure of the Court System Practical Aspects of Therapists′ Involvement with the Courts Professional Aspects of Therapists′ Involvement with the Courts PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE, LIABILITY AND DUTY OF CARE Professional Negligence Therapy Case Law Indemnity Insurance and Professional Protection Societies CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVILEGE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST Confidentiality Privilege and Confidentiality Confidentiality and the Public Interest Breaking Confidentiality DATA PROTECTION AND ACCESS TO CLIENT RECORDS Recording Therapeutic Work Access to Client Material THERAPY WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE The Rights of Children and Young People Key Issues in Therapy with Children and Young People Settings for Therapy with Children and Young People STATUTORY REGULATION OF THERAPISTS Statutory Recognition of Therapy Statutory Regulation of Therapists Therapy, Professional Power and Society

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Book SynopsisA public health approach to understanding and eliminating excessive police violence. Excessive police violence and its disproportionate targeting of minority communities has existed in the United States since police forces first formed in the colonial period. A personal tragedy for its victims, for the people who love them, and for their broader communities, excessive police violence is also a profound violation of human and civil rights. Most public discourse about excessive police violence focuses, understandably, on the horrors of civilian deaths. In From Enforcers to Guardians, Hannah L. F. Cooper and Mindy Thompson Fullilove approach the issue from a radically different angle: as a public health problem. By using a public health framing, this book challenges readers to recognize that the suffering created by excessive police violence extends far outside of death to include sexual, psychological, neglectful, and nonfatal physical violence as well. Arguing that excessive policTrade ReviewMany public health readers of From Enforcers to Guardians will come away with the centrality of better data to improve transparency and accountability. This book meets a critical need that sets public health on a path to fewer lives cut short, the goal of our field. It also creates room for additional conversations to address what is still missing. That is why it is such an important book.—Mary T. Bassett MD, MPH, American Journal of Public HealthA thoughtful, incisive public health primer on the deeply entrenched and damaging practice of police brutality.—World Medical & Health PolicyTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceTimelineChapter 1. Coming to TermsPart I. Distorted Policing and Its OriginsChapter 2. Peelers and Slave PatrolsChapter 3. Community CollapseChapter 4. War on DrugsPart II. Measuring Distorted Policing and Its EffectsChapter 5. Public Health InvestigationsChapter 6. Pattern and Practice Investigations I: Distorted Policing in Urban Contexts 000Chapter 7. Pattern and Practice Investigations II: Types of Violence Documented 000Part III. Getting to GuardianshipChapter 8. Interventions That Have Been TriedChapter 9. A Magic StrategyConclusion. Moving ForwardAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDespite the rising number of confirmed false confession cases, most people have a hard time grasping why someone would confess to a crime they did not commit, or even why a guilty person would admit to something that could put them in jail for life. How the Police Generate False Confessions takes you inside the interrogation room, exposing the tactics that law enforcement uses to make confessions happen. James L. Trainum reveals how innocent people can become suspects and then confessed criminals even when they have not committed a crime. Using real stories, he looks at the inherent coerciveness of the interrogation process and why so many false confessions contain so many of the details that only the true perpetrator would know. More disturbingly, the book examines how these same processes corrupt witness and victim statements, create lying informants and cooperators, and induce innocent people to plead guilty. Trainum also offers recommendations for change in the U.S. by looking at hTrade ReviewIn this groundbreaking book on the U.S. criminal justice system, Trainum, a former Washington, D.C. police detective, argues for reform of police interviewing and interrogation practices. The confession is considered the gold standard for law enforcement, because 'most people believe that they would never confess to a crime they did not do.' Yet suspects, witnesses, and informants often feel that they have no other option. Trainum carefully demonstrates why in an era of minimum sentences, where the worst-case scenario can be significant jail time, registration as a sex offender, or even the death penalty, prosecutors have breathtaking power to hold a person's life in the balance. The best option for a suspect or witness may be a false confession, informing, or a plea bargain, especially when a long legal fight may drain a family bank account, or when a prosecutor offers a reduced sentence or jailhouse privileges as reward. Without reform, prosecutors, police, and investigators may soon discover that 'harsh and verbally abusive interrogation tactics that focused solely on obtaining confessions... not only [contribute] to false confessions but also to the negative perception of law enforcement by the public.' Using numerous examples and backed by persuasive academic research, Trainum proposes a better way that is already at work in countries with similar criminal justice systems. His book will hit a nerve with a public newly concerned with abuses of police power, and hopefully will influence those tasked with law enforcement and public policy as well. * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *The first step to solving any problem is realizing that it exists. This enlightening work by retired Washington, DC, police detective Trainum leaves no doubt that there are complications with false confessions and police interrogation techniques. Trainum walks readers through the steps police are taught to use in the interrogation room and the coercive methods that can lead to contamination of the interview and false confession. His explanations are well supported with relevant and interesting case studies and previous research. He includes information on problems with statements from witnesses and informants and the role played by plea bargains and mandatory sentences. After presenting a thoroughly convincing portrait of the issue, Trainum provides 'a better way' forward, outlining the PEACE method of interrogation and reviewing other safeguards, including videotaping of interviews. His 27 years of experience provide an insider's realistic, practical view, making this an especially important addition on the topic. VERDICT Essential for those working in the criminal justice system. It will also be of interest to the general public concerned with criminal justice issues and reform, as well as fans of police procedurals and true crime. * Library Journal, Starred Review *[I]f you have an interest in fairness, justice and preventing wrongful convictions, then the new book How the Police Generate False Confessions by former Washington, D.C., homicide detective James Trainum is an important read. It takes you inside the interrogation room to see how investigators extract admissions from innocent people, and how the justice system can fix this persistent problem, seen in high profile cases such as the Central Park Five, the Norfolk Four and the teenaged suspect from Wisconsin in the Netflix series ‘Making a Murderer.’... I [Washington Post reporter Tom Jackman] asked Brandon Garrett, a University of Virginia law professor who has focused on wrongful convictions, about Trainum’s book. ‘It is such an important new book,’ Garrett said. ‘For decades, we have seen false confession after false confession lead to tragic wrongful convictions of the innocent while serious criminals go undetected. The courts have done little to respond to abuses in the interrogation room; if anything they have eroded constitutional protections, such as the right to remain silent. Trainum explains that for police, there is another way. Overly coercive interrogation techniques not only produce false confessions but they are not good at uncovering good information. In the U.K. and in more agencies in the U.S., police have changed gears, turning from psychologically coercive techniques to information gathering techniques. Trainum and his book are at the forefront of a revolution in police interrogations.’ Now that’s a lot better book review quote than mine. * The Washington Post *Who could falsely confess to a crime they didn’t do? In this must read book, Trainum gives us the inside story. He shows how shockingly easy it is for police to secure a false confession, even without intending to do so. That confession, though false, may appear to be highly accurate. Trainum concludes by pointing the way towards less coercive interrogation methods. The result will be a revolution in police questioning. -- Brandon L. Garrett, Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of LawThis is not a book about bad cops; it is a book about a very good cop discovering a process for making himself a great cop: beginning by calmly confronting his own mistakes, using research to understand their lessons, and then sharing those lessons with the justice professions. A tremendous contribution. -- James Doyle, Attorney, Boston, MA; author of True Witness: Cops, Courts, Science and the Battle Against MisidentificationFalse confessions are a leading cause of wrongful convictions. Jim Trainum, a retired Washington, DC, homicide detective, explores the nature of this problem in his book, How the Police Generate False Confessions, and discusses how the interview process can be improved and reformed. Investigators, prosecutors, and defense attorneys will all benefit from his experience and insights. -- D. Kim Rossmo, Professor, School of Criminal Justice at Texas State UniversityThe curtain is being drawn back on the interrogation room, and America doesn’t necessarily like what it sees. This is being led by those who are willing to discuss what they know about interrogation practices and the unjust outcomes that happen as a result. Jim Trainum is one of those voices, detailing not only issues related to interrogations and false confessions, but the larger investigative culture that can make changing this situation very difficult. The first step to change is admitting you have a problem. Law enforcement has not come around to this realization. In this book, however, the problem becomes clear. Through historical examples and personal experience as a Detective, Jim takes the reader on a journey through the various ways in which a false confession can happen, and does happen. In the end, the reader is left with the realization that what happens in the interrogation room is in large part a reflection of our criminal justice system itself. As a result of this knowledge, we are faced with the choice about whether we want the system to change, or to remain as it is. In making this decision, the reader comes to realize that the next false confession that is given might very well be your own, and that no one is necessarily immune from the forces of persuasion and coercion that exist in the interrogation. -- Gary C. David, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department Chair; Associate Professor of Information Design and Corporate Communication, Bentley UniversityBlending his career as a decorated homicide detective with his uncanny academic insights and understanding Jim has given us a book that addresses the complicated issues inherent in police interview and interrogations with piercing precision and unique insights. This is a must-read for practitioners, academicians and anyone interested in what really happens when cops, suspects, policies and the law converge in a pressure-filled interview room. Not to be missed. -- Gregg O. McCrary, FBI, retiredOthers have written books about how police generate false confessions. Richard Ofshe, Saul Kassin, Richard Leo (Laura Nirider and I) and many others frequently lecture about the causes and consequences of false confessions. But it is one thing for social scientists, academics, and defense attorneys to write and talk about these things, it is another for a homicide detective to do so. Jim Trainum's book, How the Police Generate False Confessions: An Inside Look at the Interrogation Room, may just turn out to be the most important book on the subject ever written. I learned more about the way police officers investigate homicides and the way tunnel vision and confirmation bias leads to investigative failure from this book than from any other book I have read. The book puts a lie to so many myths about police interrogations that I lost count of them all. But it does so much more. Det. Trainum is not just a critic; he is a reformer, charting a course for the proper way for police officers to investigate cases, interview suspects, witnesses and informants and to obtain reliable information from them. If you buy one book this year in the area of wrongful convictions, this is the book you should buy. -- Steven Drizin, Clinical Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law; attorney for Brendan Dassey of Making a MurdererTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: History 2: Do We Even Have a Problem? 3: Types of Confessions and Statements 4: Taking the First Steps 5: Good Police Work or Coercion? 6: Contamination 7: Statement Evaluation 8: Witnesses 9: Cooperators and Informants 10: Plea Bargaining 11: Is There a Better Way? 12: Reform 13: What Lays in Store for the Future

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Book SynopsisWritten in the context of the #BlackLivesMatter protests, this book explores why law enforcement responses to a public health emergency are prioritised over welfare provision and what this tells us about the state's criminal justice institutions.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Policing 'the public' as a virus 2. The order of public health 3. Safety without police: an abolitionist provocation

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Book SynopsisEssential reading for Best Interests Assessor students and practitioners, this fully-updated handbook gives practical advice on the legal aspects, values and practice elements of the role. It takes account of the Mental Capacity Amendment Act 2019 and the new context for practice in the Approved Mental Capacity Professional role.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: Context for Practice 2. The BIA Role in Practice 3. The Multi-Professional BIA Role 4. Working with Others Part 2: Assessment, Challenges and Dilemmas 5. Making Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Decisions 6. Evidence-informed Practice 7. Ethical dilemmas in BIA practice 8. BIA Recording Part 3: Developing Good Practice 9. BIA Continuing Professional Development 10. BIA Futures

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Book SynopsisWidely used by practitioners, researchers, and students--and now thoroughly revised with 70% new material--this is the most authoritative, comprehensive book on malingering and other response styles. Leading experts translate state-of-the-art research into clear, usable strategies for detecting intentional distortions in a wide range of psychological and psychiatric evaluation contexts, including forensic settings. The book examines dissimulation across multiple domains: mental disorders, cognitive impairments, and medical complaints. It describes and critically evaluates evidence-based applications of multiscale inventories, other psychological measures, and specialized methods. Applications are discussed for specific populations, such as sex offenders, children and adolescents, and law enforcement personnel. New to This Edition *Many new authors and topics. *Thoroughly updated with current data, research methods, and assessment strategies. *Chapters on neuropsyTrade Review"With the addition of the neuropsychological perspective, this fourth edition includes everything a legal or clinical practitioner needs to know about the state of the art in deception detection. The assembled authors are impressive, and Rogers and Bender are acknowledged leaders in the field. Do not go into court in a case involving behavioral science issues without consulting this book."--Christopher Slobogin, JD, LLM, Milton Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School "The premier work on malingering and deception just got better! The fourth edition of this classic book provides up-to-date, insightful coverage of one of the most important topics in forensic mental health assessment. Rogers and Bender have assembled a world-class cast of contributors with broad research and clinical expertise. The fourth edition includes new chapters on cutting-edge topics, including neuropsychological models of feigned cognitive deficits, psychopathy, child custody, personnel selection, and more. This book is both scholarly and practical, which makes it attractive to students and experienced professionals alike. This is much more than a 'bookshelf' book--it is essential, indispensable reading for those who are or will be involved in conducting forensic mental health assessments."--David DeMatteo, JD, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychology and Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University "Clinicians and forensic practitioners will welcome the fourth edition of this book, particularly in the face of growing concern about the liability that may attend unwarranted use of the ‘malingering’ label. The stellar cast of contributors explores the terrain sensitively and with scholarly incisiveness, assuring the book's appeal to forensic psychology and psychiatry trainees.”--Ezra E. H. Griffith, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and African American Studies, Yale School of Medicine -This is an excellent book written by experts in the field. It covers deception in various populations, along with both psychological and medical illnesses. The fourth edition is justified because of the new chapters on neuropsychology and cultural assessments, along with revisions in the remaining chapters. *****!--Doody's Review Service, 10/12/2018ƒƒThis excellent and standard reference [occupies] a crucial space on many forensic psychiatrists' and psychologists' bookshelves....Useful in clinical practice, especially in institutions that serve forensic or correctional populations. (on the third edition)--Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 1/1/2008ƒƒThis is a rich volume that provides information and assessment strategies for patients who may be clinical challenges and enigmas. It is a lucid, well-written and helpful volume. (on the third edition)--International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1/1/2013ƒƒAkin to the eminence of the late Hervey Cleckley or Robert Hare as authorities on the topic of psychopathy, it is not unreasonable to accord Professor Richard Rogers analogous status as one of the world's leading scholars on the assessment of malingering....Professor Rogers's text and the wealth of knowledge he has compiled from an august collection of contributors should be viewed as a mandatory item for all forensic mental health practitioners. (on the third edition)--International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2/1/2010Table of ContentsI. Conceptual Framework 1. An Introduction to Response Styles, Richard Rogers 2. Detection Strategies for Malingering and Defensiveness, Richard Rogers 3. Neuropsychological Models of Feigned Cognitive Deficits, Scott D. Bender & Richard Frederick 4. Beyond Borders: Cultural and Transnational Perspectives of Feigning and Other Response Styles, Amor A. Correa II. Diagnostic Issues 5. Syndromes Associated with Deception, Michael J. Vitacco 6. Malingered Psychosis, Phillip J. Resnick & James L. Knoll IV 7. Malingered Traumatic Brain Injury, Scott D. Bender 8. Denial and Misreporting of Substance Abuse, Lynda A. R. Stein, Richard Rogers, & Sarah Henry 9. Psychopathy and Deception, Nathan D. Gillard 10. The Malingering of Posttraumatic Disorders, Phillip J. Resnick, Sara G. West, & Chelsea N. Wooley 11. Factitious Disorders in Medical and Psychiatric Practices, Gregory P. Yates, Mazheruddin M. Mulla, James C. Hamilton, & Marc D. Feldman 12. Conversion Disorder and Illness Deception, Richard Kanaan 13. Feigned Medical Presentations, Robert P. Granacher, Jr., & David T. R. Berry III. Psychometric Methods 14. Assessment of Malingering and Defensiveness on the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF, Dustin B. Wygant, Brittany D. Walls, Stacey L. Brothers, & David T. R. Berry 15. Response Style on the Personality Assessment Inventory and Other Multiscale Inventories, Marcus T. Boccaccini & Jessica R. Hart 16. Dissimulation on Projective Measures: An Updated Appraisal of a Very Old Question, Kenneth W. Sewell & Ashley C. Helle 17. Feigned Amnesia and Memory, Richard Frederick 18. Assessment of Feigned Cognitive Impairment Using Standard Neuropsychological Tests, Natasha E. Garcia, Chelsea M. Bosch, Brittany D. Walls, & David T. R. Berry IV. Specialized Methods 19. Assessing Deception: Polygraph Techniques and Integrity Testing, William G. Iacono & Christopher J. Patrick 20. Recovered Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Richard J. McNally 21. Detection of Deception in Sex Offenders, Philip H. Witt & Daniel J. Neller 22. Structured Interviews and Dissimulation, Richard Rogers 23. Brief Measures for the Detection of Feigning and Impression Management, Glenn Smith V. Specialized Applications 24. Deception in Children and Adolescents, Randall T. Salekin, Franz A. Kubak, Zina Lee, Natalie Harrison, & Abby P. Clark 25. Use of Psychological Tests in Child Custody Evaluations: Effects of Validity Scale Scores on Evaluator Confidence in Interpreting Clinical Scales, Jonathan W. Gould, Sol Rappaport, & James R. Flens 26. Malingering: Considerations in Reporting and Testifying about Assessment Results, Eric Y. Drogin & Carol S. Williams 27. Evaluating Deceptive Impression Management in the Workplace, Julia Levashina 28. Assessment of Law Enforcement Personnel: The Role of Response Styles, Rebecca L. Jackson & Kimberly S. Harrison VI. Summary 29. Current Status of the Clinical Assessment of Response Styles, Richard Rogers 30. Researching Response Styles, Richard Rogers Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisA new and an updated edition of a core bestselling title.Introductory Scots Law 3rd Edition develops the core knowledge and skills demanded in advanced law classes as part of Higher National courses and university-level business courses containing a strong legal component. Attractively designed, this user friendly textbook offers straightforward and accessible coverage of the key areas of Scots Law and the most recent developments within it The third edition:- Is fully revised to include the most up to date legal developments and case law e.g. developments in constitutional law, equality and diversity and human rights- Places particular emphasis on the practical side of contemporary Scots Law by featuring exemplar legal documents to aid understanding- Contains frequent summary Key Points and in-depth Test Your Knowledge questions/case studies to consolidate learning and comprehensionProvides full answers and a range of invaluable e

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Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: LawFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2018Support your students with this accessible and authoritative introductory textbook for the English Legal System - from the author and publisher you trust.Written by Jacqueline Martin, who has helped hundreds of thousands pass their exams and enjoy their studies, The English Legal System, 8th edition ensures that students have a comprehensive understanding of this area of the Law. It maintains a balance between deep insight and easy reading so students can reach their highest potential.The text supports a range Law courses, including OCR and WJEC A Level, ILEX, Access to HE, paralegal, international foundation programme, BTEC in Applied Law, law courses for non-law students in business, accountancy and public services plus Foundation Degree and LLB programmes.- Use diagrams, illustTrade Review'I consider The English Legal System by Jacqueline Martin to be an excellent textbook that has been instrumental in providing a valuable educational text for many of my students that have gone on to read Law for a Degree. Highly recommended.' * Dr Peter Jepson, Strode's College, Egham, Surrey (Amazon review about a previous edition) *

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Book SynopsisJust the facts for coping with the after-effects of a brain injuryAcquired Brain Injury (ABI) usually refers to people who have suffered a head injury or stroke but also includes those who have had brain tumours, an anoxic injury (where the brain has been starved of oxygen) or brain illnesses like encephalitis and meningitis. After an ABI, the brain undergoes a very slow healing process before improvements slow down and eventually plateau. This is different to other forms of brain conditions where the journey is more of a deteriorating one over time.ABI is commonly called ''a hidden disability'' as it can easily be missed or misunderstood by others. Also it can significantly affect those close to the person and therefore it is frequently called ''a family affair'' too. As the issues are often hidden, complicated and affect patients and families alike, this book can act as a roadmap to help y

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Book Synopsis''Superbly insightful'' FourFourTwo''Hugely enjoyable.'' Henry Winter, Chief Football writer, The Times''A brilliant read.'' Jamie Carragher''About time we got some recognition! A great read.'' Mark Lawrenson''One of my favourite football writers and a keen observer of the game who never fails to entertain.'' Patrick BarclayComplex, overlooked and misunderstood, football''s centre-halves rarely take centre-stage. Leo Moynihan''s long overdue celebration of this much-maligned position explores the unique mindset and last-ditch, bone-crunching tackles of the traditionally bruising hard man, hell-bent on destroying glory.Football is often romanticised as ''The Beautiful Game''. If that''s true, then the game''s centre-half might be considered the unsightly pimple on the end of its otherwise perfectly formed nose. The stopper is the last line of defence, the bTrade ReviewA brilliant read. Moynihan’s book took me right back to my playing days! -- Jamie CarragherFootball’s centre-halves have always been fascinating and ever-changing characters within the game. Moynihan brings these players alive in this hugely enjoyable book. -- Henry Winter * The Times *About time we got some recognition! A great read. -- Mark Lawrenson * former Liverpool centre-half *An entertaining tour of the esoteric world of centre-backs -- Paul HaywardSuperbly insightful * FourFourTwo *Leo Moynihan is one of my favourite football writers and a keen observer of the game who never fails to entertain. -- Patrick Barclay * Evening Standard *I take my hat off to Moynihan for writing this book! -- Dion DublinHaving played with Bobby Moore, the greatest centre-half of all-time, I was fascinated to read Leo Moynihan’s book and I wasn’t disappointed. -- Harry Redknapp, former West Ham and Tottenham managerA brilliant book... a must for all lovers of the game. -- Terry ButcherI love Moynihan’s writing and his new book is a brilliant exploration of this always intriguing position. -- Jonny Owen, filmmaker and TalkSPORT presenterLeo Moynihan’s writing is always enjoyable and his exciting new book on the old enemy is highly recommended. -- Andrew ColeAn enjoyable read which includes interviews with many well-known centre-backs and plenty of entertaining anecdotes * Late Tackle *A beautifully written new appreciation of the centre-half -- Ian Herbert * Mail.co.uk *An enjoyable look at the art of great defending * Bristol Post *A rich topic and so sharply written... Bringing real insight to the page, Moynihan undoubtedly has an eye for taking a story we think we know and breathing new life into it * When Saturday Comes *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Bastard of a Job Chapter 1 - Fix Bayonets, Lads! Chapter 2 - Stoppers and Starters Chapter 3 - On Me 'ead, Son! Chapter 4 - The Great Marshals Chapter 6 - Vive La Différence… Chapter 7 - He’s Behind You! Chapter 8 - The Dark Arts Chapter 9 - 'That Type of Samba ...' Chapter 10 - 'No Friends on the Park, Son' Chapter 11 - Artisans in the Mud Chapter 12 - Deadly Duos Epilogue

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Book Synopsis'Chris is a powerful force for good in the national debate on criminal justice.' The Secret Barrister'Extraordinary' Krishnan Guru-MurthyChris Daw QC has been practising criminal law for over 25 years, navigating Britain's fractured justice system from within. He has looked into the eyes of murderers, acted for notorious criminals, and listened to the tangled tales woven by fraudsters, money launderers and drug barons. Yet his work takes place at the heart of a system at breaking point one which is failing perpetrators, victims and society and now he is convinced that something must change. Drawing on case histories and global reporting, and published with a new afterword on law in the global pandemic, Justice on Trial presents a radical set of solutions for crime and punishment. By turns shocking, moving and pragmatic, Daw's account offers rare inside access to a system in crisis and a roadmap to a future beyond the binary of good and evil. Updated with a new afterword on law Trade ReviewChris is a powerful force for good in the national debate on criminal justice. You should all go out and buy his book. * The Secret Barrister *Fast-paced, engaging and littered with fascinating and often shocking real-life cases, Daw portrays a judicial system that’s broken from the lowest courts to the toughest prisons in the land, suggesting solutions that are as provocative as they are persuasive. -- Matthew Wright, BroadcasterExtraordinary -- Krishnan Guru-MurthyA shocking, disturbing, revealing and enlightening examination of a deeply flawed criminal justice system by someone who’s seen at first hand what the problems are, and more importantly, knows how they should be fixed. -- Piers MorganA hard hitting, page turning account of the failures of our criminal justice system describing through some of the author’s own cases not only how our system evolved but also why it fails to deliver to the public the protection they deserve. -- Cherie Blair QCA passionately written blueprint for resolving some perennial problems with our justice system ... A powerful case for reform. -- Geoffrey Robertson QCUncomfortable truths told in a compassionate and thoughtful way. Importantly, Chris offers hope and credible solutions. -- Lady Edwina Grosvenor, Prison PhilanthropistEmotionally searing … A political homme sérieux with a determination to reform our disintegrating criminal justice system. -- Jonathan Aitken * The Tablet *Will stand as a blueprint for criminal justice reform for decades to come … A must read for those in power who genuinely want a system that works. -- Erwin James * Inside Times *Table of ContentsForeword Author's Note Introduction: A study in crime 1 A short history of crime and punishment 2 Why we should close all prisons 3 Why we should legalise all drugs 4 Why children are never criminals 5 Why people are neither good nor evil The verdict Epilogue: The Dark Web and the Internet of Crime Afterword Acknowledgements Bibliography Permissions Index

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Book SynopsisThe Customs and Excise Duties Handbook 2020 combines the content from both the Customs Duties Handbook and the Excise Duties Handbook. Now published as a seven-volume work, the 2020-21 edition covers all the up-to-date legislation on the key areas for customs and excise practitioners.

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Book SynopsisDesigns Law and Practice, formerly known as Sykes: Intellectual Property in Designs, is a comprehensive yet practical reference source for the various IP rights protecting designs. It covers the different types of design rights and related rights, protection and management of designs, infringement and generally provides practical insights and guidance to the law and practice of designs law.Fully revised and updated by an experienced author team, it focuses on UK and EU-wide law and provides a brief overview of key international jurisdictions.

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Book SynopsisHow will law, regulation and ethics govern a future of fast-changing technologies? Bringing together cutting-edge authors from academia, legal practice and the technology industry, Future Law explores and leverages the power of human imagination in understanding, critiquing and improving the legal responses to technological change.

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Book SynopsisThis concise study guides gives you an overview of the main areas of environmental law in Scotland: statutory nuisance, noise, air pollution, climate change, waste, contaminated land, water pollution and nature conservation. In addition, it includes a discussion of the role of town planning in the control of pollution.

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Book SynopsisThis study and revision guide draws on Claire McDiarmid's 20 years of experience teaching criminal law to new Scots law students. The new edition takes account of changes to the law in Defences, Homicide, Crimes against Public Order and Sexual Offences.

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Book SynopsisPeter Goodrich looks beyond Judge Schreber's mental health to evaluate his jurisprudential theory. Goodrich analyses Schreber's Memoirs, interpreters and intellectual context to show how Schreber challenges the legal thought of his era and opens up a potentially vital approach to contemporary jurisprudence.

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Book SynopsisJames E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law religious scholarship and royal justice undergirded legal practice in Cairo, the largest and richest city in the Ottoman provinces.

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Book SynopsisCombining her expertise in legal theory and judicial practice in a continental-European civil-law system, Jeanne Gaakeer explores the intertwinement of legal theory and practice to develop a humanities-inspired methodology for both the academic interdisciplinary study of law and literature and for legal practice.

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Book SynopsisA stimulating review of contemporary land reform in Scotland

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Book SynopsisFrom property law to delict and unjustified enrichment, this textbook focuses on the areas of Roman law that most influenced Scots law. Students will enter practice with a greater depth of understanding of the roots of modern Scots law, helping them to feel confident in using Roman materials when tackling today's legal problems.

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Book SynopsisExamines the significance of the Faustian pact in international law

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Book SynopsisThis book shows how political and administrative forces shaped the way justice was applied in medieval Egypt. It introduces the model that evolved during the 7th to the 9th centuries, which involved 4 judicial institutions: the cadi, the court of complaint, the police/shurta and the Islamized market law.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a wealth of experience, Stephen McGowan guides you through the often-perplexing patchwork of statute, policy, convention and jurisprudence that all amount to Scottish licensing law. There is no better guide to how Scottish alcohol licensing law works and often does not work in practice.

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Book SynopsisThis practitioner's guide is the the first up-to-date overview of the costsand funding landscape in Scotland.

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Book SynopsisAdrian Stalker sets eviction law in context by providing an outline of the development of Scots law in relation to it, and analysing the complex statutory schemes regulating security of tenure. In particular, he examines the prerequisites for obtaining an order for possession under the Housing (Scotland) Acts 1988 and 2001 and an eviction order under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016.

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Book SynopsisReboots the debate on 'code as law' to present a new cross-disciplinary direction that sheds light on the fundamental issue of software legitimacy.

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Book SynopsisEdina Harbinja examines the theoretical, technological and doctrinal issues surrounding online death and digital assets. She proposes the new concept of postmortal privacy and provides answers and suggestions as to what happens to online identity after death.

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Book SynopsisDismembering and remembering the sensual and spiritual body of Lady Justice in this wholly novel interpretation of the optical allegory of Iustitia.

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to Blue Legalities attend to the seas as a legally and politically conflicted space to analyze the conflicts that emerge where systems of governance interact with complex geophysical, ecological, economic, biological, and technological processes.Trade Review“Not a minute too early, the ‘blue turn’ finally takes pride of place in legal thinking. Blue Legalities balances the legal and the liquid in all their emanations. The contributions span from the oceanic depths of our planet to the glimmering surface of our limited comprehension, combining in an undeniably poetic whole, law, politics, science, anthropology, history, and philosophy amongst other epistemes. The feat of this book is diving headlong in the fathomless challenge of treating the material and the textual as one ontological ripple.” -- Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, author of * Spatial Justice: Body, Lawscape, Atmosphere *“Elisabeth Mann Borgese, one of the architects of the first Law of the Sea conference, argued that any approach to the ocean must be inherently interdisciplinary. Irus Braverman and Elizabeth R. Johnson have fulfilled this claim with a wonderful interdisciplinary collection. Plumbing the depths of human and more-than-human life and law at sea, this volume is a welcome and timely contribution to the field of critical ocean studies.” -- Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey, author of * Allegories of the Anthropocene *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Blue Legalities: Governing More-Than-Human Oceans / Elizabeth R. Johnson and Irus Braverman 1 1. Solwara 1 and the Sessile Ones / Susan Reid 25 2. Held in Suspense: Mustard Gas Legalities in the Gotland Deep / Astrida Neimanis 45 3. Kauri and the Whale: Oceanic Matter and Meaning in New Zealand / Katherine G. Sammler 63 4. Edges and Flows: Exploring Legal Materialities and Biophysical Politics of Sea Ice / Philip E. Steinberg, Berit Kristoffersen, and Kristen L. Shake 85 5. Liquid Territory, Shifting Sands: Property, Sovereignty, and Space in Southeast Asia's Tristate Maritime Boundary Zone / Jennifer L. Gaynor 107 6. Wave Law / Stefan Helmreich 129 7. Robotic Life in the Deep Sea / Irus Braverman 147 8. The Technopolitics of Ocean Sensing / Jessica Lehman 165 9. The Hydra and the Leviathan: Unmanned Maritime Vehicles and the Militarized Seaspace / Elizabeth R. Johnson 183 10. Clupea Liberum: Hugo Grotius, Free Seas, and the Political Biology of Herring / Alison Rieser 201 11. Whales and the Colonization of the Pacific Ocean / Zsofia Korosy 219 12. The Sea Wolf and the Sovereign / Stephanie Jones 237 13. Marine Microbiopolitics: Haunted Microbes before the Law / Astrid Schrader 255 14. "Got Algae?": Putting Marine Life to Work for Sustainability / Amy Braun 275 15. "Climate Engineering Doesn't Stop Ocean Acidification": Addressing Harms to Ocean Life in Geoengineering Imaginaries / Holly Jean Buck 295 Afterword. Adequate Imaginaries for Anthropocene Seas / Stacy Alaimo 311 Contributors 327 Index 331

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Book SynopsisContends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics. Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or crip times. Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how transnational queer disability theory and cultureactivism, blogs, art, photography, literature, and performanceprovide important and generative sites for both contesting austerity politics and imagining alternatives. The book engages various cultural flashpoints, including the spectacle surrounding the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; the murder trial of South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius; the photography of Brazilian artist Livia Radwanski which documents the gentrification of Colonia Roma in Mexico City; the defiance of Chilean students demanding a Trade ReviewA powerful, inventive, galvanizing book, explicitly and insistently theorizing the centrality of disability to the politics of austerity, without ever resorting to polemic, yet never satisfied with mere critique. Crip Times is a necessary book for our times. * Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability *Although neoliberalism constantly tells us There Is No Alternative, McRuer meticulously documents and analyzes those who, as the late Manning Marable urged, celebrate our passionate discontent with the way things are. * American Literary History *Crip Times demonstrates the hallmarks of Robert McRuers scholarship, highlighting his formidable skills as a writer and theorist. Weve needed a text like Crip Times to unpack the cultural logics of neoliberalism as it attends to disability and austerity, and McRuer does so with an approach that transcends disciplines and national contexts. -- Alison Kafer,author of Feminist, Queer, CripA brilliant, ambitious, and wide-ranging book, Crip Times reveals the centrality of notions of disability to global austerity politics. McRuer has crafted new, original, and dazzling theoretical architectures with which to move forward. -- Jack Halberstam,author of In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives

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Book SynopsisHow the United States can provide equal educational opportunity to every child The United States Supreme Court closed the courthouse door to federal litigation to narrow educational funding and opportunity gaps in schools when it ruled in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez in 1973 that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to education. Rodriguez pushed reformers back to the state courts where they have had some success in securing reforms to school funding systems through education and equal protection clauses in state constitutions, but far less success in changing the basic structure of school funding in ways that would ensure access to equitable and adequate funding for schools. Given the limitations of state school funding litigation, education reformers continue to seek new avenues to remedy inequitable disparities in educational opportunity and achievement, including recently returning to federal court. This book is the first comprehensive examination of Trade ReviewThis is a wonderful collection of essays on a topic of great importance: whether there should be a federal right to education. The essays in this volume are written by the top experts in the country and together they make a compelling case that education should be deemed a fundamental right and that only by doing so can we ensure an adequate education for every child. This is scholarship at its best, documenting the problem and showing the path forward. -- Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of LawThis important book examines the pressing issue of how we can actually and at long last deliver on an equity promise in public education to the nation’s students. The debates in these pages merit deep and sustained attention to protect the long recognized public good of educating all people, regardless of background, toward effective civic engagement and participation. Kimberly Jenkins Robinson and her contributors in these pages distill and make accessible competing theories for if and how to proceed, without ever losing focus on what is at stake for children in school and the health of the nation. This book is a must read for anyone who cares about policy for kids. -- Catherine Lhamon, chair, US Commission on Civil Rights and former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, US Department of EducationThe raging educational inequities within and between the states call out for a federal right to education. This book provides a helpful overview of the variety of ways this goal might be achieved, and the challenges posed by each of the possible pathways. -- Michael Rebell, Professor and Executive Director, Center for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University

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Book SynopsisPolice Matters moves beyond the city to examine the intertwined nature of police and caste in the Tamil countryside. Radha Kumar argues that the colonial police deployed rigid notions of caste in their everyday tasks, refashioning rural identities in a process that has cast long postcolonial shadows.Kumar draws on previously unexplored police archives to enter the dusty streets and market squares where local constables walked, following their gaze and observing their actions towards potential subversives. Station records present a textured view of ordinary interactions between police and society, showing that state coercion was not only exceptional and spectacular; it was also subtle and continuous, woven into everyday life. The colonial police categorized Indian subjects based on caste to ensure the security of agriculture and trade, and thus the smooth running of the economy. Among policemen and among the objects of their coercive gaze, caste became a pTrade ReviewThis book contributes a great deal to the study of policing and to Tamil Nadu studies. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisModern organizational crises are complex, diverse, and frequent. Ineffective crisis management can result in catastrophic loss. Crisis Management: Resilience and Change introduces students to best practices for preventing, containing, and learning from crises in our global, media-driven society. While covering the strengths of existing works on crisis management, such as systems, leadership, communication, and stakeholder perspective, this innovative new text goes beyond to include global, ethical, change, and emotional aspects of crisis communication. Using her proven transformative crisis management framework, Sarah Kovoor-Misra illustrates how organizations of all sizes can be adaptable, proactive, resilient, and ethical in the face of calamity.Trade Review"A refreshing take on crisis leadership, Crisis Management: Resilience and Change goes beyond the typical crisis communication books in its focus on a much-needed ethical and global approach to leadership in crisis management. With well-known international examples of contemporary crises, Sarah Kovoor-Misra takes us into the mindset and the role of effective leaders and their decision-making strategies in times of crisis. This must-read book fills an important need at a time when leadership in crisis management is sorely needed. Well organized and easy-to-read, it should be on every leader and every student’s list." -- Amiso M. George"Crisis Management contains real-world information with a strong understanding of today’s on-line and traditional media." -- Andrea Obston"Crisis Management: Resilience and Change provides truly teachable moments moving beyond reactivity in crisis situations, providing leaders and organizations for betterment and progress following a crisis." -- Diana Lynne Bruns"This is a solid text that goes beyond crisis management. It provides important information on leading and managing in a dynamic environment, and is appropriate for all business students interested in becoming leaders capable of guiding their organizations in turbulent times." -- Herbert RauTable of ContentsIntroduction Acknowledgments About the Author PART I. FOUNDATION: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS Chapter 1. The Nature of Organizational Crises: Understanding Its Structure What Are the Attributes of a Crisis? What Are the Causes of Crises? What Are the Consequences of a Crisis? What Are the Forms and Types of Crises? What Are the Phases of a Crisis? Conclusion Chapter 2. Organizational Crises as Change Why Is a Crisis a Change for Organizations? How Can Organizational Decline Cause Crises? How Can Organizational Growth Cause Crises? How Do Crisis Situations Differ From Other Forms of Change? What Are the Implications for Crisis Management? Conclusion Chapter 3. Transformative Crisis Management: An Overview What Does it Mean to be Transformative? What Are Some Benefits of a TCM Approach? What Are the Intellectual Roots of a TCM Approach? What Are the Phases of Transformative Crisis Management? What Are Some Critical Processes that Foster TCM? What Are Some Key Differences Between a Nontransformative Crisis Management and a TCM Approach? Conclusion PART II. CRISIS PREPAREDNESS: BUILDING RESOURCES Chapter 4. Transformative Leaders How Are Leaders a Resource during TCM? What Is a Transformative Mind-Set? What Are Some Important Transformative Values? What Are Some Important Leadership Traits? What Are Some Important Leadership Abilities? What Are Some Important Sources of Power? How Can Leadership Capacity for TCM be Built? Conclusion Chapter 5. Transformative Individuals How Are Individuals a Resource during TCM? What Mind-Sets and Values Are Important? What Are Some Important Personality Traits? What Are Some Important Abilities? How Can Organizations Support Transformative Individuals? Conclusion Chapter 6. Organizational Culture, Identity, and Character What Are Organizational Culture, Identity, and Character? How Are Organizational Culture, Identity, and Character Resources During TCM? How Can a Transformative Organizational Culture, Identity, and Character be Built? Conclusion Chapter 7. Positive Stakeholder Relationships and Adaptable Infrastructure Positive Stakeholder Relationships Adaptable Infrastructure as a Resource during Crisis Management Concluding Crisis Preparedness PART III. UNDER PRESSURE: Crisis Containment, Recovery and Growth Chapter 8. Crisis Containment: Managing Crises in Positive Ways Why Is Containing a Crisis Challenging? What Is Effective Crisis Containment? What Are the Stages of Crisis Containment? How Can Leaders Effectively Contain a Crisis? Conclusion Chapter 9. Postcrisis Recovery: Addressing Damage, Deriving Positive Outcomes What Are Some Areas of Damage that May Need to be Addressed? What Are Some Positive Outcomes that can be Attained? How Can Leaders Repair Operational and Physical Damage? How Can Psychosocial Damage Be Healed During Recovery? How Can Leaders Effectively Facilitate Postcrisis Recovery? Conclusion Chapter 10. Postcrisis Growth: Fixing, Rebuilding, Renewing What Is Postcrisis Growth? How Can Leaders Facilitate Learning During Postcrisis Growth? How Can Leaders Fix Problems and Rebuild Resources During Postcrisis Growth? How Can Leaders Foster Renewal and Vitality During Postcrisis Growth? What Steps Can Leaders Take to Facilitate Postcrisis Growth? Conclusion Organizational Postcrisis Growth Assessment Index

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Book SynopsisH.L.A. Hart is among the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, with an especially great influence on the philosophy of law. His 1961 book The Concept of Law has become an enduring classic of legal philosophy, and has also left a significant imprint on moral and political philosophy. In this volume, leading contemporary legal and political philosopher Matthew H. Kramer provides a crystal-clear analysis of Hart’s contributions to our understanding of the nature of law. He elucidates and scrutinizes every major aspect of Hart’s jurisprudential thinking, ranging from his general methodology to his defense of legal positivism. He shows how Hart’s achievement in The Concept of Law, despite the evolution of debates in subsequent decades, remains central to contemporary legal philosophy because it lends itself to being reinterpreted in light of new concerns and interests. Kramer therefore pays particular attention to the strength of Hart’s insights in the context of present-day disputes among philosophers over the reality of normative entities and properties and over the semantics of normative statements.This book is an invaluable guide to Hart’s thought for students and scholars of legal philosophy and jurisprudence, as well as moral and political philosophy.Trade Review"Matthew Kramer is one of the most important figures in legal theory today. His deep analysis of H.L.A. Hart's legal philosophy will be an invaluable resource for scholars and serious students of jurisprudence."—Brian Bix, University of Minnesota "Written with Kramer’s characteristic care and attention to detail, this marvelous book provides a sympathetic, yet critical, account of Hart's views on the nature of law and of legal reasoning. A valuable source of insight for student and seasoned scholar alike."—Wil Waluchow, McMaster UniversityTable of ContentsPreface vii 1 A Discourse on Method 1 1 Posing the questions 2 2 Elucidation of a concept 4 3 A method of central instances 5 4 A philosophical scope 8 5 Variations across societies 11 6 A descriptive-explanatory methodology 12 7 A reductionist ambition? 23 8 A naturalistic ambition? 28 2 Hart on Legal Powers and Law’s Normativity 32 1 The Austinian model of law 33 2 Power-conferring laws 36 3 Legislators bound 52 4 Custom-derived laws 53 5 Limits on sovereignty 56 3 The Components of Hart’s Jurisprudential Theory 60 1 The internal/external distinction 61 2 The simulative point of view 65 3 The blurring of distinctions between viewpoints 68 4 Primary norms and secondary norms: the general distinction 70 5 Primary norms and secondary norms: Hart’s thought-experiment 74 6 The Rule of Recognition: to whom is it addressed? 78 7 The Rule of Recognition: power-conferring and duty-imposing 81 8 The unity of the Rule of Recognition: disagreements over details 84 9 The unity of the Rule of Recognition: multiple criteria 85 10 The unity of the Rule of Recognition: institutional hierarchies 88 11 The ultimacy of the Rule of Recognition 91 12 The Rule of Recognition: the foundational level and the codified level 92 13 The intertwining of the Rule of Recognition and other secondary norms 97 14 Interdependent but distinct: a riposte to Shapiro 99 15 Interdependent but distinct: a riposte to Waldron 101 16 Interdependent but distinct: a riposte to MacCormick 103 17 The problem of circularity 105 18 Necessary and sufficient conditions 107 4 Hart on Legal Interpretation and Legal Reasoning 110 1 Crucial distinctions 112 2 Hart on formalism and rule-skepticism 133 5 Law and Morality 148 1 Separability theses 149 2 Hart on the minimum content of natural law 164 3 Inclusive versus Exclusive Positivism 173 4 Hart as an expressivist? 180 6 Conclusion 204 Notes 207 References 215 Index 222

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Book SynopsisWhat is social control? How do social controls become part of everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a form of social control? Do we need more social controls to prevent terrorist atrocities? In this third edition of his popular introduction, James J. Chriss carefully guides readers through the debates about social control. The book provides a comprehensive guide to historical debates and more recent controversies, examining in detail the criminal justice system, medicine, national security, and everyday life. Chriss blends theoretical discussion with a rich range of contemporary examples to illustrate the ways in which social control is exerted and maintained. The updated edition includes new or expanded material on autism, trauma and PTSD, sports participation, the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, domestic terrorism, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing importance of social media in surveillance and informal control, among other topics. Social Control is essential reading for students taking courses in deviance and social control, and will also appeal to those studying criminology, the sociology of law, and medical sociology.Trade Review“Professor Chriss has written a theoretically informed and far-ranging account of the origins, types, and functions of social control in human society. Key concepts are reinforced by relevant present-day case studies. Highly recommended.”William C. Cockerham, Emeritus, University of Alabama, and College of William and Mary “Chriss reminds us that social control, the flip side of deviance, is central to social life; all societies practice it, from the pinnacle of the power structure to all of us at the grassroots, in our interactions with others on a one-to-one basis.”Erich Goode, Emeritus, Stony Brook UniversityTable of ContentsPART I UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL CONTROL 1 What Is Social Control? 2 A Typology of Social Control 3 Informal Control 4 Medical Control 5 Legal Control PART II CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL CONTROL 6 Informal Control: Housing Segregation, the Code of the Street, and Emerging Adulthood and Morality 7 Medical Control: Selective Mutism, Autism, and Violence as a Disease 8 Legal Control: Racial Profiling, Hate Crimes, and the Imprisonment Binge 9 Terrorism and Social Control 10 Conclusion: The Future of Social Control Notes References

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Book SynopsisThis book charts the path to revitalisation for trade unions in Australia, the USA, the UK, and Italy. It examines the examples of innovation and digital campaigning that are enabling unions to build new forms of worker power – and overcome decades of declining membership wrought by neoliberalism, globalisation, and hostility from employers and the state. The study evaluates the responses of unions in each country to falling membership levels since the 1980s. It considers the US ‘organising model’ and its adoption in Australia and the UK, comparing this with the strategies of Italian unions which have been more deliberately focused on precarious and migrant workers. The increasing reliance of US unions on community alliances, as seen in the ‘Fight for $15’ and similar campaigns, is scrutinised along with new union prototypes like Hospo Voice in Australia, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain and SI Cobas in Italy. The book includes an in-depth analysis of union responses to the gig economy in the four countries, and the emergence of self-organised worker collectives to combat this exploitative business model. The vital role played by unions in defending the interests of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is also examined. As well as highlighting the most successful union initiatives to meet the challenges of the past 30 years, the book assesses the strengths and deficiencies of the legal framework for union representation in the four nations. It identifies the labour law reforms needed to rebuild collectivism, but argues that more is needed than favourable laws. This cross-national study provides a rich basis for identifying the combination of reforms, strategies and linkages required to ensure that unions can remain relevant for a new generation of digitally-active workers.Trade ReviewThis book provides an insightful synthesis of industrial activity abroad, and thoughtful potential solutions to reversing union woes. -- Grace Morgan Cocks * Alternative Law Journal *Professor Forsyth makes this need for comprehensive and structural trade union action and policy measures strikingly evident. He does so in a well-written, enlightening, and stimulating book underpinned by a robust legal and industrial relation analysis. There is no doubt that The Future of Unions and Worker Representation will be a most valuable resource for academics, researchers, and students in labour law and industrial relations for many years to come. -- Valerio de Stefano * Industrial Law Journal *The Future of Unions and Worker Representation: The Digital Picket Line is an important book which comes at a critical time for the union movement. To fulfil the promise of revitalisation, unions must forge lasting connections with the newest generations of workers who have grown up as digital natives. The book builds a convincing case for reform, both of external legal frameworks and of unions themselves. It also builds a compelling case through its analysis of union activity in the gig economy and during the pandemic of the continuing necessity of trade unions and their important place as agents of all working people. -- Shae McCrystal * Australian Journal of Labour Law *Table of Contents1. Introduction I. Unionising Big Tech II. Aims and Scope III. Why Compare the USA, the UK, Australia and Italy? IV. Chapter Overview V. The Digital Picket Line 2. A Snapshot of Union Decline in the Four Countries I. Introduction II. Challenging Times for Trade Unions in the USA, the UK and Australia III. The Differing Trajectory of Union Membership and Worker Representation in Italy IV. Conclusion 3. The Legal Framework for Unions and Worker Representation in the Four Countries I. Introduction II. The USA III. The UK IV. Australia V. Italy VI. Conclusion 4. Unions in the USA: From the Organising Model to Alt-Labour I. Introduction II. The AFL-CIO Organising Model III. Change to Win IV. Unions Bypass the Broken NLRA Process V. Looking Further Afield: Unions in the Community, Alt-Labour and Bargaining for the Common Good VI. A (Seemingly) Lost Cause: Unions and Labour Law Reform VII. Conclusion 5. Australian Unions: From the Accord to ‘Change the Rules’ I. Introduction II. Early 1990s: The Legacy of the Accord III. Adopting the Organising Model IV. Campaigning for Legal Change: Ending Work Choices and the Return of a Labor Government V. Unions on the Defensive again as the Coalition Returns to Government VI. Union Decline Intensifies, Spawning Exploration of New Membership Models VII. The ‘Change the Rules’ Campaign and its Aftermath VIII. Conclusion 6. Australian Unions: Innovations, Amalgamations and Organising Beyond the Workplace I. Introduction II. New Union Models and Digital Prototypes III. Back to the Future: A New Wave of Union Mergers IV. Campaigning and Organising Beyond the Workplace V. Conclusion 7. The UK: From ‘New Unionism’ to Indy and Digital Unions I. Introduction II. The UK Variant of Organising III. ‘Third Way’ Unionism: The Partnership Agenda IV. Back into the Wilderness: Unions Confront Austerity, Brexit and the Legacy of New Labour V. Up for a Scrap: Social Movements, ‘Indy Unions’ and #McStrike VI. ‘An Alternative to Simply not being Present’: New Membership Models and Digital Experiments VII. Conclusion 8. Italian Unions: Fighting for the Marginalised I. Introduction II. Specialist Unions for Precarious Workers – And Challenging Agency Work III. Italian Unions and Migrant Workers IV. Building (Rank-and-File) Union Strength in the Logistics Sector V. Conclusion 9. Unions and the Gig Economy: Advocacy, Campaigning, Mobilising I. Introduction II. Overview of the Gig Economy in the Four Countries III. The Mirage of Liberating Work in the Gig Economy IV. Enter, the Unions … V. Exposing the Reality of Gig Work as a Basis for Advocacy, Campaigning and Mobilising VI. Conclusion 10. Unions and the Gig Economy: Misclassification Test Cases and Collective Bargaining I. Introduction II. ‘Litigating the Digital Platform Model’: Legal Challenges to the Misclassification of Gig Workers III. ‘Staying United to Reverse the Race to the Bottom’: Collective Bargaining in the Gig Economy IV. Conclusion 11. What is the Future of Unions and Worker Representation? What Changes are Needed in Labour Laws? I. Introduction II. A Pathway to Union Revitalisation III. Reforming Labour Law to Empower Workers and Unions to Win IV. Conclusion 12. The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Undeniable Case for Unions I. Introduction II. Union Involvement in National Responses to the COVID-19 Emergency III. Income Protection IV. Protecting Workers’ Safety V. Conclusion: Implications of the Pandemic for Trade Unions

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a contractual framework for the regulation of party autonomy in choice of law. The party autonomy rule is the cornerstone of any modern system of choice of law; embodying as it does the freedom enjoyed by parties to a cross-border legal relationship to agree on the law applicable to it. However, as this study shows, the rule has a major shortcoming because it fails to give due regard to the contractual function of the choice of law agreement. The study examines the existing law on choice of law agreements, by reference to the law of both common and civil law jurisdictions and international instruments. Moreover, it suggests a new coherent approach to party autonomy that integrates both the law of contract and choice of law. This important new study should be read with interest by private international law scholars.Trade ReviewThe range, depth and originality of the analysis of complex and intricate aspects of party autonomy in applicable law make this a must read for anyone engaged in research in this field. -- Paul Beaumont, University of Aberdeen and Jonathan Harris, King’s College, LondonThe book, that is comparative throughout, thus offers a lot to both European private law and PIL experts. -- Jan M Smits * Maastricht European Private Law Institute Blog *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Selection of the Applicable Law by Contract 3. The Scope of Party Autonomy 4. Independence of the Choice of Law Contract 5. Regulating the Choice of Law Contract 6. Agreement to Choose the Applicable Law 7. Formation of the Choice of Law Contract 8. Validity of the Choice of Law Contract 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis collection examines law and justice on television in different countries around the world. It provides a benchmark for further study of the nature and extent of television coverage of justice in fictional, reality and documentary forms. It does this by drawing on empirical work from a range of scholars in different jurisdictions. Each chapter looks at the raw data of how much "justice" material viewers were able to access in the multi-channel world of 2014 looking at three phases: apprehension (police), adjudication (lawyers), and disposition (prison/punishment). All of the authors indicate how television developed in their countries. Some have extensive public service channels mixed with private media channels. Financing ranges from advertising to programme sponsorship to licensing arrangements. A few countries have mixtures of these. Each author also examines how "TV justice" has developed in their own particular jurisdiction. Readers will find interesting variations and thought-provoking similarities. There are a lot of television shows focussed on legal themes that are imported around the world. The authors analyse these as well. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in law, popular culture, TV, or justice and provides an important addition to the literature due to its grounding in empirical data.Trade ReviewThe survey, within its chosen and well defined limits of scope and approach, offers, first and foremost, reliable quantitative affirmation of the American dominance of law and justice on TV (with the exception of the UK), and of the dominance of series featuring police focus over lawyer and punishment focus ... The survey will serve as excellent framework and basis for further studies along the quantitative/empirical lines laid out. -- Lars Ole Sauerberg * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of Contents1. A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV Peter Robson and Jennifer L Schulz 2. Australia Cassandra Sharp 3. Belgium (Flanders) Hilde Van den Bulck, Kathleen Custers and Jan Van den Bulck 4. Britain Peter Robson 5. Canada Jennifer L Schulz 6. Denmark Glen Odgaard 7. France Barbara Villez (with Valentin Rolando) 8. Germany Stefan Machura and Michael Böhnke 9. Greece Nickos Myrtou, Stamatis Poulakidakos and Panagiota Nakou 10. Israel Itay Ravid 11. Italy Ferdinando Spina 12. Poland Zofi a Zawadzka 13. Spain Anja Louis 14. Switzerland Lukas Musumeci and Fabian Odermatt 15. United States of America Christine A Corcos

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Book SynopsisRecent revelations, by Edward Snowden and others, of the vast network of government spying enabled by modern technology have raised major concerns both in the European Union and the United States on how to protect privacy in the face of increasing governmental surveillance. This book brings together some of the leading experts in the fields of constitutional law, criminal law and human rights from the US and the EU to examine the protection of privacy in the digital era, as well as the challenges that counter-terrorism cooperation between governments pose to human rights. It examines the state of privacy protections on both sides of the Atlantic, the best mechanisms for preserving privacy, and whether the EU and the US should develop joint transnational mechanisms to protect privacy on a reciprocal basis. As technology enables governments to know more and more about their citizens, and about the citizens of other nations, this volume offers critical perspectives on how best to respond to one of the most challenging developments of the twenty-first century.Trade Review...there is plenty here to both introduce scholars to current critical debates and problems, and at the same time to suggest important points of departure for further research. -- Bernard Keenan, Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science * International Journal of Law and Information Technology *In this book, issues of privacy and surveillance are explored from a domestic, comparative and transatlantic perspective as well as from the perspective of private corporations, non-governmental organizations and oversight authorities. Thus, it gives a comprehensive overview about current transatlantic challenges and the perspectives involved. -- S-I Ghotra * European Review of Public Law *

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Book SynopsisThis major collection contains selected papers from the third Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Melbourne in July 2018. The collection includes contributions by leading academics and senior judges from across the common law world, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The collection explores the frontiers of public law, examining cutting-edge issues at the intersection of public law and other fields. The collection addresses four principal frontiers: public law and international law; public law and indigenous peoples; public law and other domestic fields, specifically criminal law and private law; and public law and public administration. In common with the two books from the previous Public Law Conferences, this collection offers authoritative insights into the most important issues emerging in public law, and is essential reading for those working in the field.Trade ReviewA voyage of a discovery … any practitioner or scholar working within any subfield of public law will likely find something of direct interest among the book’s contents. -- Joanna Bell * Oxford Journal of Legal Studies *Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Frontiers of Public Law Jason NE Varuhas and Shona Wilson Stark PART 1 PUBLIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 2. Global Constitutionalism: Myth and Reality Cheryl Saunders 3. Frontiers of Global Administrative Law in the 2020s Benedict Kingsbury 4. National Security Policy-making in the Shadow of International Law: The Case of the PPG Laura A Dickinson 5. Public Law in the UK after Brexit Jack Beatson and Emma Foubister PART 2 PUBLIC LAW AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 6. Indigenous Rights, Judges and Judicial Review in New Zealand Matthew SR Palmer 7. Coming to Terms with Communal, Land-related Decision-making by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples in a Public Law Context Debbie Mortimer 8. Representing Jurisdiction: Decolonising Administrative Law in a Multijural State Mary Liston 9. From the Heart: The Indigenous Challenge to Australian Public Law Kirsty Gover 10. Public Law, Legitimacy and Indigenous Aspirations Harry Hobbs 11. Places as Persons: Creating a New Framework for Maori-Crown Relations Andrew Geddis and Jacinta Ruru PART 3 PUBLIC LAW, CRIMINAL LAW AND PRIVATE LAW 12. Changing Boundaries: Crime, Punishment and Public Law David Feldman 13. Discretionary Power and Consistency: Is the Sentencing Discretion Different? Chris Maxwell 14. Public and Private Law: A Redundant Divide Carol Harlow 15. The ‘Contracting State’ and the Public/Private Divide ACL Davies 16. Public and Private Boundaries of Administrative Law Margaret Allars PART 4 PUBLIC LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 17. The Nature and Bounds of Executive Power: Keeping Pace with Change KM Hayne 18. Peering into the Black Box of Executive Power: Cabinet Manuals, Secrecy and the Identification of Convention Anne Twomey 19. Fomenting Authoritarianism Th rough Rules About Rulemaking Kathryn E Kovacs 20. Non-fettering, Legitimate Expectations and Consistency of Policy: Separate Compartments or Single Principle? Shona Wilson Stark 21. The In-between Space of Administrative Justice: Reconciling Norms at the Front Lines of Social Assistance Agencies Jennifer Raso 22. A ‘Culture of Justification’? Police Interpretation and Application of the Human Rights Act 1998 Richard Martin

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Book Synopsis'[The] scholarship is consistently thorough and lucid, and absolutely reliable' European Public Law As reviews of the first edition attest, this book gives a unique critical and contextual insight into the Constitution of one the world’s most powerful countries. Its first edition was published in 2011, when Dmitrii Medvedev was Russia’s President. Since then there was a regime change in 2012 as Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency, and, significantly, dramatic shifts in constitutionality as Russia pursues a ‘return to traditional values’. The book explores the Constitution’s evolution over its nearly 30 years’ existence, including the significant amendments of 2020. This second edition situates these important changes in the context of Russia’s historical and legal development, as Putin continues to dominate the political scene. It also looks at broader constitutional questions on the interrelation between the main State agencies, the role of the courts, human rights and their enforcement.Trade ReviewThere is no better introduction to the constitutional infrastructure in Russia available in the English language than that produced by Henderson. -- William E Butler * The Journal of Comparative Law *Table of ContentsTable of Legislation Table of Conventions, Treaties etc Documents from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1. Introduction I. Whose Constitutionality? II. Overview of Russia III. The Cultural Approach to Law IV. Conclusion 2. Historical Background to the 1993 Constitution I. Introduction II. Before the Empire III. The Tsar as Emperor IV. End of Empire and Establishing Soviet Power V. Perestroika: A Time of Change VI. The USSR Disintegrates VII. Russian Developments VIII. Conclusion 3. Genesis and Overview of the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation: The Constitution’s Creation and General Schema I. Introduction II. The Genesis of the 1993 Constitution III. Overview of the Contents of the Constitution IV. Conclusion 4. The President I. Introduction II. The First Russian Presidency III. The Presidency under the 1993 Constitution IV. Presidential Powers V. Accountability VI. Conclusion 5. The Legislature: Legislation But Ineffective Representation? I. Introduction II. Establishing a Multi-party Legislature III. Law-Making by the Federal Assembly IV. The Federal Assembly’s Other Powers V. Reform Proposals VI. Conclusion 6. The Government and Other Agencies I. Introduction II. Establishing the Government III. Government Accountability IV. Regional Government V. Institutions Supporting Governance VI. Conclusion 7. Courts and Judges I. Introduction II. Russia’s Courts III. Judicial Independence IV. Conclusion 8. The Treatment of Rights I. Introduction II. Establishing Human Rights III. Russians’ Rights IV. Rights Enforcement V. Conclusion 9. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth study on current perceptions of, and responses to, fragmentation in the European patent system (EPS). For decades, attempts have been made to address this fragmentation by introducing a unitary patent system. The most recent attempt, the EU unitary patent system, will be the first of its kind. It is expected to significantly change the EPS. However, rather than reducing existing fragmentation, it will likely add to it. Based on an analysis of the current and forthcoming system, the book argues that the inherent nature of fragmentation within the EPS needs to be recognised and suggests that a multifaceted approach is required to respond to it. Uniquely, it draws on work regarding fragmentation outside of the patent and intellectual property regimes, gaining insights from both European law-making and the international legal system. These insights are used to investigate current responses to fragmentation in the EPS. Interpretations of substantive patent law are examined, including claim construction (Actavis v Eli Lily), exceptions to patentability related to uses of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes (WARF, Brüstle, ISCC), and products resulting from essentially biological processes (Broccoli and Tomatoes II, G3/19). Attempts towards convergence in these areas have had mixed results and in some instances fragmentation may be necessary. However, similar techniques to those applied in the international legal system to respond to fragmentation are being used in the EPS, and, where this is seen, it has been to good effect. It is argued that these methods should be recognised, structured, and promoted to make our response to fragmentation more effective. Fragmentation and the European Patent System will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners looking for a new perspective on the EPS.Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Background II. The European Patent System III. Terminology IV. Perspectives on Fragmentation V. Outline PART I FRAGMENTATION AND THE EUROPEAN PATENT SYSTEM TODAY 1. Existing Routes to Patent Protection in Europe I. National Patent Systems II. The European (EPC) Patent System III. The International Patent Application IV. Existing Fragmentation 2. Forthcoming Route to EU Unitary Patent Protection I. Background to the Unitary Patent Package II. The Unitary Patent Package III. Concerns Related to the Unitary Patent Package IV. Further Fragmentation PART II ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF FRAGMENTATION 3. Fragmentation in European Law-Making I. Constructing Europe and the European Patent System II. The Impact of Expansion III. Fragmentation as a Means of Integration 4. Fragmentation in the International Legal System I. Fragmentation in the International Legal System II. Application to the European Patent System III. Fragmentation as an Inherent Aspect of a Legal System PART III FRAGMENTATION AND SUBSTANTIVE PATENT LAW 5. Responding to Fragmentation as an Inherent Aspect of the European Patent System I. Areas of Divergence II. Towards Convergence – Judicial Dialogue and Cooperation III. Fragmentation as an Inherent Aspect of the European Patent System 6. Accepting Fragmentation as a Necessary Aspect of the European Patent System I. The Impact of the Biotech Directive II. Interpretations of the Exceptions to Patentability III. Impact of the Unitary Patent Package IV. Considering Diversity and Value Pluralism when Responding to Fragmentation Conclusion: Fragmentation and the European Patent System

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