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Justice and Legitimacy in Policing - Transforming the Institution (Paperback): Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Miltonette Olivia Craig Justice and Legitimacy in Policing - Transforming the Institution (Paperback)
Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Miltonette Olivia Craig
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Justice and Legitimacy in Policing critically analyzes the state of American policing and evaluates proposed solutions to reform/transform the institution, such as implementing body-worn cameras, increasing diversity in police agencies, the problem of crimmigration, limiting qualified immunity, and the abolitionist movement. Considering the changes that have occurred in our sociopolitical climate, policymakers, scholars, and the public are in need of a book that focuses on the American policing institution in a comprehensive yet critical manner. Each chapter is devoted to a specific area of policing that has either received criticism for the problems it may create or has been proposed to effect reform. The chapters are sequenced such that readers are introduced to a spectrum of topics to expand the discourse on changes needed to achieve equitable policing. The book also encourages readers to consider the idea that achieving justice and legitimacy in policing cannot happen as the institution is now formulated, and it invites readers to use the topics discussed in each chapter to envision transformative propositions. Justice and Legitimacy in Policing is intended to engage policymakers and practitioners as well as interested members of the public. The scope of this book also makes it a valuable resource for academics and students.

Justice and Legitimacy in Policing - Transforming the Institution (Hardcover): Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Miltonette Olivia Craig Justice and Legitimacy in Policing - Transforming the Institution (Hardcover)
Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Miltonette Olivia Craig
R3,693 Discovery Miles 36 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Justice and Legitimacy in Policing critically analyzes the state of American policing and evaluates proposed solutions to reform/transform the institution, such as implementing body-worn cameras, increasing diversity in police agencies, the problem of crimmigration, limiting qualified immunity, and the abolitionist movement. Considering the changes that have occurred in our sociopolitical climate, policymakers, scholars, and the public are in need of a book that focuses on the American policing institution in a comprehensive yet critical manner. Each chapter is devoted to a specific area of policing that has either received criticism for the problems it may create or has been proposed to effect reform. The chapters are sequenced such that readers are introduced to a spectrum of topics to expand the discourse on changes needed to achieve equitable policing. The book also encourages readers to consider the idea that achieving justice and legitimacy in policing cannot happen as the institution is now formulated, and it invites readers to use the topics discussed in each chapter to envision transformative propositions. Justice and Legitimacy in Policing is intended to engage policymakers and practitioners as well as interested members of the public. The scope of this book also makes it a valuable resource for academics and students.

Rethinking Miscarriages of Justice - Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg (Hardcover): M. Naughton Rethinking Miscarriages of Justice - Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg (Hardcover)
M. Naughton
R1,503 Discovery Miles 15 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing on Foucauldian theory and 'social harm' paradigms, Michael Naughton offers a radical redefinition of miscarriages of justice from a critical perspective. This book uncovers the limits of the entire criminal justice process and challenges the dominant perception that miscarriages of justices are rare and exceptional cases of wrongful imprisonment.

The Routledge Handbook of Women's Experiences of Criminal Justice (Hardcover): Isla Masson, Natalie Booth The Routledge Handbook of Women's Experiences of Criminal Justice (Hardcover)
Isla Masson, Natalie Booth
R5,759 Discovery Miles 57 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Handbook brings together the voices of a range of contributors interested in the many varied experiences of women in criminal justice systems, and who are seeking to challenge the status quo. Although there is increasing literature and research on gender, and certain aspects of the criminal justice system (often Western focused), there is a significant gap in the form of a Handbook that brings together these important gendered conversations. This essential book explores research and theory on how women are perceived, handled, and experience criminal justice within and across different jurisdictions, with particular consideration of gendered and disparate treatment of women as law-breakers. There is also consideration of women's experiences through an intersectional lens, including race and class, as well as feminist scholarship and activism. The Handbook contains 47 unique chapters with nine overarching themes (Lessons from history and theory; Routes into the criminal justice system; Intersectionality; Sentencing and the courts and community punishments; Specific offences; Incarcerated women's experiences; Mothers and families; Rehabilitation and reintegration; Practitioner relationships), and each theme includes contributions from different countries as well as the experiences of contributors from different stages in their own journey. International and interdisciplinary in scope, this Handbook is essential reading for scholars and students of criminology, sociology, social policy, social work, and law. It will also be of interest to practitioners, such as social workers, probation officers, prison officers, and policy makers.

Arts in Corrections - Thirty Years of Annotated Publications (Paperback): Grady Hillman Arts in Corrections - Thirty Years of Annotated Publications (Paperback)
Grady Hillman
R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Arts in Corrections, the author-a poet, translator and teacher-takes readers on a chronological journey through an annotated selection of 24 of his own publications from 1981 to 2014 which recount his experiences teaching, consulting and documenting US arts programs in prisons, jails and juvenile facilities. Anyone interested in corrections and arts-in-corrections will be drawn in by the poetic sensibility Hillman brings to his writing. Readers will gain a historical and personal perspective not only into correctional arts programming in the US over the last 40 years, but also the institutional transformations in policy, culture, populations, economics, and the criminological mission expansion into other institutional settings like K-12 education. Original essays, articles, monographs and poems are interspersed with recent annotations to deliver not only a top-down view of the correctional system but also the author's personal journey of "discouragement and hope" from work conducted in approximately 200 adult and juvenile facilities in 30 states and six countries. This comprehensive book is essential reading for a broad cross-section of international readers interested in and involved in the arts-in-corrections field. With two million individuals behind bars in the US at any given time, the profile of arts programs in prisons and jails is rising and interest in criminal-justice matters more generally is increasing. This includes not only arts-in-corrections professionals, policy makers, students, researchers, advocates and academics, but professionals in multiple other fields as well as the general public.

Arts in Corrections - Thirty Years of Annotated Publications (Hardcover): Grady Hillman Arts in Corrections - Thirty Years of Annotated Publications (Hardcover)
Grady Hillman
R3,695 Discovery Miles 36 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Arts in Corrections, the author-a poet, translator and teacher-takes readers on a chronological journey through an annotated selection of 24 of his own publications from 1981 to 2014 which recount his experiences teaching, consulting and documenting US arts programs in prisons, jails and juvenile facilities. Anyone interested in corrections and arts-in-corrections will be drawn in by the poetic sensibility Hillman brings to his writing. Readers will gain a historical and personal perspective not only into correctional arts programming in the US over the last 40 years, but also the institutional transformations in policy, culture, populations, economics, and the criminological mission expansion into other institutional settings like K-12 education. Original essays, articles, monographs and poems are interspersed with recent annotations to deliver not only a top-down view of the correctional system but also the author's personal journey of "discouragement and hope" from work conducted in approximately 200 adult and juvenile facilities in 30 states and six countries. This comprehensive book is essential reading for a broad cross-section of international readers interested in and involved in the arts-in-corrections field. With two million individuals behind bars in the US at any given time, the profile of arts programs in prisons and jails is rising and interest in criminal-justice matters more generally is increasing. This includes not only arts-in-corrections professionals, policy makers, students, researchers, advocates and academics, but professionals in multiple other fields as well as the general public.

Raising a Cautionary Flag - Educational Malpractice and the Professional Teacher (Hardcover): Todd A DeMitchell, Richard... Raising a Cautionary Flag - Educational Malpractice and the Professional Teacher (Hardcover)
Todd A DeMitchell, Richard Fossey, Terri A Demitchell
R1,969 Discovery Miles 19 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nearly 50 years ago a California court heard a complaint from a recent high school graduate who alleged that he could not read at a level that would allow him to apply for, let alone hold, a meaningful job. He asserted that the public school district was negligent and that his prospects for a productive life were diminished by their negligence. The court disagreed and educational malpractice was cast outside the schoolhouse gate and an educational malpractice wall was erected. In sum, both federal and state courts have constructed a sturdy wall against the recognition of educational malpractice lawsuits. However, recent advances in research on instruction, statistical analyses that some have argued can identify substandard teaching, may have cracked the wall. Thus, confluence of events may lead to demolishing the educational malpractice wall constructed over the past half century. The authors of Raising a Cautionary Flag: Educational Malpractice and the Professional Teacher, explore the judicial reticence to recognize educational malpractice as a viable tort of negligence. They review the concept of what constitutes a professional, what is malpractice and how is it related to the professional malpractice of physicians and attorneys, and the potential responses to education malpractice. They conclude by raising a cautionary flag about breaching the judicial wall.

Raising a Cautionary Flag - Educational Malpractice and the Professional Teacher (Paperback): Todd A DeMitchell, Richard... Raising a Cautionary Flag - Educational Malpractice and the Professional Teacher (Paperback)
Todd A DeMitchell, Richard Fossey, Terri A Demitchell
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nearly 50 years ago a California court heard a complaint from a recent high school graduate who alleged that he could not read at a level that would allow him to apply for, let alone hold, a meaningful job. He asserted that the public school district was negligent and that his prospects for a productive life were diminished by their negligence. The court disagreed and educational malpractice was cast outside the schoolhouse gate and an educational malpractice wall was erected. In sum, both federal and state courts have constructed a sturdy wall against the recognition of educational malpractice lawsuits. However, recent advances in research on instruction, statistical analyses that some have argued can identify substandard teaching, may have cracked the wall. Thus, confluence of events may lead to demolishing the educational malpractice wall constructed over the past half century. The authors of Raising a Cautionary Flag: Educational Malpractice and the Professional Teacher, explore the judicial reticence to recognize educational malpractice as a viable tort of negligence. They review the concept of what constitutes a professional, what is malpractice and how is it related to the professional malpractice of physicians and attorneys, and the potential responses to education malpractice. They conclude by raising a cautionary flag about breaching the judicial wall.

The Essentials of Contract Negotiation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Stefanie Jung, Peter Krebs The Essentials of Contract Negotiation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Stefanie Jung, Peter Krebs
R3,058 Discovery Miles 30 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on the tactics and strategies used in business-to-business contract negotiations. In addition to outlining general negotiation concepts, techniques and tools, it provides insight into relevant framework conditions, underlying mechanisms and also presents generally occurring terms and problems. Moreover, different negotiating styles are illustrated using an exemplary presentation of negotiation peculiarities in China, the USA and Germany. The presented tactics and strategies combine interdisciplinary psychological and economic knowledge as well as findings from the field of communication science. The application scope of these tactics and strategies covers business-to-business negotiations as well as company-internal negotiations. The fact that this book does not necessarily stipulate any prior knowledge of the subject of negotiations also makes it highly suitable for nonprofessionals with a pronounced interested in negotiations. Nonetheless, it provides proficient negotiators with a deeper understanding for situations experienced in negotiations. This book also helps practioners to identify underlying mechanisms and on this basis sustainably improve their negotiation skills.

Just Mercy - A Story of Justice and Redemption (Paperback): Bryan Stevenson Just Mercy - A Story of Justice and Redemption (Paperback)
Bryan Stevenson 1
R350 R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Save R76 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Economic Foundations of Injury and Death Damages (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Roger T Kaufman, James D. Rodgers, Gerald D... Economic Foundations of Injury and Death Damages (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Roger T Kaufman, James D. Rodgers, Gerald D Martin
R9,620 Discovery Miles 96 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume is a first-rate collection of classic articles covering all major aspects of calculating economic damages in injury and death cases. Selected by some of the foremost practitioners in the field, the 53 articles discuss the concepts, methodologies and reasoning used by forensic economists: they examine issues involving life and worklife expectancy, earnings and earnings capacity, fringe benefits, medical and personal care costs, taxes, discounting, personal consumption, household services, hedonic damages, and the relationship of forensic economics to ethics and the law. The editors have written an authoritative introduction to complement their collection. The volume will be essential reading for practising forensic economists, lawyers and academics in the fields of forensic economics, labor economics and tort law.

The Anatomy of Persuasion - How to Persuade Others To Act on Your Ideas, Accept Your Proposals, Buy Your Products or Services,... The Anatomy of Persuasion - How to Persuade Others To Act on Your Ideas, Accept Your Proposals, Buy Your Products or Services, Hire You, Promote You, and More! (Paperback, Special Ed.)
Norbert Aubuchon
R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Some people seem to be able to talk anybody into anything Do they simply possess a natural talent that the rest of us can never hope to imitate? This refreshing books says ""No "" and provides readers with a unique, proven, step-by-step analytical thinking process that anyone can use to analyze, organize, and present information in a persuasive way. The Anatomy of Persuasion literally dissects each step in the persuasion process. Readers will turn their great ideas into tangible realities as they learn how to: * apply the two major principles of communication * perceive the needs of others * present the features and benefits of their idea * understand the subconscious decisions people often make * create a logical, error-free proposal (oral or written) that will win the day."

The Politics of Law and Stability in China (Hardcover): Susan Trevaskes, Elisa Nesossi, Flora Sapio, Sarah Biddulph The Politics of Law and Stability in China (Hardcover)
Susan Trevaskes, Elisa Nesossi, Flora Sapio, Sarah Biddulph
R3,496 Discovery Miles 34 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This fascinating book explores how issues of law and justice are being re-defined by China's obsession with 'social stability' and how this might impact upon claims to legitimacy that the Party-state advances. A first-rate team of experts put their lens on a wide range of important areas including trial and settlement practices, administrative law, criminal justice, environmental pollution, labor relations, land ownership, policing and welfare. Each contribution offers key insights into how we should understand the effects of China s response to increasing social discord.' - Mike McConville, The Chinese University of Hong KongThe Politics of Law and Stability in China examines the nexus between social stability and the law in contemporary China. It explores the impact of Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rationales for social stability on legal reforms, criminal justice operations and handling of disputes and social unrest inside and outside China's justice agencies. The book presents an extensive investigation into the conceptual and empirical approaches by the Party-state to the management of Chinese citizen complaint and unrest. It explores how the Party-state responds to what it sees as potentially de-stabilizing social action such as public protest, discord, deviance and criminal behavior. This timely and important study reaches across a broad variety of areas within the legal sphere, including substantive criminal law and criminal procedure law reform, labour law, environment and land disputes, policing and surveillance, and anti-corruption drives. The central thread running through all the chapters concerns how the imperative of social stability has underpinned key Party-state approaches to social management and responses to crime, legal disputes and social unrest across the last decade in China. This book will appeal to lawyers, political science scholars and social scientists in the area of China studies. Scholars generally interested in Chinese criminal law and criminal law procedures will also find much in this book that will be of interest to them. Contributors: S. Biddulph, D. Peng, X. He, F. Hualing, G. Zhiyuan, E. Nesossi, M. Palmer, F. Sapio, M. S. Tanner, S. Trevaskes, B. van Rooij, Z. Wanhong

Teaching Legal Education in the Digital Age - Pedagogical Practices to Digitally Empower Law Graduates (Hardcover): Ann... Teaching Legal Education in the Digital Age - Pedagogical Practices to Digitally Empower Law Graduates (Hardcover)
Ann Thanaraj, Kris Gledhill
R3,699 Discovery Miles 36 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Teaching Legal Education in the Digital Age explores how legal pedagogy and curriculum design should be modernised to ensure that law students have a realistic view of the future of the legal profession. Using future readiness and digital empowerment as central themes, chapters discuss the use of technology to enhance the design and delivery of the curriculum and argue the need for the curriculum to be developed to prepare students for the use of technology in the workplace. The volume draws together a range of contributions to consider the impact of digital pedagogies in legal education and propose how technology can be used in the law curriculum to enhance student learning in law schools and lead excellence in teaching. Throughout, the authors consider what it means to be future-ready and what we can do as law academics to facilitate the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed by future-ready graduates. Part of Routledge's series on Legal Pedagogy, this book will be of great interest to academics, post-graduate students, teachers and researchers of law, as well as those with a wider interest in legal pedagogy or legal practice.

Reimagining Probation Practice - Re-forming Rehabilitation in an Age of Penal Excess (Hardcover): Lol Burke, Nicola Carr, Emma... Reimagining Probation Practice - Re-forming Rehabilitation in an Age of Penal Excess (Hardcover)
Lol Burke, Nicola Carr, Emma Cluley, Steve Collett, Fergus McNeill
R3,702 Discovery Miles 37 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1. Bringing together chapters co-authored by academics and practitioners, this book will find a market as a supplementary book for students and a book on best-practice for professionals. Each chapter has a set structure to ensure consistency. 2. This book will be particularly useful for universities offering qualifications for trainee probation officers in the UK, as well as Criminology students taking courses on criminal justice, penology, rehabilitation and working with offenders.

Comparative Legal Aid Systems and India (Hardcover): Jeet, Singh Mann Comparative Legal Aid Systems and India (Hardcover)
Jeet, Singh Mann
R3,716 Discovery Miles 37 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the functioning and challenges of the legal aid system in India. The legal aid system was set up to promote the interests of the economically weaker sections of society that did not have equitable access to judicial systems. However, the system has been largely unsuccessful in delivering justice. Drawing on empirical data from 18 states and 36 districts in India, the book highlights the institutional setbacks that plague the legal aid system and urges us to take cognizance of the hindrances faced by the beneficiaries in availing of these services. It acknowledges the gaps that exist in the governance of the legal aid system in India at the grassroots level and suggests approaches and ways to address these roadblocks to deliver free, swift, and economical access to justice to the poor legal aid beneficiaries. An important critical study of the commitment and competence of legal aid counsels in India, this volume will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of law, Indian law, constitutional law, political science, comparative law, law and gender, and social work.

Resilience, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Transitional Justice - A Social-Ecological Framing (Hardcover): Janine Natalya... Resilience, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Transitional Justice - A Social-Ecological Framing (Hardcover)
Janine Natalya Clark
R3,710 Discovery Miles 37 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Interdisciplinary book constitutes the first major and comparative study of resilience focused on victims-/survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). The book develops its own conceptual framework based on the idea of connectivity. Case studies from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia and Uganda. Will appeal to scholars, researchers and policy makers working on CRSV and/or transitional justice.

Science in Court (Paperback): Michael Freeman, Helen Reece Science in Court (Paperback)
Michael Freeman, Helen Reece
R1,020 Discovery Miles 10 200 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

First published in 1998, this volume contains essays from leading thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic on the relationship between law and science. Science plays an ever-increasing part in the development of legislation and the adjudication of cases. Its limitations and its value are explored in these essays which discuss issues of methodology and of evidence. Amongst areas covered are silicone breast implants, the rape trauma syndrome, the environment, inventions and Bayesianism.

Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger and Better from a Crisis - 7 Essential Lessons for Surviving Disaster (Paperback, Special... Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger and Better from a Crisis - 7 Essential Lessons for Surviving Disaster (Paperback, Special Ed.)
Ian I. Mitroff
R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Like many companies over the last few years, yours has probably done a great deal to reassess its physical, strategic, and financial vulnerabilities. But there is a huge difference between business continuity planning and true crisis management. Do your company and employees have the necessary ""IQ"" not only to withstand a crisis but also to come through it with strength and confidence?

Ian Mitroff, recognized around the world as an authority in crisis management, has created a plan that goes well beyond ""disaster preparedness"" to help your company get accustomed to working in the face of some unsettling facts:

* In an age of terror, cyberattacks, large-scale corporate fraud and more, crisis is no longer a question of if, but of when.

* Your company, no matter its size, industry, or location, is not immune from this reality.

* Your contingency planning will only be as effective as the human beings charged with putting it into action.

Mitroff outlines seven distinct competencies your organization needs to handle crises effectively:

* Right Heart (emotional IQ): By accepting crisis as an inevitability, you can process much of the shock and grief beforehand, and avoid making the effects of the crisis even worse through an unconstructive response.

* Right Thinking (creative IQ): ""Crises don't give a damn for the ways in which we have organized the world,"" so out-of-the-box thinking is essential.

* Right Social and Political IQ: Understand that your business is subject not only to the particular pitfalls of its industry, but also to the universal and complex challenges that threaten all companies.

* Right Integration (integrative IQ): Realize that crises are perceived differently by different stakeholders, and are never simple ""exercises"" that can be ""solved."" Identify and reconcile these perceptions now so that the path is clear when the crisis strikes.

* Right Technical IQ: ""Think like a controlled paranoid"" to uncover ways in which malicious forces could cause a crisis in your company. Question every assumption about what is ""normal,"" ""impossible,"" or ""absurd.""

* Right Aesthetic IQ: Reconsider the classic design of the corporation, which is meant to address problems as they arise, and move toward one in which crisis management is an overarching discipline on a par with, for example, finance.

* Spiritual IQ: Reject the notion that people's physical, mental, and spiritual beings are completely separate; recognize that crises cause us to question the very meaning of our lives and what we do, and establish ahead of time why our work is, and must remain, important to us on many different levels.

Although crisis management has taken on new urgency in recent turbulent times, the need for careful planning did not originate on September 11, 2001. Mitroff's examples, drawn from interviews conducted both after the 2001 attacks and during his 25-year career as an expert in crisis management, demonstrate the need for action -- and offer a blueprint for taking it."

The Crucible of Public Policy - New York Courts in the Progressive Era (Paperback): Bruce W. Dearstyne The Crucible of Public Policy - New York Courts in the Progressive Era (Paperback)
Bruce W. Dearstyne
R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Toast to Silence - Avoid Becoming Another Victim of Deceptive Police Tactics By Knowing When and How to Use the Power of... A Toast to Silence - Avoid Becoming Another Victim of Deceptive Police Tactics By Knowing When and How to Use the Power of Silence (Paperback)
Peter Baskin
R358 R334 Discovery Miles 3 340 Save R24 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Every day, police deception tactics fool millions of Americans into giving evidence they don't have to give, leading to their arrest and conviction in court because they don't know when and how to take advantage of their absolute constitutional right to remain silent. By the time they hear the Miranda warning, they have already voluntarily given up the evidence the police need to make an arrest by answering questions and taking sobriety tests, and in many cases, they've already guaranteed they'll lose in court. A Toast to Silence focuses on the right time before the Miranda warning to remain silent and not take tests and on the exact word-for-word lies the police cleverly disguise as truths to make people give up evidence-and shows you exactly when and how to use the power of silence to overcome these deceptive tactics for success in court.

How Countries Count Crime - An Exercise in Police Discretion (Paperback): John A. Eterno, Arvind Verma, Eli B. Silverman How Countries Count Crime - An Exercise in Police Discretion (Paperback)
John A. Eterno, Arvind Verma, Eli B. Silverman
R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Logically organized, country-by-country approach makes it easy to compare and draw parallels between countries * Demonstrates how researchers and policymakers, who heavily rely on crime numbers, need to use care in interpreting those statistics * Helps develop a cross-cultural understanding of police practices

How Countries Count Crime - An Exercise in Police Discretion (Hardcover): John A. Eterno, Arvind Verma, Eli B. Silverman How Countries Count Crime - An Exercise in Police Discretion (Hardcover)
John A. Eterno, Arvind Verma, Eli B. Silverman
R4,562 Discovery Miles 45 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Logically organized, country-by-country approach makes it easy to compare and draw parallels between countries * Demonstrates how researchers and policymakers, who heavily rely on crime numbers, need to use care in interpreting those statistics * Helps develop a cross-cultural understanding of police practices

What is Legal Education for? - Reassessing the Purposes of Early Twenty-First Century Learning and Law Schools (Hardcover):... What is Legal Education for? - Reassessing the Purposes of Early Twenty-First Century Learning and Law Schools (Hardcover)
Rachel Dunn, Paul Maharg, Victoria Roper
R3,976 Discovery Miles 39 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How we interpret and understand the historical contexts of legal education has profoundly affected how we understand contemporary educational cultures and practices. This book, the result of a Modern Law Review seminar, both celebrates and critiques the lasting impact of Peter Birks' influential edited collection, Pressing Problems in the Law: Volume 2: What is the Law School for? Published in 1996, his book addresses many critical issues that are hauntingly present in the 21st century, amongst them the impact of globalisation; technological disruption; and the tension inherent in law schools as they seek to balance the competing interest of teaching, research and administration. Yet Birks' collection misses key issues, too. The role of wellbeing, of emotion or affect, the relation of legal education to education, the status of legal education in what, since his volume, have become the devolved jurisdictions of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland - these and others are absent from the research agenda of the book. Today, legal educators face new challenges. We are still recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on our universities. In 1996 Birks was keen to stress the importance of comparative research within Europe. Today, legal researchers are dismayed at the possibility of losing valuable EU research funding when the UK leaves the EU, and at the many other negative effects of Brexit on legal education. The proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination takes legal education regulation and professional learning into uncharted waters. This book discusses these and related impacts on our legal educations. As law schools approach an existential crossroads post-Covid-19, it seems timely to revisit Birks' fundamental question: what are law schools for?

The Lives and Legacies of a Carceral Island - A Biographical History of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island (Hardcover): Ann Curthoys,... The Lives and Legacies of a Carceral Island - A Biographical History of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island (Hardcover)
Ann Curthoys, Shino Konishi, Alexandra Ludewig
R3,981 Discovery Miles 39 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a biographical history of Rottnest Island, a small carceral island offshore from Western Australia. Rottnest is also known as Wadjemup, or "the place across the water where the spirits are", by Noongar, the Indigenous people of south-western Australia. Through a series of biographical case studies of the diverse individuals connected to the island, the book argues that their particular histories lend Rottnest Island a unique heritage in which Indigenous, maritime, imperial, colonial, penal, and military histories intersect with histories of leisure and recreation. Tracing the way in which Wadjemup/Rottnest Island has been continually re-imagined and re-purposed throughout its history, the text explores the island's carceral history, which has left behind it a painful community memory. Today it is best known as a beach holiday destination, a reputation bolstered by the "quokka selfie" trend, the online posting of photographs taken with the island's cute native marsupial. This book will appeal to academic readers with an interest in Australian history, Aboriginal history, and the history of the British Empire, especially those interested in the burgeoning scholarship on the concept of "carceral archipelagos" and island prisons.

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