"The year 1996 in Italian politics was a year rich in novelty. After the stalled transition” of 1995, the political atmosphere had begun to change. Most obvious was the end of Dini's unelected government of technocrats, supported by a heterogeneous group in Parliament, and its replacement with Romano Prodi's government, a coalition of the parties that had won the general election on April 21, 1996. But an even more important change and ..."
"This innovative, refreshing, and reader-friendly book is aimed at enabling students to familiarise themselves with the challenges and controversies found in comparative law. At present there is no book which clearly explains the contemporary debates and methodological innovations found in modern comparative law. This book fills that gap in teaching at undergraduate level, and for postgraduates will be a starting point for further readin ..."
"Can there be such a thing as a European sociology of law? The uncertainties which arise when attempting to answer that straightforward question are the subject of this book, which also overlaps into comparative law, legal history, and legal philosophy. The richness of approaches reflected in the essays (including comparisons with the US) makes this volume a courageous attempt to show the present state of socio- legal studies in Europe a ..."
"'The role of culture in the operation of Japanese law is one of the great questions of sociolegal studies. Discussions tend to polarize, between a simplistic view of cultural determinism and a more universalist approach that emphasizes institutions. This superb collection, with a diverse and accomplished set of contributors, takes culture seriously. It shows how legal institutions have both shaped and been shaped by Japanese legal cultu ..."
Comparing Legal Cultures(1st Edition) (Socio-Legal Studies) by DavidNelken Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 1997 by Dartmouth Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-1-85521-898-7, ISBN: 1-85521-898-4
"The concept of legal culture, Roger Cotterrell; the concept of legal culture - a reply, Lawrence Friedman; civil litigation as indicators for legal cultures, Erhard Blankenburg; puzzling out legal culture - a comment on Blankenburg, David Nelken; comparative criminal law for criminologists - comparing for what purpose?, Malcolm Feeley; for a sociological use of the concept of legal culture, Carlo Pennisi; comparing legal cultures and th ..."
"This exciting collection looks at the theory and practice of legal borrowing and adaptation in different areas of the world: Europe, the USA and Latin America, S.E. Asia and Japan. Many of the contributors focus on fundamental theoretical issues. What are legal transplants? What is the role of the state in producing socio-legal change? What are the conditions of successful legal transfers? How is globalization changing these conditions? ..."
Contrasts in Criminal Justice(1st Edition) Getting from Here to There by DavidNelken Hardcover, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-72219-4, ISBN: 1-138-72219-7
"This title was first published in 2000: This text tackles the issues raised by comparative research into criminal justice on other cultures. How far does criminal justice reflect general culture? Can collaborative research overcome the problem of translating incommensurable concepts? What are the possibilities for "virtual comparisons"? How do we tell difference? The authors, drawn from a range of countries, offer reflections on intern ..."
"This collection spans two decades of cutting-edge thinking on globalization and crime. The selected articles confront criminological with interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, political science and economics, and demonstrate how globalization has changed manifestations of crime and decisively re-shaped the criminological imagination as well as criminology's theories, concepts and methodologies. The specially written introductio ..."
"PROSECUTION POLICY. AND AUNT SALLY I.emert. E. M. (1972), Human
Deviance. Social Problems and Social Control, 2nd edn. Englewood Cliffs:
Prentice-Hall. Lloyd- Bostock. S. (1987). 'A Psychological Study of Responses to
Accidents'. Unpublished paper presented to the Health and Safety Executive.
Manning. P. K. '1977), Police Work: The Social Organization oj Policing.
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. (1986,. 'Ironies of Compliance', in C. ..."
Comparative Criminal Justice(1st Edition) Making Sense of Difference (Compact Criminology) by Professor DavidNelken Hardcover, 136 Pages, Published 2010 by Sage Publications Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84787-936-3, ISBN: 1-84787-936-5
"David Nelken is the 2013 laureate of the Association for Law and Society International Prize The increasingly important topic of comparative criminal justice is examined from an original and insightful perspective by David Nelken, one of the top scholars in the field. The author looks at why we should study crime and criminal justice in a comparative and international context, and the difficulties we encounter when we do. Drawing o ..."
"Transparency is a fundamental principle of justice. A cornerstone of the rule of law, it allows for public engagement and for democratic control of the decisions and actions of both the judiciary and the justice authorities. This book looks at the question of transparency within the framework of transitional justice. Bringing together scholars from across the disciplinary spectrum, the collection analyses the issue from socio-legal, cul ..."
European Ways of Law(1st Edition) Towards a European Sociology of Law (Onati International Series in Law & Society): Towards a European Sociology of Law (Onati International Series in Law & Society) by Volkmar Gessner, DavidNelken, Dr DavidNelken Hardcover, 393 Pages, Published 2007 by Hart Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84113-777-3, ISBN: 1-84113-777-4
"Still, similarities in 'legal culture' are at least as remarkable in societies at roughly similar levels of political and economic development. The volume should serve as a needed stimulus to"
"Socio-legal researchers increasingly recognize the need to employ a wide variety of methods in studying law and legal phenomena, and that this needs to be informed by an understanding of debates about theory and method in mainstream social science. This collection illustrates how a range of topics, including EU law, ombudsmen, judges, lawyers, Shariah Councils, and the quality assurance industry can be researched from a socio-legal pers ..."
"This exciting collection looks at the theory and practice of legal borrowing and adaptation in different areas of the world: Europe, the USA and Latin America, S.E. Asia and Japan. Many of the contributors focus on fundamental theoretical issues. What are legal transplants? What is the role of the state in producing socio-legal change? What are the conditions of successful legal transfers? How is globalization changing these conditions? ..."
Beyond Law in Context Developing a Sociological Understanding of Law by DavidNelken 348 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-351-95560-7, ISBN: 1-351-95560-8
"As it happens, the applications of Gramsci's ideas which I reviewed all departed
to a large extent from his original conceptions of the relationship of hegemony to
his other guiding concepts such as 'civil society' and 'organic intellectuals'. The
opening contributions to this important debate within Marxism are to be found in
R. Milliband “The Capitalist State: Reply to Nicos Poulantzas” in R. Blackburn, ed.
, Ideology in the Socia ..."
"If there had been no such foundation, and the AIDS problem had appeared
earlier... we could have had a policy of isolating AIDS patients, and a policy that
most definitely would have infringed on rights.55 Still, there were many who
pressed for coercive public health measures in Japan, either with or without
concern for the potential infringement of rights. Rikkyo University's health law
expert Hatakeyama Takemichi acknowledges tha ..."
"For a global criminology, one calls attention to the conditions within an evolving
globalised world that help generate harmful practices and policies of
international financial institutions, and conversely how militant anger at these
institutions is ... Methodological nationalism tends to equate “society” with
national society, but this concept does not capture a “planetary network of
interdependencies” in an increasingly globalise ..."
The Limits of the Legal Process A Study of Landlords, Law and Crime by DavidNelken 246 Pages, Published 2013 by Quid Pro Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61027-188-2, ISBN: 1-61027-188-2
"A Study of Landlords, Law and Crime David Nelken. ALSO IN THE CLASSICS
OF LAW& SOCIETY SERIES Malcolm M. Feeley, Court Reform on Trial (new
foreword by Greg Berman) ... Macaulay) Mortimer Kadish & Sanford Kadish,
Discretion t0 Disobey: A Study of Lawful Departures from Legal Rules (new
introductory ..."
Comparative Law A Handbook by DavidNelken, Esin Örücü 480 Pages, Published 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84731-698-1, ISBN: 1-84731-698-0
"(2006b) 'Jaina Law as an Unofficial Legal System' in P Fluegel (ed), Disputes
and Dialogues: Studies in Jaina History and Culture (London, RoutledgeCurzon).
... Riles, A (ed) (2001) Rethinking the Masters of Comparative Law (Oxford, Hart
Publishing). Robertson, R (2003) ... 2 Annelise Riles notes 'ubiquitous angst
about the disciplinary identity of comparative law today' (Riles (ed), 2001: 3). ... 3
For a set of critical reviews, s ..."