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   New Research Books Publishing in February

   We are excited to be publishing three new GlassHouse books in February - including new titles in the acclaimed Nomikoi Critical Legal Thinkers series and the second book in the Law, Justice and Ecology series. The new titles take on areas as diverse as music, political philosophy and environmental ethics. Read on for more details of our new publishing for February. 

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   Routledge Handbooks in Law

   Routledge now publish a number of handbooks in law. The handbooks are high-level reference works that feature specially commissioned papers by a range of leading international scholars. Not only do they cover the key topics in the field they identify emerging issues of critical importance that will shape future research. Read on for more information

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   New Textbooks Publishing in February

   Routledge Law is delighted to be publishing new editions of some key textbooks in the fields of contract and company law in February. All three titles are available as complimentary exam copies for instructors teaching relevant courses – complete the online form on the individual book page to order a copy. Read on for more information.

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   New Editions of Routledge Q&As Now Available

   The new editions of the Routledge Question and Answers series are now available. Each book contains up to fifty essay and problem-based questions on the most commonly examined topics, complete with expert guidance and fully worked model answers. Read on for more information.

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   Routledge Law Author of the Month for December 2012

   Our Routledge Law author of the month for December is Chris Butler, author of Henri Lefebvre: Spatial Politics, Everyday Life and the Right to the City. Dr. Butler is a lecturer at the Griffith Law School in Australia. Read on for Dr. Butler's explanation of how this book came about.

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   A Legal Doomsday Book?

   Mike Semple Pigott is the founder of the BPP Law School and runs the highly popular Charon QC blog. He has just started a tour of the UK where he will talk to as many people as possible about the legal system in the UK to create a 'legal doomsday' book. Routledge author Gary Slapper is one of the 'roving reporters' for the tour. With voxpops, podcasts, analysis of the legal events of the day and commentary on the changing legal landscape it promises to be a fascinating and important journey. You can follow it here.

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   New Research Books Publishing in November

   We have a bumper crop of new legal research books publishing across a number of different subjects in November. New to the Discourses of Law series is The Scene of the Mass Crime, edited by Christian Delage and Peter Goodrich, takes up the unwritten history of the peculiar yet highly visible form of war crimes trials. Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development edited by Olivier De Schutter, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters islocated at the intersection of development economics, international investment law, and international human rights is written in an accessible language, and should attract the attention of anyone who cares about the role of private investment in supporting the efforts of poor countries to climb up the development ladder. Read on for more information about the 16 new research books publishing in November.

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   The Defence of Provocation Causing a Stir in Australia

   Danielle Tyson's book Sex, Culpability and the Defence of Provocation is receiving a large amount of press attention in Australia with recent articles in The Age, Lawyers Weekly and the Herald Sun. An examination of murder trial transcripts has shown that defense lawyers still use the idea that slain women provoked their own killing. This is despite the passing of legislation in 2005 banning provocation as a defense. Addressing the trajectory of debates about reform of the provocation defense across different jurisdictions, Sex, Culpability and the Defence of Provocation considers the construction and representation of subjectivity and sexual difference in legal narrations of intimate partner homicide.

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   New Research Books Publishing in October

   October has a number of high-quality research books publishing across various aspects of legal study. Ben Golder edits Re-reading Foucault: On Law, Power and Rights, an in-depth analysis of Foucault's work as it pertains to a range of different legal themes. In The Concept of Injustice Eric Heinze challenges traditional western justice theory to argue that justice is not always the cure for injustice, and is oftentimes its cause. European Perspectives on Environmental Law and Governance edited by Suzanne Kingston provides a range of perspectives on some of the most pressing contemporary challenges in EU environmental law and governance. Read on for details of all of our research and scholarly books publishing in October. 

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    Unlock the Law with Routledge

    Routledge Law is delighted to announce that we will now publish the Unlocking The Law; Course Notes; Key Cases and Key Facts series previously published by Hodder Education. We will continue to work with the existing series editors to ensure that the books offer a student-friendly approach for undergraduate law students. Read on for more details...