Law Textbooks

New and Published Textbooks

1. Commonwealth Caribbean Company Law

   By Andrew Burgess

   Series: Commonwealth Caribbean Law

   In the last twenty five years, company law in the Commonwealth Caribbean has undergone dramatic changes, from a model influenced by English law to a new, harmonised collection of regional legislation based on the Caricom and CLI model Acts that vary substantially across Caricom member states. The...

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Criminology

   2nd Edition

   By Tim Newburn

   Tim Newburn’s bestselling Criminology provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction for students of the subject, providing the basis for all undergraduate degree courses or modules, and for new postgraduates, in Criminology. This second edition includes: a complete update of...

   Published December 23rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Sustainability for Healthcare Management

   A Leadership Imperative

   By Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, Seema S. Wadhwa

   Sustainability is not unique to health, but is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book challenges healthcare leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health values with sustainability drivers in order...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. Environmental Commodities Markets and Emissions Trading

   Towards a Low-Carbon Future

   By Blas Luis Pérez Henríquez

   Market-based solutions to environmental problems offer great promise, but require complex public policies that take into account the many institutional factors necessary for the market to work and that guard against the social forces that can derail good public policies. Using insights about...

   Published December 19th 2012 by RFF Press
5. A Restorative Justice Reader

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Gerry Johnstone

   A Restorative Justice Reader brings together carefully chosen extracts from the most important and influential contributions to the literature of restorative justice, accompanying these with an informative commentary providing context and explanation. It includes works by both well known advocates...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Willan
6. Peacebuilding

   From Concept to Commission

   By Robert Jenkins

   Series: Global Institutions

   The emergence of The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2005 was the culmination of a long and contentious process. In this work Rob Jenkins provides a concise introduction that traces the origins and evolution of peacebuilding as a concept, the creation and functioning of the PBC as...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
7. Psychology and Crime

   An Introduction to Criminological Psychology, 2nd Edition

   By Clive R. Hollin

   Crime is an expensive aspect of society, and each year huge amounts of public money are spent on the courts, police, probation services, and prisons, while the human costs in terms of pain, fear and loss is incalculable. Psychology and Crime comprehensively covers the vital role of psychological...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
8. Social Media and the Law

   A Guidebook for Communication Students and Professionals

   Edited by Daxton Stewart

   Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Flickr allow users to connect with one another and share information with the click of a mouse or a tap on a touchscreen—and have become vital tools for professionals in the news and strategic communication fields. But as...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
9. Criminal Justice

   An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Peter Joyce

   This new and expanded edition builds upon material from the highly successful first edition. A comprehensive textbook on the criminal justice system, the book assesses the main theories concerned with the causes of crime (including white-collar and corporate crime), discusses the...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
10. Evaluating Communication for Development

    A Framework for Social Change

    By June Lennie, Jo Tacchi

    Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. It critiques dominant instrumental, accountability-based approaches to development and...

    Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge