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The Democratic Courthouse examines how changing understandings of the relationship between government and the governed came to be reflected in the buildings designed to house the modern legal system from the 1970s to the present day in England and Wales.

This book complements 'black letter' treatments of contract by looking at legal doctrine and statutes in their social, political and economic contexts. It aims to increase students understanding of the law of contract but also to convince them why it is so important to us all.

Across jurisdictions, important questions are beginning to be asked about the internal configurations of the courthouse and courtroom, such as the positioning of the dock, and the extent to which they undermine the assumption of innocence. This book examines issues relating to the environment in which trials take place.

Legal biography and autobiography is skewed to the elite--a group overwhelmingly represented by white, male judges and barristers. It also tends to utilize a limited range of sources and has failed to engage with the "life-writing" movement, which goes beyond biography and embraces the lives of objects and institutions as well as the lives of individuals, families and groups. As a paradigm corrective, Legal Life-Writing provides the firstsusta...

Addresses how the environment of the trial can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice. This title provides an alternative account of the trial, which charts the troubled history of notions of due process and participation.

Complements 'black letter' treatments of contract by looking at legal doctrine and statutes in their social, political and economic contexts. This title helps students in understanding of the law of contract as well as convinces them why it is so important to us.

The law of contract is ripe for feminist analysis. Despite increasing calls for the re-conceptualisation of neo-classical ways of thinking, feminist perspectives on contract tend to be marginalised in mainstream textbooks. This edited collection questions the assumptions made in such works and the ideologies that underpin them, drawing attention to the ways in which the law of contract has facilitated the virtual exclusion of women, the femini...

* What are patient experiences of making complaints against doctors and what do they seek to achieve?* How do doctors and managers respond to complaints and what do their responses reveal about the implicit tensions in the doctor-patient relationship?* What is the significance of the increasing incidence of disputes for approaches to the delivery of medical care?This book looks at the dynamics of doctor-patient disputes. Reflecting on fifteen ...