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A rare snapshot of life in women's prisons which describes food as a socio-cultural experience. Refreshingly new for penal observers and of interest to women's support groups everywhere. Resourceful, instructive, innovative.

Based on first-hand accounts, the book is a definitive retrospective and the first detailed history/analysis of the unit. A supreme record of an 'iconic' social experiment which includes diverse and largely unpublished materials.

25 years after being published, Bounce Back From Bankruptcy remains the first and most popular book on rebuilding your life after bankruptcy, whether you are newly bankrupt or your bankruptcy was discharged years ago. When you want to avoid credit whenever possible, want to learn how to "do credit right", or you find yourself already drowning in debt after bankruptcy, this edition is specifically designed to give you an easy-to-follow roadmap for becoming financially solvent and financially secure. When you finish reading this book, you'll: feel fully empowered to determine how and when you want to spend your money quickly and easily analyze credit and financing offers -- including secrets creditors don't want you to know stop being at the mercy of creditors and their high interest rates simply because you've "gone bankrupt" develop new skills for handling money more effectively effortlessly begin saving money confidently know whether you're making a financial decision out of fear or because it's truly the best financial decision for you and your goals never again jump at credit offers out of fear know you can take or leave any credit offer and still have what you wantIncludes updated details on how to select the best post-bankruptcy credit cards, home buying programs, car buying or leasing options, credit-less travel options, and effortless savings strategies -- plus step-by-step guidance for repairing your credit, paying off debt that wasn't discharged in your bankruptcy, and taking control of new debt after bankruptcy. Discover for yourself the power of the "after bankruptcy" book attorneys and trustees recommend above all others, and reclaim your financial self-confidence.

Malevolent Legalities draws upon archival research conducted at the Scalia Papers at the Harvard Law School Historical and Special Collections to examine the influence of Justice Antonin Scalia's judicial philosophy of "textualist-originalism" on the US Supreme Court's antidiscrimination jurisprudence. The book focuses on six US Supreme Court cases, organized into two parts. The main argument of the book, grounded in archival and legal materials, is that textualist-originalism makes it lawful for discrimination to be performed through the text, and explicitly seeks to prevent progress by enacting a regime of "static law". In Shelby County v. Holder (2013), Justice Ginsburg remarked that discrimination today behaves like the Hydra, the many-headed serpent in Ancient Greek mythology which regenerates each time its head is severed. The analysis of archival and legal materials is therefore prefaced by the development of a unique methodology for studying discrimination called discriminatology, understood as a framework for analyzing how discrimination persists through time, is performed through the text, and is a product of the manipulation of legal speech. In this way, Malevolent Legalities approaches the study of textualist-originalism as itself a vehicle for discrimination performed mala fide or "in bad faith."

Social Work Law in Scotland provides a practical guide to the legal framework within which social work operates. The book provides coverage of key areas of law in social work including those relating to children, families and adult services.The Fifth Edition of this highly regarded text covers important recent developments including: - Widespread actual and proposed changes brought about by the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 principally to the Children's Hearing system- Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019, which changes the age of criminal responsibility from age eight to twelve- Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019, which amends rules on disclosure of a previous criminal record and tightens the requirements for checking applicants for posts where the employee is working with children and other vulnerable service users- Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which is designed to improve the response of the justice system to domestic abuse and to recognise the different forms domestic abuse may take in addition to physical violence, eg coercive control and psychological abuseStudents studying for a degree in social work, as well as those in the profession, will benefit from this up to date guide.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Scottish General Practice and Scottish Law online services.

This volume explores the state of representative democracy on the global stage. It does this against the backdrop of crises such as the USA Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, recent refusals to accept election results in various countries, and recent attempts to restrict the voting franchise, as well as longer-term trends such as the rise of populism and declining trust in political elites. The first substantive chapter examines representative democracy in theory, history and practice today. Taking the representative model as their point of departure, the subsequent chapters explore a range of themes in relation to this model.The contributions include timely reappraisals of democracy in countries, such as the United Kingdom and United States, with old, well-established democratic structures as well as analyses of the state of democracy in regions, such as Africa, Asia and South America, where democracy has had a more chequered history. Across all of its chapters, the book invites readers to rethink fundamental questions about representative democracy: Why is it valuable? How should it be organized? Do steps need to be taken to strengthen representative democracy, and if so, what are those steps? The volume's target audience - politicians, public servants and interested members of the public - will be provided with arguments and evidence to form their own views at a time when the ideals and practices of representative democracy are being challenged around the world, and new ideas and initiatives to revitalise it are being debated and implemented.

A critical analysis of issues posed by the changes to the governance of charities and charity law in Australia, New Zealand, and England.

Explores the connection between proportionality and the moral concept of freedom from a variety of philosophical perspectives.

A team of experts chart how the uses of the trust in the Asia-Pacific region converge and diverge to give a full understanding of how it might develop in the future.

This book examines the relationship between International Environmental Law and Human Rights Law regarding the protection of the environment in times of occupation. It will be a valuable resource for researchers in the field of environmental law, human rights law and humanitarian law.

This book explores the prospects of a global labour law system. It deals with both international labour law and regulatory instruments of different kinds, such as social clauses in international trade treaties or corporate codes of conduct, transnational collective bargaining, and EU directives on due diligence.

It argues for an intensely humanist engagement with the company and presents a model of company regulation that is compatible with the protection, respect for and fulfilment of human rights. A thought-provoking volume for scholars in the disciplines of human rights law and corporate governance, as well as policymakers and regulators.

This book makes a critical intervention into debates about journalism and the crisis in local news. Interrogating the history and current practice of court coverage in the UK, the author argues for its importance as a central feature of both open justice and public interest reporting.

The original approach of this book combines juridical, economic and technical expertise to find a common language in order to debate the specific issues that affect Public Administrations across the world. It takes into account sectoral specificities, reinforced by recent global events such as wars, natural disasters and populism.

This book is a transnational history of European weapons law that utilises the law and primary sources to trace the development from early portable firearms to modern day weapons.

First published in 1937, Prison from Within is a first-person account of a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen months for fraud.