Justice, law and human rights
There is no uniform adoption and application of an international set of rules upholding what is ‘right’ to protect society’s most vulnerable.
Disparities exist within and between countries; killings and enforced disappearances of human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists persist despite international scrutiny and condemnation; unsecured rights for ethnic minorities, marginalised peoples, the young and the differently abled all illustrate that there is little room for complacency within the arenas of law and justice.
Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities and Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, our publishing in this area examines how the law is responding, or failing to respond, to these issues in a global context.
Bristol University Press and Policy Press are signed up to the UN SDG Publishers Compact. In Justice, law and human rights, we aim to address the following goals:
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation
Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
This essential reference book offers best practice strategies for practitioners, researchers and policy makers working on deradicalisation and preventing violent extremism.
Victim-Centred Peacemaking
Colombia’s Santos-FARC-EP Peace Process
This book explores how survivors of political violence in Colombia have asserted themselves and challenged those in power. Drawing on interviews and various academic disciplines, the book proposes a victim-centered approach to transitional justice, valuable for both researchers and practitioners.
- ForthcomingHardbackGBP 85.00 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUBGBP 29.99
The Complexities of Human Trafficking and Exploitation
The Circles of Analysis
Written by an experienced practitioner, this book offers a unique model to assist professionals and researchers working to prosecute and prevent trafficking and modern slavery.
- ForthcomingPaperbackGBP 24.99 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUBGBP 24.99
What Is Counterterrorism For?
Focusing on the costs of counterterrorism, this book takes a global view to understand what is done in the name of our safety.
- ForthcomingPaperbackGBP 8.99 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUBGBP 8.99
The Kindness Fix
How and Why We Must Build a More Compassionate Society
The help we give to others can be more effective and more just if we cultivate greater levels of compassion. Jason Wood reviews the research and talks to experts from across the world to make the moving case for greater compassion in public life.
- ForthcomingPaperbackGBP 12.99 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUBGBP 9.99
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland
This compelling book underscores the significance of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, making a significant contribution to the literature and proposing recommendations on how it could enhance both its efficiency and its reputation.
- Currently not availableEPUB
Adult Social Care Law and Policy
Lessons from the Pandemic
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
The pandemic exposed weaknesses in adult social care, putting people who draw on services in more precarious positions. This book explores the impact of emergency laws and operational changes, providing solutions for improving laws and regulations going forwards.
- ForthcomingPaperbackGBP 27.99 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUB
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The Adult Safeguarding Practice Handbook 2e
The second edition of this best-selling book provides an essential guide to best practice in adult safeguarding. It has been updated to include recent legislation, guidance and research-based developments and relates them to useful practice examples.
- ForthcomingPaperbackGBP 22.99 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUBGBP 22.99
British Legal Reform
An Agenda for Change
Organised by the Society of Labour Lawyers, the Labour Party’s legal think tank, this book is a manifesto for change that showcases new policy ideas for the next government. It is a must-have collection of new insights into how a Labour government can renew Britain.
- ForthcomingPaperbackGBP 14.99 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUBGBP 14.99
Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy
This edited collection brings together a range of academics, practitioners and organisations to consider the implications of recent case law around consent in sexual relationships on the day-to-day lives of people with cognitive impairments.
- ForthcomingHardbackGBP 80.00 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUBGBP 27.99
Embodying Irish Abortion Reform
Bodies, Emotions, and Feminist Activism
This book explores the experiences of people affected by Ireland's constitutional abortion ban. Through in-depth research and interviews, the author uncovers how the 8th Amendment led women and gestating people live their bodies as "future aborting bodies," and how the need to ‘prepare’ for crisis pregnancies shaped everyday practices.
- ForthcomingHardbackGBP 80.00 Pre-order
- Currently not availableEPUBGBP 27.99
Property in Contemporary Capitalism
This timely book contributes to discussions about the nature of property and capital in an era dominated by neoliberalism and resource privatization.
Raising broad questions about the distribution of wealth and wealth inequality, this timely book will set the agenda in modern property theory.
Exploring police corruption in conflict-stricken states by Danny Singh
Educational violence, police ferocity and the erasure of Black girls by Mawule A. Sevon and LaTrice L. Dowtin
The hidden scourge of modern slavery by Gary Craig
Human rights: the battle between concept and understanding by Albie Sachs