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This month, Bloomsbury Collections features titles on topics in law. Explore the titles below to learn about law in different areas of study and culture.
On the Law of Speaking Freely tackles the most pressing problems of contemporary free speech law by examining where the idea of free expression came from in the first place, applying the lessons of the past to address the challenges of the present, from English common law to the European Convention on Human Rights via the US First Amendment.
In rescuing free speech from the culture wars in which it has become embroiled, Adam Tomkins restates its values, its complexities and its enduring importance. Even-handed, informed and authoritative, this is a major, timely work from one of the UK’s leading constitutional scholars.
Read this chapter to learn more about the legal right to speak freely.
This book examines the dynamics between copyright law and music borrowing within a rich diversity of global music genres. It evaluates how copyright laws under different generic conventions may influence, or are influenced by, time-honoured creative borrowing practices.
Leading experts from around the world scrutinise a carefully selected range of musical genres, including pop, hip-hop, jazz, blues, electronic and dance music, as well as a diversity of region-specific genres, such as Jamaican music, River Plate Tango, Irish folk music, Hungarian folk music, Flamenco, Australian indigenous music, Maori music and many others.
This chapter reviews the well-known case in which former Beatle, George Harrison, was sued for copyright infringement.
Political Control of America’s Courts provides a deeply researched account of the relationship between America's judicial branch—which is supposed to view law through a nonpartisan lens—and the partisanship that is such a notorious factor in the nation's other two branches of government. Is political combat over judicial nominations worse than ever before? What impact is the politicization of the courts having on public faith in the legitimacy of the courts and our wider political system? This work will provide insights into these questions and more.
Explore this chapter tackling questions about public perception of the American Courts.
This book champions the work of women in legal history, and their contributions to both the discipline and feminist activism over nearly two centuries. It considers women in academia, which was, in theory, open to women before they could become lawyers in most European countries. And it considers women working beyond the academy: many studied legal history in other ways; in local history societies, through archival work, and via activism.
Read this chapter about two women who faced a legal battle because of the actions of the man they had married and how that ultimately led to a reform of matrimonial law.
This book analyses the nexus between land access and the extractive industries in Africa, specifically highlighting the gaps in energy, land and mining laws and the practical solutions needed to settle the increasing number of land disputes in resource-rich areas. Drawing from the author’s fieldwork research, this book addresses the important question of whether the different land tenure systems, coupled with administration and registration procedures, are adequate to address the increasing land disputes in oil and mineral-rich African countries.
Check out this chapter for an overview on land law and extractives in Africa.
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