2026_Law_Catalogue

Law

Comparative law

Constitution-Building

After the Arab Spring

A Comparative Perspective

Francesco, Biagi | Università di Bologna

The book examines seven national experiences of constitution building after the Arab Spring, namely those of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. The book focuses on constitution-drafting, separation of powers, constitutional justice, and religion, women and non-Muslims within the framework of citizenship.

ASCL Studies in Comparative Law

340pp

Jan. 2025 9781009533645 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009533669

Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy

Legal Approaches in Comparative Context

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. | University of Alabama

Dis- and misinformation propagated across traditional and social media clearly undermines democracy – yet so does repressing political speech in the name of truth. This book brings together legal experts from democracies worldwide to explore the challenges of balancing free speech and combatting dis- and misinformation.

430pp

Competition law, anti-trust law

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Confucian Culture and Competition Law in East Asia

Jingyuan, Ma | Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing

This timely book explores the relevance of culture in the development and practice of competition law in East Asia, shedding light on differences that may present challenges to deeper convergence of competition laws between East and West. Interested readers will include legal scholars, practitioners and competition agency officials.

432pp

Jan. 2025 9781009373289 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009373272

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The Making of the Chinese Civil Code

Promises and Persistent Problems

Hao, Jiang | Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan

A group of leading comparative private law scholars from Europe, United States, and China came together and studied the new Chinese Civil Code from a comparative and cross-disciplinary perspective.

347pp

Apr. 2025 9781108738569 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781108762342

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Global Food Value Chains and Competition Law

Ioannis, Lianos | University College London

The idea of a chain of production that straddles the boundaries of national states is central to understanding the workings of the global economy; this book focuses on how a range of countries at different stages of development and regulatory capability deal with the regulation of food production and distribution.

Global Competition Law and Economics Policy

662pp

Jun. 2025 9781009336635 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009336611

Feb. 2025 9781108454308 Paperback GBP 40.99 / USD 44.99

eISBN 9781108554947

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Populism and Antitrust

The Illiberal Influence of Populist Government on the Competition Law System

Maciej, Bernatt | University of Warsaw Faculty of Management

This book analyses the state of competition law in the current crisis of liberal democracies and free markets. It proposes a framework within which the influence of populists' governments on competition law systems can be studied, and thus sheds light on the relationship between democracy, free markets, and competition law.

Global Competition Law and Economics Policy

276pp

Feb. 2025 9781108710992 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.00

eISBN 9781108609548

Regulating Competition in the Digital Network Industry

Jasper, van den Boom | Leiden University

This book presents a new view of digital competition. Digital incumbents have taken over the access points for competition in the digital network industry. Regulating Competition in the Digital Network Industry proposes a novel regulatory framework to open up digital markets and introduce meaningful competition.

Global Competition Law and Economics Policy 280pp

Jan. 2026 9781009671699 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009671712

Toward an Inframarginal Revolution

Redistributing the Gains from Trade

Ramsi A. Woodcock | University of Kentucky

This book makes the case that radical wealth redistribution can be carried out without preventing consumers from buying the products they wish to buy or otherwise reducing the efficiency of the economy. It is ideal for lawyers, economists, and other readers looking to intervene in the market to redistribute wealth.

528pp

Sep. 2025 9781009306775 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 160.00

eISBN 9781009306720

Constitutional and administrative law, public law

Alter-Native Constitutionalism

Common-ing 'Common' Law, Transforming Property in South Africa

Sindiso, Mnisi | University of Massachusetts, Boston

This book offer 'Alter-Native Constitutionalism,' which is distinguished by equitable amalgamation of customary and common law with vernacular law, as a more compelling and just model for South Africa to adopt in its future. It contributes to international debates about the role of law in postcolonialism and and economic redistribution.

Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law

290pp

Constitutionalizing the Private Sphere

A Comparative Inquiry

Christina R. Bambrick | University of Notre Dame, Indiana

This book offers a new theoretical take on clashes of rights between private actors, or the 'horizontal application' of rights. It will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences and humanities, particularly those studying law and politics, the relationship between government and civil society, and the public-private divide.

Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law 320pp

Feb. 2025 9781009293730 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009293723

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Courting Constitutionalism

Dec. 2025 9781009311915 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00

eISBN 9781009311939

Constitutional Intolerance

The Fashioning of the Other in Europe's Constitutional Repertoires

Mariëtta D. C. van der Tol | University of Oxford

This book offers a deeper reflection on intolerance in politics and society today. It explains why the representation and visibility of minorities has historically been contested, and why constitutional law is so important to protect them today. Examples come from across the liberal-illiberal divide: France, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Poland.

Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy

192pp

The Politics of Public Law and Judicial Review in Pakistan

Moeen, Cheema | Australian National University, Canberra

This book is of immense relevance to anyone interested in the history of public law, constitutional politics, legal system and state structure in Pakistan. It is also of significant interest to the scholars of the judicial power, comparative constitutional law, constitutionalism in Asia and comparative administrative law.

Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law

288pp

Jan. 2025 9781009473958 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009473927

Constitutional Reforms in China

Past, Present, Future

Qianfan, Zhang | Peking University, Beijing

The reformist perspective, focusing on the internal dynamism and weakness of the Chinese society, may also have an impact on China's international relations and the strategies that the major powers adopt toward China.

Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy

344pp

Jan. 2025 9781009504119 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009504126

Feb. 2025 9781108927451 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 44.99

eISBN 9781108913065

Governance of a Party-state

Corruption, Law, and the Modus Operandi of the Chinese Communist Party Ling, Li | Universität Wien, Austria

This essential study penetrates the black box of decision-making in China's party-state. As the culmination of two decades of research it decodes Party rules and synthesizes concrete practices to reveal identifiable patterns of individual and institutional choices in corruption, anti-corruption investigations and power struggles at the Politburo. 366pp

Sep. 2025 9781009275002 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009275033

Government Accountability Value Pack 2

Principles 3rd ed + Sources & Materials 2nd ed Second edition

Judith, Bannister | Flinders University of South Australia

This value pack includes: Government Accountability: Australian Administrative Law, 3rd edition, and Government Accountability Sources & Materials: Australian Administrative Law, 2nd edition.

1180pp

Sep. 2025 9781009167871 2 Paperback books GBP 125.00 / USD 165.00

Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy

Genesis, Theory, Legacies

Sandrine, Baume

This volume revisits Hans Kelsen's reflections on the core principles of democratic institutions, such as judicial review, minority protection, and the moderation of power. His observations on the crisis and collapse of democracies during the 1930s remain strikingly relevant. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law

344pp

Dec. 2025 9781009230377 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00 eISBN 9781009230360

In the Shadow of the Constitution

The Micropolitics of Constitutional Contestation in Cambodia

Benjamin, Lawrence | University of Durham

This is the first in-depth study of constitutional law and politics in Cambodia, based on ethnographic insights and case-studies that offer a novel approach to understanding the importance of constitutions worldwide – particularly in non-democratic contexts – from the bottom up.

Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy

320pp

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The Collaborative Constitution

Aileen, Kavanagh | Trinity College Dublin

Using a theoretical and comparative perspective, Aileen Kavanagh argues that protecting rights in a constitutional democracy is a collaborative enterprise between all three branches of government: the Executive, legislature, and courts. With examples from multiple jurisdictions, this book documents the dynamics of collaborative constitutionalism.

Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law, 38 510pp

Dec. 2025 9781009309493 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009309486

Law and Constitutional Change

David, Capper | Queen's University Belfast

Examines the role that law plays when countries experience a major constitutional upheaval and the interaction of law and politics in history across different legal jurisdictions with different legal traditions. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

370pp

Jun. 2025 9781108717533 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 44.99

eISBN 9781108680929

The Efficacy of Judicial Review

The Rule of Law and the Promise of Independent Courts

Amanda, Driscoll | Florida State University

Constitutional courts are democracy's guardians, yet their ability to withstand challenges to their authority is tenuous. Using surveys fielded in the US, Germany, Poland, and Hungary, this book demonstrates that a court's efficacy depends crucially on both its independence and citizens' support for the rule of law.

Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy

308pp

Sep. 2025 9781009797740 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00

eISBN 9781009797733

The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory

Richard, Bellamy | University College London

The book is aimed at students and scholars of law, politics and philosophy. Of unprecedented breadth, it offers both a survey of, and an original contribution to, the field by some the world's leading scholars of constitutional theory.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

1256pp

Sep. 2025 9781009388924 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009388948

The Failures of Others

Justifying Institutional Expansion in Comparative Public and International Law

Michaela, Hailbronner | University of Münster

This book offers a new legal account of arguments from failure --arguments that an institution must expand its powers because another institution is failing in some way 'to do its job'.

Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law, 41 270pp

Apr. 2025 9781108491310 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 200.00

eISBN 9781108868143

Oct. 2025 9781009646666 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009646659

Contract law

The Rebirth of Contract

Putting Promissory Estoppel to the Sword Eric, Alden | Northern Kentucky University This book provides judges, academics and students with proof that the contract law doctrine of 'promissory estoppel' was artificially invented and historically unprecedented; economic and moral grounds for repudiating promissory estoppel; and an analytic framework for deciding 'promissory estoppel cases' with the tools of traditional contract law.

300pp

Dec. 2025 9781009367615 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009367622

Corporate law, commercial law, company law

A Legal Theory of StateOwned Enterprises

The China Experience

James Si, Zeng | The University of Hong Kong

The privatization of state-owned enterprises is fundamentally a process of legalization rather than liberalization. It requires defining the boundaries between public power and private property, which incurs considerable social costs. The persistence of SOEs in certain sectors in China reflects the challenges inherent in making these distinctions.

250pp

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Reinventing Insolvency Law in Emerging Economies

Dec. 2025 9781009457682 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009457736

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Contemporary Australian Corporate Law

Third edition

Stephen, Bottomley | Australian National University, Canberra

Contemporary Australian Corporate Law is a well-established foundational text that explores the rules, doctrines and policies governing corporations and financial markets in detail, including the history and context in which they are established, how they are developed and how they will continue to evolve in the future.

814pp

Sep. 2025 9781009448215 Paperback GBP 95.00 / USD 115.00

eISBN 9781009448208

Incentive Bargaining and Corporate Governance

Comparative Enterprise Law among the US, Japan, and China

Zenichi, Shishido | Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

This comparative picture of enterprise law, markets and social norms of the three leading economies shows how the interrelated effects of various laws, markets and norms affect the incentives of each participant and how these shapes the accepted business practices in a country, and in turn, the broader business system.

Elements in Psychology and Culture

273pp

Nov. 2025 9781009152785 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00

eISBN 9781009152808

Optimizing Public Interests through Competitive Tendering

Concept, Context and Challenges

Chris, Jansen | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

This book discusses and connects the legal aspects of competitive tendering of public contracts, authorisations, subsidies and public assets. It targets on public authorities, legislators, courts and academics and explains the impact of the legal framework on the ability of governments to achieve the public interests they pursue.

Aurelio, Gurrea-Martínez | Singapore Management University

This book analyses how and why insolvency law in emerging economies needs to be reinvented. It also explores the role of insolvency law in the promotion of economic growth as well as the similarities and divergences in the design of insolvency laws around the world.

340pp

Nov. 2025 9781009431705 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009431743

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Social Enterprises in Asia

A New Legal Form

Ernest, Lim | National University of Singapore

The first and only book to provide a legal analysis of social enterprises in Asia from a critical and comparative perspective. This indispensable work advances a comprehensive and nuanced legal framework for social enterprises, allowing policymakers and regulators to evaluate, design and implement the laws and regulations on social enterprises.

International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation

214pp

Jun. 2025 9781108947756 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781108937313

The Cambridge Handbook of EU Sustainable Finance

Regulation, Supervision and Governance

Kern, Alexander | University of Zurich

This book addresses the need for updated knowledge on finance's role in delivering sustainability within and outside the European Union. It caters to scholars, policymakers, and practitioners who aim for a greener world, a more equitable society, and better-managed corporations.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

808pp

451pp

Apr. 2025 9781009443777 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 160.00

eISBN 9781009443739

Feb. 2025 9781009483940 Hardback GBP 150.00 / USD 195.00

eISBN 9781009483971

Unfinished Business

Two Decades with the EU Takeover Directive

Susan, Emmenegger | University of Bern

The EU Takeover Directive was adopted in 2004. This book offers an understanding of its historical evolution, its practical impact, and potential future developments. With contributions from leading experts, international comparisons, and case studies, this book is an authoritative guide on takeover law in Europe and beyond.

International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation

400pp

Dec. 2025 9781009654425 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009654432

Criminal law

Core Concepts in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

Volume 3

Kai, Ambos | Georg August Universität Göttingen

This volume uncovers the basic ideas behind concepts of criminal law and procedure, thus elucidating differences as well as similarities among legal systems.

492pp

Jul. 2025 9781316510582 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 135.00

eISBN 9781009038126

Law and Inhumanity

Dehumanization, Silent Claims and Atrocity Crimes

Luigi, Corrias | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Law and Inhumanity is the first sustained study of the invocation of humanity in the discourse on atrocity crimes and dehumanization. While focusing on philosophical aspects of international criminal justice, the book also draws on several case studies to highlight its key theoretical points.

Law in Context

152pp

Terror on Trial

An Ethnography of French Courts

Sharon, Weill | The American University of Paris, France

Based on hundreds of French terror trials including the 'trials for history'-this book explores how counterterrorism justice is shaped in French courts. Through courtroom immersion and interviews with judicial actors, it identifies three generations of trials, offering original insights into the evolving role of French courts in terrorism cases. Cambridge Studies in Law and Society 200pp 15 b/w illus.

Jul. 2025 9781009418980 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009418973

Minds, Freedoms and Rights

On Neurorehabilitation in Criminal Justice

Sjors, Ligthart | Utrecht University

Examines the possibilities offered by cognitive sciences in conducting risk assessments and management. This book informs lawyers, ethicists, and policymakers about the implications of negative and positive human rights for neurorehabilitation in criminal justice.?This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Law and the Cognitive Sciences

280pp

Jan. 2026 9781009333221 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009333214

The

Boundaries of Blame

Towards a Universal Partial Defence for the Criminal Law

Louise, Kennefick | University of Glasgow

Brings social justice to criminal responsibility through a 'real person' approach to blaming people. It is essential reading for researchers and scholars of criminal law and justice across common law jurisdictions. It appeals to general readers interested in reform, proposing how law can blame in a fairer way.

342pp

Nov. 2025 9781009486330 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009486309

Rethinking Criminal Justice

Punishment, Abolition and Moral Psychology

Alan, Norrie | University of Warwick Criminal justice is in crisis. Retributive blame and punishment lead only to more violence, wasted lives and an incessant 'crime problem'. Norrie shows how a moral psychology of guilt and forgiveness addresses violation in a fundamentally different way. A mature retributive theory is abolitionist in its implications. Law in Context

346pp

Aug. 2025 9781009386104 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009386142

The

Cambridge

Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations

Vanessa, Franssen | Université de Liège, Belgium

This book addresses academics, practitioners, policymakers and other stakeholders interested in digital evidence gathering and cooperation with service providers in criminal investigations. Taking a comparative approach, it discusses crucial transversal questions and offers profound insights on balancing privacy and needs for effective enforcement. Cambridge Law Handbooks

608pp

Jan. 2025 9781316511275 Hardback GBP 175.00 / USD 225.00

eISBN 9781009049771

Jun. 2025 9781108478878 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781108781329

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The Cambridge Handbook of Race and Surveillance

Michael, Kwet | Yale University, Connecticut and University of Johannesburg

In this handbook, leading scholars in criminology, critical race studies, history, indigenous studies, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology study the intersections of surveillance and race. The volume examines the latest surveillance technologies and connects them to present-day issues of racial justice around the world.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

340pp

Aug. 2025 9781009696975 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99

eISBN 9781108241304

Dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration

Adjudicating over Anarchy

Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law

Geraldo, Vidigal | University of Amsterdam

This book examines how international courts use their judicial powers to influence real-world outcomes. Beyond interpreting rules and applying obligations, international courts can deploy various distinctive remedies, determine what wrongdoer states must do to restore lawful conduct, and establish what others can do to enforce their rulings.

Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law, 195

400pp

Dec. 2025 9781107160255 Hardback GBP 140.00 / USD 190.00

eISBN 9781316673072

Vanishing Legal Justice

The Changing Role of Judges in an Era of Settlements and Plea Bargains

Michal, Alberstein | Bar-Ilan University, Israel

To date, most cases settle in both civil and criminal justice. The traditional trial-focused role of judges has vastly changed, remaining largely unformulated. This book uncovers today's judicial role through multiple research methods, and will be an invaluable resource for researchers in jurisprudence and criminal justice, and practitioners. 213pp

Apr. 2025 9781316517994 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009049313

Environmental law

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Complexity Economics for Environmental Governance

Jean-François, Mercure | The World Bank

This book reframes environmental policy from the bottom up to provide new theories of microeconomics, macroeconomics, innovation and environmental governance. It will be useful for decision-makers in government and business and scholars and graduate students in the field of environmental economics and policy. Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance

488pp

Feb. 2025 9781108451116 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.00

eISBN 9781108553650

Environmental Rights for Future Generations

Bridget, Lewis | Queensland University of Technology

The book will be of value to academics, lawyers and policy-makers wanting to improve the application of international human rights law to future environmental problems. It suggests new interpretations of human rights law and principles and illustrates how these could be used in relation to specific environmental challenges.

262pp

Sep. 2025 9781009574198 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009574174

Racial Justice in American Land Use

Craig Anthony (Tony), Arnold | University of Louisville

This book is essential for readers interested in American land use, fairness, and the past, present, and future of racial justice struggles in the US. It advocates for systemic changes to American land use to address persistent injustice, over a century after racial zoning was invalidated.

350pp

Sep. 2025 9781108477802 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781108774970

Regulating a Thousand Cuts

Global Law

and

Policy

Solutions to

Cumulative Environmental Problems

Rebecca, Nelson | University of Melbourne

Applying findings from interdisciplinary research, this book offers an optimistic, solution-oriented resource for researchers, policymakers and advocates working to improve our laws for the environment. Laws can help us to clarify what we care about, reveal cumulative threats to it and do something about those threats – together.

309pp

Sep. 2025 9781316515105 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009091930

The Cambridge Handbook of One Health and the Law

Existing Frameworks, Intersections and Future Pathways

Katie, Woolaston | Griffith University, Queensland

This handbook is for policymakers, animal and public health professionals, and environmental advocates seeking to integrate One Health into governance. It offers practical insights, interdisciplinary connections, and innovative strategies to address complex health challenges.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

400pp

Sep. 2025 9781009653718 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 165.00

eISBN 9781009653732

Equity and trusts

Equity and Trusts Value Pack

2 Volume Paperback Set

Equity & Trusts 3e + A Sourcebook on Equity & Trusts 3e

Third edition

Michael, Bryan | University of Melbourne

A value pack of Equity and Trusts 3rd edition, and A Sourcebook on Equity an Trusts 3rd edition.

1180pp

Sep. 2025 9781009070492 Multiple copy pack Price To be Advised

eISBN 9781009070485

European law

Empirical Legal Studies in EU Law

Daniel, Naurin | University of Oslo

This book explores Empirical Legal Studies in EU law, a field that has experienced a significant rise in interest across Europe and the world. It brings together globally leading scholars as well as rising stars from law and political science to discuss the objectives, potential, and future of the movement.

380pp

Sustainability and EU Migration Law

Jan. 2026 9781009672573 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00 eISBN 9781009672580

European

Constitutionalism

the Other Way Round

From the Periphery to the Centre

Jan, Komárek | University of Copenhagen

Using insights from lawyers, historians and sociologists, the volume shows that the post-1989 transformation concerned both sides of the former Iron Curtain. While post-communist countries had to re-invent themselves on the way to the EU, the old member states and the EU changed too – less visibly, but no less profoundly.

480pp

Dec. 2025 9781009604079 Hardback GBP 130.00 / USD 170.00 eISBN 9781009604093

Governance by Emulation

The Oversight Board, the Digital Services Act, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability

Moritz A. Schramm | New York University By emulating public law, social media giants are reshaping private governance. This book enables readers to understand current and future governance arrangements in industries such artificial intelligence, space exploration, and quantum computing by using content moderation as an example. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy

300pp

Tracing the History of a Contemporary Concept Alezini, Loxa | Lunds Universitet, Sweden Sustainable migration is the new objective of the EU migration policy. But what instruments should be put in place to achieve it and what does it imply for migrants' rights? This book provides the first conclusive research on sustainable migration and its potential legal implications. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy

342pp

May 2025 9781009573146 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009573122

The History of European Union Law

Constitutional Practice, 1950 to 1993

Bill, Davies | American University, Washington DC

This book provides a comprehensive history of EU law from 1950 to 1993. It details the development and partial failure of the EU's contemporary constitutional practice with perspectives from the various institutions of EU governance, their academic and legal allies and the often conflictual responses of the EU member states.

320pp

Mar. 2026 9781009639781 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00 eISBN 9781009639750

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Grasping Legal Time

Temporality and European Migration Law

Martijn, Stronks | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

This book explores the sophisticated ways in which time is used in migration law to control and differentiate the presence of migrants within a certain territory. With legal, philosophical, and socio-cultural analysis of temporality and law, it is an innovative text for lawyers, social scientists and philosophers.

Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies

128pp

Jan. 2025 9781009484046 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781108886574

Jan. 2026 9781009673921 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009673891

Trilogues

The Democratic Secret of European Legislation Giacomo, Rugge | Council of the European Union Provides an account of the European legislative process that does justice to the democratic potential inherent in trilogues. In particular, the book offers a systematic appreciation of the relevant legal sources and draws on the insights of legal and political scholarship.

Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy 252pp

Jan. 2025 9781009445207 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009445238

Financial law, banking law

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A Regulatory Design for Financial Stability in Hong Kong

Evan, Gibson | The University of Hong Kong The book covers a broad range of conventional and innovative regulatory and policy reforms in leading financial centres. This book will be of great interest to financial and legal practitioners, central bankers, regulators, policy makers, finance ministries, scholars, researchers, policy institutes, and think tanks.

338pp

Apr. 2025 9781009012560 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009026130

Central Banking and Sustainability

Kern, Alexander | University of Zürich

This book systematically assesses the role of central banks in matters of sustainability, analysing central bank mandates in different parts of the world, studying different functions and instruments of central banks, and engaging in discussions on what can and should guide central banks as they pursue new sustainability-related objectives.

320pp

Dec. 2025 9781009450416 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00 eISBN 9781009450423

Human rights

Disability, Human Rights, and Contract Law

Eliza, Varney | University of Nottingham

This book explores the link between contract law and human rights. It questions the compatibility of key principles, doctrines and statutory provisions in English contract law with the values pursued by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including autonomy and human dignity. Law in Context

264pp

NEW IN PAPERBACK Health as a Human Right

The Politics and Judicialisation of Health in Brazil

Octávio Luiz Motta, Ferraz | King's College London

This book will appeal to people interested in the effects that recognising health as a human right in law can have on the health conditions of the population. It tells the story of how, against all odds, health became a right in Brazil in 1988 and its effects since then.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society 362pp 56 b/w illus. 6 maps 7 tables

Mar. 2025 9781108729017 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781108678605

International Human Rights Law A Treatise

Ludovic, Hennebel | Aix-Marseille University

Jul. 2025 9781316516638 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00 eISBN 9781009030731

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European Human Rights Grey Zones

The Council of Europe and Areas of Conflict Andrew, Forde | Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway

This book critically examines the effectiveness of the Council of Europe's human rights system in conflict-affected regions. It advances a new approach to understanding how the European Convention on Human Rights can be made more practical and effective for the 10+ million rights-holders living in socalled human rights 'grey zones'.

280pp

This comprehensive volume rigorously examines jurisprudence from UN treaty bodies, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Inter-American and African human rights bodies. Offering a complete and detailed panorama, this volume is an essential resource for understanding the procedures and impact of global human rights protection mechanisms.

1268pp

May 2025 9781108485210 Hardback GBP 175.00 / USD 225.00

eISBN 9781108618830

Making and Breaking the Rules in Business and Human Rights

Claire H. Palmer | Sixth Floor Chambers, Sydney

Jul. 2025 9781009473309 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009473255

Global Business and Local Struggle

Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights

Tim, Connor | University of Newcastle, New South Wales

When transnational business is associated with human rights abuses, are the existing non-judicial mechanisms (NJMs) effective in addressing this problem? Based on interviews with 1100 individuals, this study delves into the practical workings of NJMs in diverse industries and contexts and offers a detailed map of practical actions. Globalization and Human Rights

288pp

Aug. 2025 9781009529396 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009529389

This book illuminates how governments, international organisations, NGOs and and individuals make (and break) the rules in business and human rights. It covers a rich array of examples of rule-making, and introduces a new theoretical framework to assist scholars in understanding trends in the area of business and human rights.

275pp

Dec. 2025 9781108832861 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781108966221

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Patents, Human Rights, and Access to Medicines

Emmanuel Kolawole, Oke

In order to preserve their patent policy space and secure access to affordable medicines for their citizens, Oke argues, developing countries should incorporate a model of human rights into the design, implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of their national patent laws.

184pp

Feb. 2025 9781108458986 Paperback GBP 40.99 / USD 44.99

eISBN 9781108654685

Statelessness in Asia

Michelle, Foster | University of Melbourne

This book fills a critical gap in understanding statelessness in Asia, offering a unique interdisciplinary and comprehensive set of perspectives. This book brings case studies and expertise together to explore this important issue and offers new insights as to what it means to be, de facto and de jure, stateless.

401pp

Jan. 2025 9781009399593 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 135.00 eISBN 9781009399555

The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought

Patrick, O'Callaghan | University College Cork

The right to freedom of thought is a fundamental right that also provides a foundation for other rights such as expression, religion, and privacy. This book is essential reading for international human rights students, practitioners, and scholars in understanding how to protect this fundamental freedom in the face of new technologies.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

413pp

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Domestic Courts

Meda, Couzens | Western Sydney University

An essential resource bringing fresh perspectives to the study of the judicial application of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child within domestic legal systems. The relationship between domestic and international law is considered through the application of the Convention by courts in four jurisdictions.

369pp

Mar. 2025 9781009539647 Hardback GBP 135.00 / USD 175.00 eISBN 9781009539616

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The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

Léo, Heller

Written by a former UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, this book draws on extensive research in the field. It covers theoretical, conceptual, and practical aspects of the theme, in a coherent analysis of elements that influence or are influenced by these human rights.

Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance

452pp

Feb. 2025 9781108940467 Paperback GBP 40.99 / USD 44.99

eISBN 9781108938679

The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment under International Law

Stuart, Casey-Maslen | University of Johannesburg

This book describes what torture is and how international law has sought to outlaw the practice. Torture is not only inflicted upon those in detention but may also occur while policing protests. Increasingly, torturers can be prosecuted for acts they perpetrate anywhere in the world.

405pp

Jan. 2025 9781108833714 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781108981163

NEW IN PAPERBACK Through Thin and Thick

ángel R. Oquendo | University of Connecticut

This book explores the relationship between principles and policies within Human Rights. It will be of interest to anybody in human rights, whether a professor or student, an actor or analyst, or a concerned person from a legal, philosophical, politically scientific, sociological, historical, anthropological, or humanitarian perspective.

Globalization and Human Rights

348pp

Mar. 2025 9781108745635 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781108776288

When

Corporate Accountability meets Transitional Justice

International Law and National Practice

Taygeti, Michalakea | European Law and Governance School, Athens

Today's conflicts are driven by economic factors, yet the responses to them do not reflect this. This book encourages a fresh understanding of how corporations intersect with transitional justice mechanisms. It will interest academics, judicial actors, victims and practitioners in the field of transitional justice and post-conflict reconstruction.

280pp

Apr. 2025 9781009610155 Hardback GBP 120.00 / USD 160.00

eISBN 9781009610162

Dec. 2025 9781009676823 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00

eISBN 9781009676847

Humanitarian law, law of armed conflict

Governing the Past

'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project Maja, Davidović | Cardiff University

This book is for students, scholars, and practitioners who care about durable peace, are interested in learning about how the famous 'Never Again' promise becomes meaningful for people who survived the worst atrocities imaginable and wish to be inspired about different models of ensuring that such atrocities are not repeated.

234pp

Aug. 2025 9781009583930 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009583923

Identifying Non-International Armed Conflict

International Law and Practice

Nathan, Derejko | University of Manitoba, Canada

Derejko provides a forensic examination of the concept of Non-International Armed Conflict, drawing on the drafting history of the Geneva Conventions, subsequent judicial practice, and the contemporary practice of states and non-state actors. This book is essential reading for international law academics, students and practitioners.

224pp

Dec. 2025 9781108844321 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00 eISBN 9781108943628

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Public and Private Governance of Cybersecurity

Challenges and Potential

Tomoko, Ishikawa | Nagoya University, Japan

As the Internet increasingly affects how we live and work, the challenges posed by borderless cybersecurity threats remain largely unaddressed. This book examines cybersecurity challenges, governance responses to them, and their limitations, engaging an interdisciplinary approach combining legal and international relations disciplines.

330pp

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Injunctions in Patent Law

Trans-Atlantic Dialogues on Flexibility and Tailoring

Jorge L. Contreras | University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

Patents incentivize the creation and dissemination of new technical solutions and help to disclose their working to the public in exchange for limited exclusivity. Injunctions are vital tools for patent enforcement. This book explains how the drafting, tailoring and enforcement of injunctions in patent law works in several leading jurisdictions.

362pp

Oct. 2025 9781009374583 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781009374576

Trials

and

Penal Sanctions by Non-State Armed Groups

Between Rough Justice and Rebel Rule of Law

Hannes, Jöbstl | Council of Europe Armed insurgents such as Hamas, Islamic State, or the FARC frequently establish their own judicial systems to resolve disputes, impose penal sanctions and implement social control in their territory. This book describes the international law rules applicable to the establishment of courts and conduct of penal proceedings by such groups.

282pp

Feb. 2025 9781108812955 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.00

eISBN 9781108891103

Intellectual Property and the Human Rights of Companies in Europe

Aurora, Plomer | University of Bristol

This book is the first comprehensive account of the origins and rationale for the grant of human rights to companies in the European Convention on Human Rights and the Court's protection of corporations' intellectual property rights.

212pp

Nov. 2025 9781009621540 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009621557

Intellectual property

NEW IN PAPERBACK

Adventures in Childhood

Intellectual Property, Imagination and the Business of Play

Volume 60

Jose, Bellido | University of Kent, Canterbury

Adventures in Childhood looks at the business of play and the development of modern intellectual property rights as they evolved in the twentieth century. In doing so, the book explores the paradoxical relationship between exploitation and innocence and the controversies that underpin the construction of the child as a consumer.

Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law

332pp

Feb. 2025 9781108725347 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.00

eISBN 9781108641968

Aug. 2025 9781108841771 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781108894883

Music Contracts in the Streaming Age

Law and Policy in the European Union and the United Kingdom

Jozefien, Vanherpe | KU Leuven (Belgium)

This book is for anyone who wants to know how the music streaming industry works, how the law seeks to counter the weaker bargaining position of musicians when they enter into a contract with a label or a music publisher and how we can make the contractual playing-field more level.

Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law

376pp

Jan. 2025 9781009394703 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009394666

The Materiality of Literature

Rereading Authorship and Copyright with Kant

Benjamin, Goh | National University of Singapore

Goh studies the material form of Kant's 'On the Wrongfulness of Reprinting' (1785) for its implications on authorship in the German Enlightenment and the digital present. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law

200pp

Dec. 2025 9781009654319 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009654296

International economic and trade law, WTO law

Digitalisation, New Technologies and International Investment Law

Panos, Delimatsis | Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands

Beyond the interest that this book will generate in the academia, it will become essential reading and a reference for regulators, policy makers and practitioners as well as for advanced students of international economic law, international investment law, public international law, law, regulation, economics and international relations. Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law

360pp

Nov. 2025 9781009646161 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009646185

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Energy

and the Environment

Exploring the Nexus under International Economic Law

Sherzod, Shadikhodjaev | KDI School of Public Policy and Management

Shows how international economic law addresses climate and environmental issues associated with the unsustainable energy production and use across countries. This book will appeal to scholars, researchers, policymakers, students and others interested in renewables, decarbonization, energy efficiency, energy trade and investment law.

386pp

Oct. 2025 9781009045469 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009042239

Globalization in Latin America

The Law, Politics and Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements

Manfred, Elsig | Universität Bern, Switzerland

This book is for students, experts, government officials, business representatives and civil society interested in a balanced and rigorous assessment on the role of preferential trade agreements in Latin America. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

346pp

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Improving Procedural Justice in Anti-Dumping Investigations

Lessons from the US and EU Practices Against China

Abdulkadir, Yilmazcan | The University of Hong Kong

By combining theory and practice, this book seeks to highlight the gap between WTO's ADA and the real-life experiences of exporters, regulators, and WTO lawyers. The improvement of procedural justice by means of a revision of the ADA or a standard anti-dumping questionnaire would reduce the abusive use of antidumping investigations.

292pp

Oct. 2025 9781009450928 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009450904

International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development

Lawmaking and Accountability

Johanna Aleria P. Lorenzo | Universiteit van Amsterdam

To broaden understanding about international economic law and sustainable development, the book examines how the law of international financial institutions (IFIs) treats 'non-economic' issues. It dissects IFIs' environmental and social policies, the independent accountability mechanisms, and the participation therein of project-affected people.

Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law

269pp

Jun. 2025 9781009568081 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009568067

Jun. 2025 9781009407267 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009407281

Lawyering Imperial Encounters

Negotiating Africa's Relationship with the World Economy

Sara, Dezalay | Université Catholique de Lille

This book revisits the relationship between the African continent and global capitalism since the 19th century Scramble. It provides an unprecedented account of the correlation between the legacy of legal imperialism and British hegemony, and the expansion of finance and international law in the current rush for Africa's 'green' minerals.

Global Law Series

280pp

Jan. 2025 9781009493369 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009493352

Modern Slavery and the Governance of Global Value Chains

Hila, Shamir | Tel-Aviv University

This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core. Provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the links between GVCs governance, regulation, and vulnerability to severe forms of labour market exploitation by focusing on governance initiatives that seek to induce corporate action to end or mitigate modern slavery.

Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains

380pp

Sep. 2025 9781009591089 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00

eISBN 9781009591102

National Security and International Economic Law

Restoring Balance

Olga, Hrynkiv | Tilburg University

This book is for policymakers, legal professionals, and scholars interested in international law, international trade, foreign investments, geopolitics, and security studies. It offers insights into how security exceptions impact international trade and proposes practical reforms.

Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law

380pp

Apr. 2026 9781009649070 Hardback GBP 140.00 / USD 190.00 eISBN 9781009649124

The Concept Design of a Twenty-First Century Preferential Trade Agreement

Trends and Future Innovations

Kathleen, Claussen | Georgetown University, Washington DC

This book is for students, experts, government officials, business representatives and civil society interested in a balanced and science-inspired assessment on the role of preferential trade agreements in today's global trade architecture. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

446pp

NEW IN PAPERBACK Law as Religion, Religion as Law

David C. Flatto | Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Whereas conventional approaches to law and religion regard these as competing domains, this volume explores a vital alternate perspective, which conceives of them as overlapping and interrelated frameworks that structure the social order. The multi-disciplinary essays address political theology, secularism, church-state conflicts, and divine law.

404pp

Mar. 2025 9781009484626 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009484640

The Making of an International Investment Facilitation Framework

Legal, Political and Economic Perspectives

Axel, Berger | German Institute of Development and Sustainability

This book, adopting a multidisciplinary and transregional approach, explores political, legal and economics issues pertaining to the making of the world's first multilateral agreement on investment facilitation in the WTO, including its potential impacts on global development and the reform of the multilateral trading system.

Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law

429pp

Feb. 2025 9781108707923 Paperback GBP 40.99 / USD 44.99

eISBN 9781108760997

Multispecies Legality

Animals and the Foundation of Legal Inclusion

Serrin, Rutledge-Prior | Queens University

This book is for everyone who believes the legal system should do more to protect animals, and who wants a bold account of how we might ensure that it does so. The book will also be of interest to those concerned with the questions of whom the law serves and why.

208pp

Mar. 2025 9781009444088 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009444095

Jurisprudence, legal theory

After the Realist Revolution

Judicial Lawmaking in an Age of Instrumentalist Common Law Jurisprudence

Marin Roger, Scordato | Catholic University of America, Washington DC

This book offers a sophisticated and yet fully accessible account of modern lawmaking by appellate courts. It highlights the many ways in which the current approach to this important societal task is incompatible with the practices and procedures that have remained in place from an earlier era.

202pp

Aug. 2025 9781009526661 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00

eISBN 9781009526654

The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Jurisprudence

Kevin, Tobia | Georgetown University, Washington DC

This volume is the first introduction to 'experimental jurisprudence,' a growing field that addresses legal philosophy's questions with empirical methods. Leading scholars of law, philosophy, and psychology discuss vital philosophical debates about criminal law, legal interpretation, and private law, and cutting-edge topics including law and AI. Cambridge Law Handbooks

756pp

Jun. 2025 9781009170918 Hardback GBP 175.00 / USD 225.00

eISBN 9781009170901

Law (general)

Remedies in Australian Private Law Value Pack

2ed Textbook and 1ed Cases and Materials

Textbook

May 2025 9781009589260 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00 eISBN 9781009589307

Katy, Barnett | University of Melbourne

This bundle includes: Remedies in Australian Private Law, 2nd edition, and Remedies Cases and Materials in Australian Private Law.

1080pp

Sep. 2025 9781009167895 2 Paperback books GBP 160.00 / USD 200.00

Remedies in Australian Private Law VALUE PACK 2

2 Volume Paperback Set

3ed Remedies in Australian Private Law and 1e Remedies Cases and Materials in Australian Private Law

Second edition

Katy, Barnett | University of Melbourne

This value pack includes: Remedies in Australian Private Law, 3rd edition, and Remedies Cases and Materials in Australian Private Law, 1st edition. 1568pp

Sep. 2025 9781009402484 2 Paperback books GBP 155.00 / USD 205.00

eISBN 9781009402477

Law and technology, science, communication

A Datafied Mind

Untangling EU Regulation of Emotion Technology and Neurotechnology

Elisabeth, Steindl

Offering a guide to the EU legal landscape of emotion technology and neurotechnology, the book addresses challenges and opportunities in responsible governance. Aimed at legal scholars, policymakers, ethicists and neuroscientists, it provides insights into the intersection of law, technology, and innovation for future scholarship and policymaking.

280pp

Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons

Madelyn R. Sanfilippo | University of Illinois School of Information Sciences

This volume explores how people experience, produce, and manage misinformation in their everyday lives. Synthesizing three scholarly traditions - everyday life, misinformation, and governing knowledge commons – it presents ten case studies of online and offline communities tackling diverse dilemmas regarding truth and information quality.

Cambridge Studies on Governing Knowledge Commons

292pp

Mar. 2025 9781009255158 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009255165

Sep. 2025 9781009671651 Paperback GBP 32.00 / USD 45.00

Sep. 2025 9781009671620 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 135.00 eISBN 9781009671644

AI versus IP

Rewriting Creativity

Robin, Feldman | University of California Hastings College of Law

This book explores the challenges posed to intellectual property by the rise of AI. It offers insights into potential solutions that balance AI's ongoing development with the protection of intellectual property, arguing that AI and IP can peacefully coexist, but only with careful forethought.

228pp

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Human–Robot Interaction in Law and Its Narratives

Legal Blame, Procedure, and Criminal Law

Sabine, Gless | Universität Basel, Switzerland Robots are with us, but law and legal systems are not ready. This book identifies the issues posed by humanrobot interactions in substantive law, procedural law, and law's narratives, and suggests how to address them. This title is Open Access.

412pp

Aug. 2025 9781009646840 Paperback GBP 30.99 / USD 41.99

Aug. 2025 9781009646864 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00 eISBN 9781009646833

Being Human in the Digital World

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Beate, Roessler | University of Amsterdam

This volume explores the different ways in which digital technologies might change the idea of being human. It investigates how our digitized society could transform the conditions that enable humans to direct their own lives, enjoy flourishing relationships, and be 'worthy of respect' in a networked world.

200pp

Oct. 2025 9781009431484 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009431453

Legal Innovation

Conversations about Technology, the Legal Profession and Societal Change

Felix, Steffek | University of Cambridge Written for experts, students and the general public alike, this book offers a unique perspective on the intersection of technology, the legal profession and societal change. Each chapter takes the form of a lively discussion between experts and students, making the content accessible and engaging for readers of all backgrounds.

262pp

Oct. 2025 9781009383875 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009383851

Feb. 2025 9781009427357 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009427371

Move Slow and Upgrade

The Power of Incremental Innovation

Evan, Selinger | Rochester Institute of Technology, New York

The interdisciplinary case studies in this book show what many suspect, that the self-serving narrative of disruptive innovation doesn't serve us. Instead upgrades - evidence-based, incremental change - promises a better future. We don't have to accept innovation as the status quo, we can upgrade ourselves into a better world.

240pp

Feb. 2026 9781009466578 Hardback GBP 22.00 / USD 27.95

eISBN 9781009466592

Securing Democracies

Defending Against Cyber Attacks and Disinformation in the Digital Age

Scott J. Shackelford | Indiana University, Bloomington

This book assembles a diverse, global set of scholars and practitioners who focus on securing election infrastructure as well as the overriding problem of managing misinformation, disinformation, and deep fakes. Our main areas of focus are the geopolitical front lines, namely Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia.

423pp

Oct. 2025 9781009574136 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009574105

Smart Court

The Court of the Future

Zheng Sophia, Tang | Wuhan University and Newcastle University

This book is an essential resource for legal professionals, scholars, and policymakers seeking to understand the impact of technology on justice systems. It offers a comprehensive guide to the digital transformation of courts, providing valuable insights into global practices, emerging technologies, and future trends in legal processes.

252pp

Sep. 2025 9781009319256 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009319232

The Cambridge Handbook of Algorithmic Price Personalization and the Law

Fabrizio, Esposito | NOVA Law School (Portugal)

This Handbook is the only book covering all aspects of algorithmic price personalization. It is a one-stop reference for the political and legal community interested in digital markets, competition, privacy, and consumer protection. The book will be useful for policymakers, stakeholders, academics, and students working in digital market policy.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

348pp

The

Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law

Mimi, Zou | University of New South Wales, Sydney

This volume is for lawmakers, lawyers, business leaders, and curious minds interested in the legal and regulatory implications of generative AI as the fast-evolving technology is transforming our world. It offers clear and nuanced insights into the challenges of AI for the law, helping readers navigate this complex landscape.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

514pp

Aug. 2025 9781009492584 Hardback GBP 175.00 / USD 225.00

eISBN 9781009492553

The Cambridge Handbook of the Governance of Technology

Roger, Brownsword | King's College London

This book poses a regulatory plan for AI before modern technology becomes too advanced. It makes the world of AI more accessible, explaining the benefits and harms that advanced AI poses to individuals and society. The book examines different approaches to AI regulation and the best way forward.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

328pp

Mar. 2025 9781009367899 Hardback GBP 150.00 / USD 200.00 eISBN 9781009367912

The Cambridge Handbook of Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Commercial Law and Technology

Stacy-Ann, Elvy | University of California, Davis

An authoritative handbook on the intersection of commercial law and technology, addressing pressing social issues and appealing to academics, lawyers, technologists, students, and policymakers around the world.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

508pp

Nov. 2025 9781009522533 Hardback GBP 160.00 / USD 195.00

eISBN 9781009522519

The

Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence

Nathalie A. Smuha | KU Leuven

This book provides an accessible, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary overview of the legal, ethical and policy implications of AI. It covers essential theoretical insights and concepts, offers practical examples of how AI is impacting society today, and examines how this impact is regulated, with a particular focus on Europe.

Cambridge Law Handbooks

460pp

Feb. 2025 9781009279109 Hardback GBP 175.00 / USD 225.00

eISBN 9781009279079

Feb. 2025 9781009367813 Hardback GBP 160.00 / USD 200.00

eISBN 9781009367783

The EU Law on Crypto-Assets

A Guide to European FinTech Regulation

Dirk, Zetzsche | University of Luxembourg

Since the Crypto Winter the regulation of crypto-assets is at the centre of policy action worldwide. This book offers a comprehensive guide to the EU's regulation of crypto-assets. In addition to a chapter-by-chapter guide to MiCA, the book covers the DLT Pilot Regulation, cybersecurity (DORA), anti-money laundering, and private law.

308pp

Mar. 2025 9781009196321 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009196338

The Technosystem of Free Speech

Enriching Fundamental Rights in a Digital Society

Christoph B. Graber | Universität Zürich

This book explains how the fundamental right of freedom of expression is gradually being enriched to cover its technological prerequisites. The book brings together science and technology studies and Luhmann's systems theory and considers these sociological perspectives on law and technology in relation to legal practice. Law in Context

190pp

Dec. 2025 9781009688307 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00 eISBN 9781009688314

Legal history

Extradition and Empire

Sovereignty and Subjecthood in Hong Kong

Ivan, Lee | National University of Singapore

The first book-length study of the history of extradition in Hong Kong, this important account revises our understanding of the legal origins of colonial Hong Kong and British imperialism in China. For students and scholars interested in the history of modern China, legal history, and international law.

Studies in Legal History

260pp

Medical law, health law

After Disability Rights

Confronting Ableism at Life's Margins

Tony, Bogdanoski | University of Sydney Law School

Investigating the problem of disability discrimination at the margins of life and death, Tony Bogdanoski draws on diverse materials, including international human rights law, UN monitoring reports, and chiefly US, UK and Canadian laws to explore how selective reproduction, assisted dying, and drug control impact struggles for disability equality.

Cambridge Bioethics and Law

270pp

Jul. 2025 9781009356930 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009356961

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The Science of Proof

Forensic Medicine in Modern France

E. Claire, Cage | University of South Alabama

The Science of Proof traces the rise of forensic medicine in modern France and examines its implications for our understanding of expert authority. In analyzing the intersection of law, medicine, and lived experiences, this book will interest historians of medicine, law, and gender.

Studies in Legal History

276pp

Jan. 2026 9781009649971 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009650007

Appearance, Disability and the Law

Hannah, Saunders | Queen Mary University of London

An original analysis of the law on disfigurement equality that will appeal to researchers and students in the area of Disability Studies and Law, Social Policy, Employment Law and HR Practice, as well as organisations supporting people with appearance-altering conditions and Policymakers working in the field of body image and equality.

Cambridge Bioethics and Law

242pp

May 2025 9781009198349 Paperback GBP 25.99 / USD 34.99

eISBN 9781009198356

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Wesley Hohfeld A Century Later

Edited Work, Select Personal Papers, and Original

Commentaries

Shyamkrishna, Balganesh | Columbia Law School

Every law student and legal scholar uses Wesley Hohfeld's ideas whether they realize it or not. This collection offers the first comprehensive, single-stop volume to clarify and examine the value, ubiquity, and import of Hohfeld's work. The book also features newly uncovered personal papers from Hohfeld's family.

554pp

Aug. 2025 9781009605045 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009605076

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Intimations of Mortality

Medical Decision-Making at the End of Life

Barbara A. Reich | Western New England University School of Law

The book explores the reasons why physicians, patients, and families struggle to have the conversations necessary to provide seriously ill and dying patients with medical care consistent with patient preferences.

268pp

Feb. 2025 9781316642733 Paperback GBP 55.99 / USD 59.99

eISBN 9781108131742

Feb. 2025 9781108708326 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.00

eISBN 9781108762595

Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals

Towards Social Justice in Dementia Care

Matilda, Carter | University of Leeds

This book offers the first systematic account of dementia care and accommodation within the discipline of political philosophy, drawing attention to issues of power and social status. It is a vital resource for both academics working on these issues and for those working on public policy in this area.

Cambridge Bioethics and Law

177pp

Oct. 2025 9781009571333 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009571302

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Sharing Linked Data for Health Research

Toward Better Decision Making

Carolyn, Adams | Macquarie University Law School

This book will benefit researchers and research institutions by explaining the regulatory environment for access to government held data for research. The book will also be valuable to government policy makers and decision-makers around the world by providing comparative examples of global best practice to guide reform.

Cambridge Bioethics and Law

278pp

Feb. 2025 9781108445368 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.00

eISBN 9781108675789

The Nature and Limitations of Conscience in Healthcare

Stephen W., Smith | Cardiff University

This book provides a comprehensive theory of conscience as it relates to healthcare decisions. It provides a broad understanding of conscience, along with how it might be coherently regulated to avoid undue burdens on others. It further explores the important roles played by conscientious provision, complicity and institutional conscience.

Cambridge Bioethics and Law

222pp

Property law

Australian Property Law

Principles to Practice

Michael, Nancarrow | Macquarie University, Sydney

Australian Property Law: Principles to Practice is an engaging introduction to property law. Covering substantive law and procedural matters, this textbook presents the law of both personal real property in a contemporary light.

Sep. 2025 9781108490115 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781108785006

Private law

TEXTBOOK FLAG

Remedies in Australian Private Law

Third edition

Katy, Barnett | University of Melbourne

Remedies in Australian Private Law is clearly structured and accessibly written It takes a black-letter law approach to remedies in common law, equity and statute, and develops a framework for understanding the principles of private law remedies and their practical application.

708pp

Australian Property Law details how property law practice continues to be transformed by technology.

830pp

Sep. 2025 9781009067096 Print/online bundle GBP 94.99 / USD 127.00

eISBN 9781009067089

Natural Property Rights

Eric R. Claeys | George Mason University, Virginia

This book introduces a normative theory of property associated with Grotius, Locke, Blackstone, and early American property law. It shows how natural rights shape the main doctrines in Anglo-American property law. It also shows how natural rights guide philosophical reasoning about property, by blending fundamental rights and practical reasoning.

350pp

Apr. 2025 9781009390194 Paperback GBP 89.99 / USD 125.00

eISBN 9781009390170

Apr. 2025 9781108844499 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781108951395

Property Law in China

Transition and Trend

Lei, Chen | University of Durham

Essential for legal practitioners, scholars, and investors, this pioneering book demystifies Chinese property law with comprehensive analysis, real-world case studies, and global comparisons. It's an invaluable resource for understanding, teaching, and navigating the complexities of property law in China.

398pp

Jul. 2025 9781009194129 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009194112

Public international law

A 'Constitution for the Oceans'

The Long Hard Road to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Kirsten, Sellars

This analysis of the making of the UN law of the sea treaties which culminated in the 1982 law of the sea convention uses archival sources to trace the transformation of diverse national interests into international law, and the reshaping of that law over successive international conferences.

372pp

Feb. 2025 9781108840149 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

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International Law vs. National Fundamental Principles

Fulvio Maria, Palombino | Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Federico II'

Examines how national legal systems resolve conflicts between international law and fundamental principles of domestic law. Drawing on nineteen detailed country studies, the national practices of an array of legal systems are analysed and assessed, highlighting the implications for the principle of supremacy of international law. 464pp

Nov. 2025 9781108466028 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108601245

Fifty Years of International Environmental Law

Developments since the 1972 Stockholm Conference

Jonas, Ebbesson | Stockholms Universitet

This book explores the seminal importance of the first UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972 for the development of international environmental law. It charts the development of international environmental law in the areas of nature and biodiversity, chemicals and waste, oceans and water, and atmosphere and climate. 454pp

International Organizations Engaging the World

Jan, Klabbers | University of Helsinki

International organizations have always been exclusively seen as vehicles for their member states, exercising delegated powers. This book demonstrates that this picture is seriously outdated: international organizations address a wide variety of social actors, and this needs to be reflected in the way we think about international organizations.

312pp

Feb. 2026 9781009445771 Hardback GBP 140.00 / USD 190.00 eISBN 9781009445740

Finding a Balance in the Exclusive Economic Zone

Conflict and Stability in the Law of the Sea Zhen, Sun | World Maritime University

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the exclusive economic zone regime over five groups of activities by different States. It will appeal to a broad international audience across academics, students, legal practitioners, governments and international ogranisations. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

415pp

Dec. 2025 9781009536219 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

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Intervening in International Justice

Third States before Courts and Tribunals

Brian, McGarry | Universiteit Leiden

The book engages scholars of public international law, international organizations, international courts and tribunals, and civil procedure. It synthesizes historical research and applies comparative methodologies to practical questions relevant to international judicial institutions and government lawyers, particularly in developing nations.

Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

352pp

Dec. 2025 9781009201605 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00

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Jan. 2025 9781009471305 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

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Indigenous Peoples Inspiring Sustainable Development

Implementing UNDRIP through International Law and Covenants

Marie-Claire, Cordonier Segger | University of Montreal

Mandatory Cooperation Under International Law

Evan J. Criddle | College of William and Mary, Virginia

This book challenges conventional wisdom by showing that international law requires states to cooperate to address humanity's gravest crises, including climate change, pandemics, refugee migration, terrorism, and global poverty. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

234pp

Indigenous peoples have been stewards of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems for millennia. This volume examines how the implementation of Indigenous treaties and covenants with countries can advance the global Sustainable Development Goals by upholding the legal principles enshrined within UNDRIP. Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development

200pp

Dec. 2025 9781108428965 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

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Feb. 2026 9781009305020 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

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Manifestations of Coherence and Investor-State Arbitration

Charalampos, Giannakopoulos | National University of Singapore

It is often thought that coherence is just an ideal, but it is also a way of doing law. This book explores this important concept within the context of international investment law and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), for students, scholars and legal practitioners.

357pp

Jun. 2025 9781009153867 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

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Regional Trade Agreements, Prosperity and the Global South

Normative Beliefs and Interests

Yenkong, Ngangjoh Hodu | University of Manchester

This book provides a thought-provoking critical analysis on how to understand the functionality of regional trade regimes in the Global South. It explores how the notion of prosperity is captured in economic agreements in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

256pp

Nov. 2025 9781009348515 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009348546

Responding to Authoritarian Populism at the European Court of Human Rights

A Calibrated Framework

Alain, Zysset | University of Glasgow

This monograph combines insights from philosophical, social-scientific and legal perspectives to offer a more perspicacious understanding of the role of the European Court of Human Rights in addressing the challenge of authoritarian populism in its resolution of cases.

Studies on International Courts and Tribunals

200pp

The Human Right to Resist in International and Constitutional Law

Shannonbrooke, Murphy | St Thomas University

This is an indispensable book for understanding the concept of the human right to resist and its status in international and constitutional law. It will be a valuable resource for academics or students researching the 'right to resist' and activists or practitioners making, assessing or defending claims or adjudicators evaluating defences.

376pp

Mar. 2026 9781009377966 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009377935

The

Classical Doctrine

of Civil War in International Law

Ville, Kari | Tilburg University

This book transforms our understanding of the international law of civil war by extending its conventional history further back by 400 years. It explores how the law of nations functioned when 'civil war' was a distinct legal concept and explains its eventual fate.

Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law 278pp

Jan. 2026 9781009218689 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009218665

The Epistemology of the Secret International Law as Revelation

Jean, d'Aspremont | Sciences Po, Paris

Constitutes the first study of the epistemology of the secret which dominates international law and international practice. It comprises a groundbreaking contribution to critical legal theory and the philosophy of law. Thanks to its historical dimension, it is also of interest for anyone interest in the history of ideas.

204pp

Feb. 2025 9781108838214 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 135.00

eISBN 9781108974134

The Individual in the Law and Practice of the International Court of Justice

Yusra, Suedi | University of Manchester

Yusra Suedi challenges narratives around the limitations of individuals before the World Court, at a time where it is more relevant than ever in resolving global crises related to their protection. This insightful critique presents the wealth of potential to further include individuals in the Court's law and practice. Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

322pp

May 2025 9781009394499 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009394512

The Law and Practice of International Administrative Tribunals

Asier, Garrido Muñoz | Hague University for Applied Sciences

International administrative tribunals are of pivotal importance to the functioning of international organisations. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible analysis of essential topics in this field, including applicable sources, jurisdiction and admissibility, grounds for review, equality and non-discrimination, and remedies.

624pp

Sep. 2025 9781009597753 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009597739

Nov. 2025 9781316517307 Hardback GBP 200.00 / USD 260.00

eISBN 9781009043793

The Status of the Girl Child under International Law

A Semioethic Analysis

Clara, Chapdelaine-Feliciati | University of Oxford

Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati offers the first comprehensive study of the status of the girl child under international law. This book bridges two fields that are usually studied separately: law and semiotics. The author applies The Significs Meaning Triad and Semioethics to decode the meaning of problematic signs in international treaties.

322pp

Mar. 2025 9781316512784 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009072120

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The United Nations and the Question of Palestine Rule by Law and the Structure of International Legal Subalternity

Ardi, Imseis | Queen's University

This book will be of interest to international lawyers, UN officials, policymakers, and scholars. It urges a critical examination of the UN's handling of the question of Palestine and how the organization can discharge its functions more effectively, in line with international law and justice.

310pp

Feb. 2025 9781009074957 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 44.99

eISBN 9781009076272

Socio-legal studies

A Casebook on Chinese Outbound Investment

Law, Policy, and Business

Matthew S. Erie | University of Oxford

The Casebook provides original case studies written by experts and researchers who have first-hand knowledge of the transaction or dispute in question. Case studies are based on primary sources and feature 'Discussion Questions and Comments' for teaching. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

356pp

Constructing Modern Slavery Law, Capitalism, and Unfree Labour

Judy, Fudge | McMaster University

Modern slavery laws are a response to global capitalism, which undermines the distinction between free and unfree labour and poses intense challenges to state sovereignty. Instead of being a solution, Constructing Modern Slavery argues that modern slavery laws divert attention from the underlying structures and processes that generate exploitation. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

298pp 5 b/w illus.

Mar. 2025 9781009457811 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 35.99

Mar. 2025 9781009457866 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00

eISBN 9781009457859

A Jurisprudence of Conversations

Law, Life and Feminism in Post-colonial India

Debolina, Dutta | Melbourne Law School

Grounded in empirical research, this book shows how feminists, as activists and scholars, made relationships of reciprocity central to their engagement of life and law through conversation. It inaugurates a new method for thinking about law and feminist jurisprudence, one that takes into account the hierarchies in Indian academic practices.

Law in Context

267pp

Dec. 2025 9781009581561 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009581554

Capital Drug Laws in Asia

Wing-Cheong, Chan | Singapore Management University

Provides an overview on the use of punitive drug policies in Asia and offers a comparative perspective on the implications of the 'war on drugs' in the region characterised by disproportionate penalties, denial of legal rights, exploding prison populations, and unquestioning faith in the deterrent effects of the death penalty.

302pp

Jan. 2025 9781108473422 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781108562058

Courts and the Body Politic

Kate, O'Regan | University of Oxford Courts play an increasingly important role in democracies. Understanding their role is important to all who are concerned about the future of democracy. This book explains why the role of courts has expanded and explores their relationship with the executive arm of government and their role in protecting fundamental rights.

The Hamlyn Lectures

128pp

Aug. 2025 9781009545792 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009545808

Critical Perspectives on Data Access for Research

Jef, Ausloos | University of Amsterdam

This book studies data access and brings interdisciplinary perspectives on law, technology, governance and politics. Its primary aim is to examine and problematize ideas of transparency and data access as regulatory tools in contemporary policymaking. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core. 280pp

Nov. 2025 9781009584593 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009584616

Disclosureland

How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress

Atinuke O. Adediran | Fordham University, New York

Jul. 2025 9781009513517 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009513555

Disclosureland examines how corporate rhetoric about race benefits the reputation and finances of corporations yet limits the role of the corporation in establishing real racial progress. It offers empirical research-driven insights for academics in law, management, and other social sciences, and anyone interested in addressing racial inequality.

216pp

Jan. 2026 9781009442985 Hardback GBP 30.00 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009443012

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Entangled Domains

Empire, Law and Religion in Northern Nigeria

Rabiat, Akande | Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto

This book traces the emergence of secularism as a way of ordering religionstate relations in colonial and postcolonial Northern Nigeria. The book draws on extensive research in six archival repositories on two continents to provide a novel and comprehensive historiography.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society 338pp

Jan. 2025 9781009055048 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.00 eISBN 9781009052108

From Manners to Rules

Advocating for Legalism in South Korea and Japan

Celeste L. Arrington | George Washington University, Washington DC

Examines the growing contributions of activists and lawyers to policy reforms and legal and institutional change in South Korea and Japan. Drawing on 120 interviews and diverse sources, the book compares recent reforms related to disability rights and tobacco control to explore the evolving legal landscape of the two countries.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society 438pp

Immoral Traffic

An Ethnography of Law, NGOs, and the Governance of Prostitution in India

Vibhuti, Ramachandran | University of California, Irvine

This multi-sited ethnography explores the complex and contradictory impacts of India's anti-prostitution law and global anti-trafficking campaigns. Ideal for readers interested in anthropology, law, gender and sexuality studies, and NGOs, the book reveals the convergence of humanitarianism, bureaucracy, and morality in governing prostitution.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

278pp

Aug. 2025 9781108496049 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781108865654

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Gender, Property and Politics in the Pacific

Who Speaks for Land?

Rebecca, Monson | Australian National University, Canberra

Through close engagement with Solomon Islands, Rebecca Monson outlines how land disputes are multiscalar and entangled with gender, with implications for public authority and state formation. Drawing insights from law, geography and anthropology, Monson enriches debates about land tenure, gender inequality, ethno-territoriality and legal pluralism.

296pp

Apr. 2025 9781009490290 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009490313

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Inducing Intimacy

Deception, Consent and the Law

Chloë, Kennedy | University of Edinburgh

This book will interest lawyers and historians who want to learn about legal responses to sex and sexual/romantic relationships which have been induced by deception. It shows how a range of civil and criminal laws have been used in this context and offers insights into whether and why the law should be used in this way today.

Law in Context

276pp

Jul. 2025 9781108948876 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 44.99 eISBN 9781108953672

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Global Pro Bono Causes, Context, and Contestation

Scott L. Cummings | University of California, Los Angeles

With pro bono initiatives identified in over 80 countries, now is a critical time to assess the growing importance of pro bono in civil justice systems. This book examines the forces shapingand the contestation surrounding - its development within and across national contexts and is essential reading for those seeking to advance access to justice.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

750pp 4 b/w illus. 15 tables

Mar. 2025 9781108469920 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781108567251

Apr. 2025 9781009361057 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009361095

Investment Treaties and the Rule of Law Promise

An Examination of the Internalisation of International Commitments in Asia

N. Jansen, Calamita

This book will be of value to students and researchers in the fields of international law, international investment law, international relations, and political science. It will also be of particular interest to students and researchers interested in Asia because it examines the impact of international treaties on governance in Asia.

378pp

Apr. 2025 9781009153003 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009152990

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Law and Precarity

Legal Consciousness and Daily Survival in Vietnam

Tu Phuong, Nguyen | University of Adelaide

This book will be of interest to researchers and students of law and society, political economy, anthropology, and Asian studies. It offers an original understanding of the paradoxical effects of law in the survival strategies of people who are caught to live and work in precarious circumstances.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

181pp

Jun. 2025 9781009180498 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

eISBN 9781009180481

Laws for a Nation and Laws for Transnational Commerce

John, Thomas | Arbitrators at 24 Lincoln's Inn Fields

In the 75th Hamlyn Lectures, former Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas discusses the history of Welsh law, the issues raised by devolution and the current problems facing the UK constitution; and addresses the reasons for the transnational use of English Commercial law and the challenges to its continued use.

The Hamlyn Lectures

150pp

Sep. 2025 9781009627832 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009627856

Moral Autopsy

Truths, Secrets, and the Judicial Afterlives of Communist Secret Service Archives

Saygun, Gökarıksel | Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

Offers an accessible, multidisciplinary study of transitional justice in Eastern Europe in the global context of post-Cold War and its ends. Through analyses of court trials, biographies, media, and plays involving figures accused of being communist spies, the book appeals to readers from a wide range of disciplines.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

350pp

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Political Censorship in British Hong Kong

Freedom of Expression and the Law (1842–1997)

Michael, Ng | The University of Hong Kong

Challenging celebratory histories of the British legal regime in Hong Kong, this book uses archival sources to revisit political censorship. It shows that censorship was pervasive for much of the colonial period and offers a new perspective on how Hong Kong became a city that championed free speech by the late 1990s.

Law in Context

227pp

Oct. 2025 9781009653794 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009653800

Neil MacCormick

A Life in Politics, Philosophy, and Law

Maksymilian, Del Mar | Queen Mary University of London

Neil MacCormick (1941-2009) was one of the twentieth century's most important legal philosophers and one of Scotland's most influential public intellectuals. This book tells the story of both his philosophical and his political life, from his political childhood in Glasgow to his theories of law and practical reason.

648pp

Jun. 2025 9781108828260 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

eISBN 9781108908580

Practices of Restitution

Law and Aesthetics in Modern Germany

Laura, Petersen | University of Lucerne

Petersen offers a new interdisciplinary approach to restitution in the aftermath of the Second World War and the Holocaust in Germany, by providing a deeper understanding of how the concepts of responsibility and restitution migrate between law, literature, visual and memorial art. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Law in Context

270pp

Jun. 2025 9781009609913 Hardback GBP 50.00 / USD 64.99

eISBN 9781009609937

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Fieldwork and Positionality in Law and Society

Lynette J. Chua | National University of Singapore

This volume is a call to embrace the power of positionality, telling a new history of law and society through the experiences of successful scholars from populations that academia has historically marginalized. Experts record their positionalities across their research and document what they learned about the law in the process.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

240pp

Jan. 2026 9781009514910 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009514880

NEW IN PAPERBACK Regime Type and Beyond

The Transformation of Police in Asia

Weitseng, Chen | National University of Singapore

This book explores the impact of regime type on the police and their accountability in East and Southeast Asian countries, comparing authoritarian states to young democracies. It fills a gap in the literature by exploring how authoritarian policing has transformed and developed the rule of law in the region.

410pp

Feb. 2025 9781009338226 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.00

eISBN 9781009338219

Oct. 2025 9781009045421 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009042154

The Authoritarian Commons

Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China

Shitong, Qiao | Duke University, North Carolina

This book is for students and scholars of law, political science, sociology, and economics who are interested in democratic theory, authoritarianism, marketization and democratization, property rights and development, and the relationship between rule of law and democracy, and for those interested in China's past, present and future.

Law in Context

264pp

Jan. 2025 9781108840279 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781108885416

The

Convention and the Kingdom

How the Netherlands Received the European Convention on Human Rights

Wiebe, Hommes | Universiteit van Amsterdam

From a slow start, the European Convention grew to be the one of the most influential treaties in history. Relevant for lawyers, historians and socio-legal scholars, this study breaks new ground as it uncovers new sources, actors and dimensions in the history of European human rights. Law in Context

380pp

Aug. 2025 9781009676816 Hardback GBP 115.00 / USD 150.00 eISBN 9781009676809

The Mediation System of China from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Hao, Xiong | Fudan University, Shanghai

Mediation is a key topic in Chinese legal studies. By examining the actual operations of mediation in China, this study reveals new insights into the interactions between law, culture, politics, and social structures, to arrive at a more accurate understanding of the overall characteristics of Chinese law.

279pp

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The Timing of Guilty Pleas

Lessons from Common Law Jurisdictions

Kevin, Cheng | The Chinese University of Hong Kong

This provocative book encourages readers to critically reflect on the reliance of the criminal process on early guilty pleas. This book is addressed to scholars, legal practitioners, policymakers and those interested in criminal justice, sociolegal studies and empirical legal research. 228pp

Nov. 2025 9781009581219 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00 eISBN 9781009581196

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The Reasonable Person

A Legal Biography

Valentin, Jeutner | Lunds Universitet, Sweden

Offering the first comprehensive account of the history and function of the common law's most legendary character, the book argues that the reasonable person is best understood as a legal device inviting those who apply it to take the perspective of an imaginary other.

Law in Context

216pp

Jun. 2025 9781009158619 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

eISBN 9781009158626

Taxation

High Rates and Low Taxes

Tax Dodging in Mid-Century America

Steven A. Bank | University of California, Los Angeles

Amidst calls for a return to the high tax rates of mid-century America, this book examines the tax dodging that accompanied it. Lacking political will to lower the rate, Congress riddled the laws with loopholes, exemptions, and preferences while largely condoning income tax chiseling's rise in American culture.

Cambridge Tax Law Series

350pp

Oct. 2025 9781009445641 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99

eISBN 9781009445672

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The Social Constitution

Embedding Social Rights Through Legal Mobilization

Whitney K. Taylor | San Francisco State University

This book examines the Colombian experiment with robust rights protections and traces how those rights came to be meaningful in citizens' everyday lives, allowing them to claim access to goods like healthcare. It develops a novel approach to legal mobilization that is both relational and interactive.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

278pp

Apr. 2025 9781009367776 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99

eISBN 9781009367738

Apr. 2026 9781009701952 Hardback GBP 105.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009701969

Taxation Law 2022 Bundle

Stephen, Barkoczy | Monash University, Victoria This bundle comprises: Foundations of Taxation Law 2022, and Core Tax Legislation & Study Guide 2022. 5212pp

Sep. 2025 9781009167918 2 Paperback books

GBP 140.00 / USD 190.00

The International Tax Revolution

Reuven S. Avi-Yonah | University of Michigan Law School

Examines the transformation of international taxation over the past decade, including the global corporate minimum tax and revenue reallocation rules. It explores the old International Tax Regime (ITR)'s challenges by globalization, tax competition, and digitalization and explains how the world is addressing them with the new ITR.

Cambridge Tax Law Series 280pp

Jul. 2025 9781009331845 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009331852

UN and international organisations

A Theory of International Organizations in Public International Law

Orfeas, Chasapis Tassinis | University of Cambridge International organizations remain relative strangers from the perspective of international legal theory. Drawing insights from philosophical discourse, this book moves away from popular binary divisions surrounding the study of international organizations, and focuses instead on what international law recognizes as 'public' authority.

Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

200pp

Sep. 2025 9781009373951 Hardback GBP 100.00 / USD 130.00

eISBN 9781009374002

Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court

Kcasey, McLoughlin | The University of Newcastle, Australia

This book demonstrates what intersectional feminist judging might entail in real International Criminal Court cases. Over sixty contributors from diverse nationalities offer the global international criminal law community relevant and specific examples of how to apply their legal framework in a gender-sensitive way.

Feminist Judgment Series: Rewritten Judicial Opinions

712pp

Aug. 2025 9781009255288 Hardback GBP 135.00 / USD 180.00

eISBN 9781009255271

Judging under Constraint

The Politics of Deference by International Courts Theresa, Squatrito | London School of Economics and Political Science

International courts demonstrate differences in judicial deference. This book offers a theoretical explanation for the variation in deference that focuses on political constraints. The jurisprudence and an analysis of the East African Court of Justice, Caribbean Court of Justice and African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights support this rationale.

Studies on International Courts and Tribunals 289pp

US law

American Grasslands

Reckoning with the Law and Policy that Shaped Agriculture in the West Hillary M. Hoffmann | Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition

This book highlights key laws and policies that have shaped western agriculture, using stories of famous and lesser known individual and communal agriculture models. It highlights problems these laws have created, particularly related to access and ownership of resources, and makes practical recommendations for legal and policy reform.

224pp

Oct. 2025 9781009607612 Hardback GBP 110.00 / USD 140.00

eISBN 9781009607636

The Law and Politics of International Legitimacy

Jean-Marc, Coicaud | Rutgers University, New Jersey

This book focuses on political legitimacy at the international level, more specifically in international law. It addresses questions such as: How does international law build a sense of legitimacy? How does it maintain it? How does it lose it? What could be done to make international law more legitimate?

544pp

Feb. 2025 9781009573948 Paperback GBP 30.99 / USD 41.99

Feb. 2025 9781009573917 Hardback GBP 95.00 / USD 125.00

eISBN 9781009573900

Jul. 2025 9781107008274 Hardback GBP 125.00 / USD 160.00

eISBN 9781139026420

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129 Tordesillas Street Salcedo Village Makati City 1209 National Capital Region (Manila) Philippines

Phone: +63 (2) 8865 7000 asia@cambridge.org

South Korea

2F, 42, Yanghwa-ro 11-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 04035, South Korea

Phone: (82) 2 6205 2890

Fax: (82) 2 547 4411 acprokorea@cambridge.org

Singapore/Brunei

16 Raffles Quay, #16-04/05 Hong Leong Building, Singapore 048581 Phone: +65 6323 2701 Fax: +65 6323 2370 asia@cambridge.org

Taiwan

Room 311, 12th Floor, 51 Hengyang Road, Taipei, Taipei City 100, Taiwan Phone: (886)2 2254 1796 taipei@cambridge.org

Thailand

54 BB Building 1704 Sukhumvit 21 (Asoke), Wattana, Bangkok, 10110, Thailand

Phone: (66) 2 204 1451 Fax: (66) 2 204 1452 asia@cambridge.org

Vietnam

5F, YOCO Building 41 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai District 1 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Phone: +84 (98) 8068727

Fax: +84 (98) 9141748 asia@cambridge.org