Routledge Changing Law: Rights, Regulation and Reconciliation (Routledge Revivals)

Originally published in 2005. Law has a complex relationship to the phenomenon of change; it is an instrument, a cause and an inhibitor of change. Law has both effected and been affected by extraordinary changes, particularly in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This interdisciplinary collection addresses, from a range of perspectives, the theme of 'changing law'. The essays cover historical and contemporary issues of social, political and legal change, including human rights, security, law reform, changes in knowledge production in universities and specifically in the legal academy, and the legal oppression/protection of racial minorities. The chapters are grouped into three sections around shared focuses on states, institutions and justice, and collectively address common concerns of rights, regulation and reconciliation: key legal problematics of the early twenty-first century. About the Author Rosemary Hunter is Professor of Law at Griffith Law School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. She is a feminist legal scholar specialising in the areas of antidiscrimination law, women's employment, and access to justice. She has undertaken a range of research consultancies for governments, courts, public and private sector bodies and the World Bank, and is an advisory board member of several research centres and international journals. She chairs the Research Committee on Sociology of Law Working Group on Gender and Law. Mary Keyes teaches and researches in the areas of private international law, especially jurisdiction in international disputes; legal education; and the law of obligations. She is Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies) and Deputy Head of School at Griffith Law School, Griffith University.