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  • DEMOCRACY, PROTEST AND THE LAW
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    DEMOCRACY, PROTEST AND THE LAW
    MICHAEL HEAD
    In a new era of rising protests, social unrest and political discontent globally, especially over climate change, war dangers, austerity measures and social inequality, the right to protest is a critical democratic right. Yet it is increasingly controversial and subject to government reaction. This book poses a crucial question: how to defend and extend democracy? It examines t...

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  • DOMESTIC MILITARY POWERS, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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    DOMESTIC MILITARY POWERS, LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
    MICHAEL HEAD
    This book examines the national and international law, human rights and civil liberties issues involved in governments calling out the armed forces to deal with civil unrest or terrorism. The introduction of domestic military powers has become an international trend. Troops already have been seen on the streets in major Western democracies. These developments raise major politi...

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  • THE LEGAL POWER TO LAUNCH WAR
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    THE LEGAL POWER TO LAUNCH WAR
    MICHAEL HEAD / KRISTIAN BOEHRINGER
    The issue of who has the power to declare war or authorise military action in a democracy has become a major legal and political issue, internationally, and is set to become even more pertinent in the immediate future, particularly in the wake of military action in Syria, ongoing wars in the Middle East, and tense discussions between the United States and its allies, and Russia...

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  • EMERGENCY POWERS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
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    EMERGENCY POWERS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
    MICHAEL HEAD
    Why have the early years of the 21st century seen increasing use of emergency-type powers or claims of supra-legal executive authority, particularly by the Western countries regarded as the world's leading democracies, notably the United States? This book examines the extraordinary range of executive and prerogative powers, emergency legislation, martial law provisos and indemn...

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  • CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE
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    CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE
    MICHAEL HEAD
    In the post-2001 context of economic and political conflict, this book presents a timely and detailed examination of the role of the criminal law in the protection of the existing order from political dissent and destabilization. It reviews offences such as rebellion, treason, mutiny, espionage, sedition, terrorism, riot and unlawful assembly in the UK, US, Canada and Australia...

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  • DOMESTIC DEPLOYMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
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    DOMESTIC DEPLOYMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
    MICHAEL HEAD / SCOTT MANN
    Until recently, internal use of the armed forces has been generally regarded by the public, as well as academic commentators, as conduct to be expected of a military or autocratic regime, not a democratic government. There is however growing concern that the 'war on terror' has been used to condition public opinion to accept the internal deployment of the armed forces, includin...

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  • EVGENY PASHUKANIS
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    EVGENY PASHUKANIS
    MICHAEL HEAD
    A thorough examination of Pashukanis’ writings, this book is a significant contribution to a proper assessment of Pashukanis’ work, the value of his theoretical legacy and the contemporary relevance of Marxist legal theory. Interest in the best-known Soviet legal scholar, Evgeny Pashukanis, remains widespread and his work retains considerable relevance. His writings provide a r...

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  • TEACHER-LED SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
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    TEACHER-LED SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
    JUDITH DURRANT / DAVID FROST / MICHAEL HEAD / GARY HOLDEN
    A fresh look at school improvement from the perspective of professional development.There are many things that teachers can do to improve the conditions for learning and teaching in their own schools. This book shows how staff can take the initiative and identify areas in their school in need of attention, and tackle them. It provides case-study accounts of schemes in a number ...

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  • REVOLUTION, MARXISM AND LAW
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    REVOLUTION, MARXISM AND LAW
    MICHAEL HEAD
    This book builds on Head’s previous work on Soviet legal scholar Evgeny Pashukanis, challenging Western academics who separate Pashukanis's theories from the complex realities of the Soviet state's decline under Stalin. It is not, this book argues, possible to analyse the emergence of Pashukanis as a preeminent Soviet legal theorist in the 1920s, and the subsequent retractions ...

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