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  • The Scene of Violence

    Cinema, Crime, Affect

    by Alison Young ...
    In the contemporary fascination with images of crime, violence gets under our skin and keeps us enthralled. The Scene of Violence explores the spectator’s encounter with the cinematic scene of violence – rape and revenge, homicide and serial killing, torture and terrorism. Providing a detailed reading of both classical and contemporary films – for example, Kill Bill, Blue Velvet, Reservoir Dogs, ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Beauty Insider

    Effortless Skincare and Beauty Advice that Works

    by Alison Young ...
    'The most powerful woman in British beauty' Daily Mail'This woman is the best advert for the advice she gives to all of us' Ruth LangsfordIf there is one thing my experience in the beauty industry has taught me, it's that a beauty regime should be as individual as you are. Having no cosmetic work myself allows me to truly understand what results are achievable for people at home.Trusted and award ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Street Art World

    by Alison Young ...
    Street art and graffiti are a familiar sight in cities around the world. Neighbourhoods painted with murals are popular with tourists and tagged walls become backdrops for fashion shoots and music videos. Banksy is a global celebrity whose work sells for astonishing prices. Millions of photographs of street art are saved on smartphones, uploaded to social media, and displayed on T-shirts and other ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Judging the Image

    Art, Value, Law

    by Alison Young ...
    Series series Transformations
    Art, value, law - the links between these three terms mark a history of struggle in the cultural scene. Studies of contemporary culture have thus increasingly turned to the image as central to the production of legitimacy, aesthetics and order. Judging the Image extends the cultural turn in legal and criminological studies by interrogating our responses to the image. This book provides a space to ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Femininity in Dissent

    by Alison Young ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest
    This book, first published in 1990, takes a challenging look at the images constructed by the Press of women's political protest. Focusing on the peace camp at Greenham Common, Alison Young analyses in detail the way in which women protestors are represented in the press as deviant and criminal. Arguing that the criminal justice system and the media rely on each other's definitions of deviance, ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Unchecked Power?

    How Recent Constitutional Reforms Are Threatening UK Democracy

    by Alison L. Young ...
    Is the government really acting for the people? Or does this rhetoric simply justify an executive power-grab?For some, Boris Johnson’s premiership epitomised how far the UK’s democracy has been captured by populism and the Prime Minister seemed more concerned about fulfilling the wishes of the British people than with following the rules or listening to Parliament.Events like ‘Partygate’ grabbed ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    Pandora's Gamble

    Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk

    by Alison Young ...
    Narrated by Pamela Almand ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    This fearless, deeply reported book about laboratory accidents asks the haunting question some elite scientists don’t want the public to entertain: Did the COVID-19 pandemic start with a lab leak in Wuhan, China?This is an obvious question. Yet there’s been an extraordinary effort by government officials in China, as well as leading scientific experts in the United States and around the world, to ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

  • Democratic Dialogue and the Constitution

    by Alison L Young ...
    Constitutions divide into those that provide for a constitutionally protected set of rights, where courts can strike down legislation, and those where rights are protected predominantly by parliament, where courts can interpret legislation to protect rights, but cannot strike down legislation. The UK's Human Rights Act 1998 is regarded as an example of a commonwealth model of rights protections. ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • The Constitution of Social Democracy

    Essays in Honour of Keith Ewing

    Edited by Dr Jacob Rowbottom, Dr Alison L Young, Professor Alan Bogg ...
    This book is based upon the papers written by a group of leading international scholars on the 'constitution of social democracy', delivered at a conference to celebrate Professor Keith Ewing's scholarly legacy in labour law, constitutional law, human rights and the law of democracy. The chapters explore the development of social democracy and democratic socialism in theory and political practice ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • The UK Constitution after Miller

    Brexit and Beyond

    Edited by Mark Elliott, Mr Jack Williams, Dr Alison L Young ...
    The judgment of the UK Supreme Court in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union is of fundamental legal, constitutional and political significance. The Supreme Court's judgment discussed the relative powers of Parliament and the Government, the relationship between Westminster and the devolved legislatures, and the extent to which the UK's membership of the EU had changed ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Blake the Snake Bakes a Cake

    by Amy Young ...
    Illustrated by Alison Young ...
    Aaron Reynolds meets The Great British Baking Show in this tale of a hapless snake just trying to bake a cake!All Blake the snake wants to do is bake a cake for his friend Drake's birthday. But mistake after mistake means he keeps having to pump the brakes. How can he share a delicious dessert at the picnic party if each time he bakes, he burns the cake, or it falls in the lake, or—watch out! ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Foundations and Future of Public Law

    Essays in Honour of Paul Craig

    Edited by Elizabeth Fisher, Jeff King, Alison Young ...
    Public law in the UK and EU has undergone seismic changes over the last forty years: development and membership of the EU, the Human Rights Act, devolution, the fostering of public law expertise within the judiciary, the globalization of public law, and the increased interaction between the academy, judiciary, barristers, public interest groups, and legislatures have transformed the public law ... Read more

    $125.99 USD