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...law, philosophy, history, anthropology, economics, and geography, whilst crossing through fields such as gender studies, international studies, migration and refugee studies, human rights, development studies, public policy and education. Yet, the interdisciplinarity of the field, and the variety of ways of looking at citizenship, have also meant that there is no distinct...

...laws to prevent employers discriminating against workers who are disabled or who have particular religious beliefs, and no right for employees to take time off work to look after a sick child. This was the UK before the New Labour government was elected in 1997. Since then a substantial number of employment rights have been introduced – most of which have their roots in...

...laws condemning women who speak to having their teeth knocked out are traced through to laws forbidding women’s speech in the Napoleonic code. Veils, foot binding and kimonos are discussed as tools of female confinement and symbols of male ownership. Yet this, as Foreman passionately argues, is not the entire story. Throughout history, women acted, laying claim to...

...Scot's nurses 'sick of living on poverty line' gear up for strike action. The second big change is that for the first time, following a change to their constitution in 1995 to allow strike action (which their rules had not allowed previously), the RCN are balloting for a strike meaning that all NHS nurses in trade unions are being asked to take action. The law regarding...