Functional, molecular and genetic neuroimaging has highlighted the existence of brain
anomalies and neural vulnerability factors related to obesity and eating disorders such as …

Legal consciousness is a vibrant research field attracting growing numbers of scholars
worldwide. Yet differing assumptions about aims and methods have generated vigorous …

Over the past decade, in Canada and the United States, blogs have become a popular and
important space for fat women and their allies to create and further develop discursive …

Making Rights a Reality? explores the way in which disability activists in the United Kingdom
and Canada have transformed their aspirations into legal claims in their quest for equality. It …

Courts often hold that antidiscrimination law protects" immutable" characteristics, like sex
and race. In a series of recent cases, gay rights advocates have persuaded courts to expand …

This article aims to claim 'body size'as an increasingly important axis of signification. It draws
on research from various disciplines to present an exploratory overview of the different ways …

Nobody's Law shows how people–who are disappointed, disenchanted, and outraged about
the justice system–gradually move away from law. Using detailed case studies and …

A key focus for geographical and policy work on obesity has involved interrogating the
concept of an 'obesogenic environment'–an environment with particular physical, social and …

Having gained unique access to California prisoners and corrections officials and to
thousands of prisoners' written grievances and institutional responses, Kitty Calavita and …

Recent years have seen a drastic increase in the rates of overweight and obesity among
people living in some developed nations. There has also been increased concern over …