Human Rights and Civil Liberties Books

How does international criminal procedure differ from any domestic legal principles and why? What premises of international criminal procedure do give rise to such differences? Can we provide any unified socio-legal explanation for the differences...

This book offers an extensive research work to explore the accessibility of women with disabilities and financial insolvency to social safety net program in rural Bangladesh. The book examines the impact of intersectional identities in accessibility to...

வங்காள ராஜதானியின் மேற்கு அறைபாக வடங்களிலிருந்து கன்னியாகுமரி வரையிலுள்ள பாகங்களிலும், இலங்கைதீவிலும் பெலுசிஸ்தான் தேசத்திலும் கலப்பற்ற திராவிடர்கள் இருக்கிறார்கள். அவர்கள் மொத்தம் பதினோரு கோடியே முப்பதுலட்சம் ஜனங்கள்.இதைத்தவிர கலப்புற்ற திராவிடர்கள்...

Los Derechos Humanos Laborales y el Derecho Internacional del Trabajo están en permanente expansión. Todo el tiempo aparecen nuevos desafíos. Para darles respuestas se compendian en una parte general, los cambios sustanciales desde la doctrina...

Als Reaktion auf Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Drittstaaten verhängt die Europäische Union regelmäßig sog. targeted sanctions gegen die verantwortlichen staatlichen Akteure. Den sanktionierten Personen wird vorgeworfen, als Teil des Staatsapparates, sei...

This open access book provides a state-of-the-field of the interactions between emerging national asylum governance systems and the 2018 United Nations Global Compact for Refugees (UN GCR). It provides a detailed examination of the relationship and...

This edited book explores how requests and complaints by prisoners are being dealt with by prison governors/administrations or independent bodies (such as complaint commissions), in different parts of Europe. It asks who complains and why? How are...

The fifth volume of the Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law (BYEIL) discusses diverse and actual legal topics of international and comparative dimensions and angles.The BYEIL 2023 focuses on the special topic of Human Rights at...

WE WERE NOT BORN TO BE SLAVES!With subtle treachery, banks, corporations, and governments have stolen our Birthright, but we were alerted to their agenda by the atrocities of COVID. Now, aware and awake, we are ready to break the evil spells that have...

Why did Professor Norman Golb of the Oriental Institute need to be silenced? Why did a small clique monopolize access and publication rights to the Dead Sea Scrolls for more than four decades? Why does the truth matter about where the scrolls came...

In this book we detail the tenets and provisions of three key Data Privacy Laws. We also provide a general framework at the end as to how a business can come into compliance with these various Data Privacy Laws.

This book discusses existing and future trends concerning the development of migratory policies between local and global levels, to understand the challenges and gaps in the protection of migrants. It explores international migration and its impact on...

Defending Legal Freedoms in Indonesia provides fresh insights into how cause lawyers navigate political and institutional change, by presenting and analysing the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), the oldest and most influential legal and human...

This book provides detailed critical analysis of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on domestic abuse. It analyses how conceptualisations of domestic abuse in the Court's jurisprudence have evolved. It discusses the Court's approach...

This book explains the overarching principle of employment and free speech law. It provides detailed case studies relating to specific examples that most commonly come before the courts. It will be an essential reference for students, academics and...

This amazing story tells how God called Allan E. Parker, Jr. to represent "Roe" and "Doe", the original Plaintiffs in the two cases that brought legalized abortion to America, in their legal efforts to reverse their national landmark cases. Confirming...

This book examines the implications of information security which plays such an important role in modern digital infrastructure. Information security technologies restrict the (mis)use of this infrastructure, while also constantly being probed by...

Al presentarnos las semblanzas apasionantes de trece juristas que dieron forma al mundo legal durante el pasado medio siglo, Pilares de la justicia explora el propósito y las posibilidades que puede encerrar el desarrollo de una vida alrededor del...

The book provides deep insights into heritage politics in Myanmar on the basis of the conservation history of Bagan and its entanglement in national politics. It particularly investigates the heritage practice of the dictatorial regime that ruled Myanmar...

Practicing Ethnography in Law brings together a selection of top scholars in legal anthropology, social sciences, and law to delineate the state of the art in ethnographic research strategies. Each of these original essays addresses a particular set of...

This book addresses how international human rights law can be applied at the domestic level through a case study of the Indonesian judiciary. It discusses the position of human rights within specific areas of Indonesian law: constitutional law, criminal...

This book explores the best interests principle, and alternatives offered in the academic literature, to consider why the principle remains contentious despite its prevalence for addressing medical decisions for seriously ill children. It provides...

It's 2015, and Carrie March reluctantly agrees to play in a golf tournament as the token woman in the foursome. She works for the National Energy Board as an environmental regulator and is paired with Pete, the CEO of an oil and gas company. They argue...

Who Were the Shudras? 1946 book by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar on the history of the Shudra (lowest) Varna of the Indian caste system. The book is dedicated to Jyotirao Phule and seeks to dispel the idea that in India, Shudras are an untouchable caste. Ambedkar...

Dr. Ambedkar's "Buddha and his Dhamma" is considered an important work in the field of Buddhist studies and has been widely read and studied by Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. The book emphasizes the practical nature of Buddha's teachings and how they...

The book investigates in depth the outcomes of the Provincial Legislative Elections held in February 1937 in accordance with the Government of India Act of 1935. In sharp contrast to the dominant, bourgeois-dominated Congress party, Dr. Ambedkar provides...

The Mahad Satyagraha was a peaceful protest by the Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) who were denied the right to use the water in the public tank at Mahad, which was reserved for the upper castes. Dr. Ambedkar organized the satyagraha to challenge...

"Overcoming sexual exploitation is a daunting commitment made more comprehensible and achievable thanks to Peter Mosgofian’s important work. Power, Sex and Shame deserves to be read and discussed widely. Lives depend on it.”- Peter...

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Examining the on-going dilemma of the management of diversity in Turkey from a historical and legal perspective, this book argues that the state's failure to accommodate ethno-religious diversity is attributable to the founding philosophy of Turkish...

Comparing United States Federal courts' approach to free exercise in the workplace with that of the European Court of Human Rights, this book explores two different methodologies for adjudicating rights conflicts. It argues that while the European...

This book examines the ever-increasing impact of technology on our lives and explores a range of legal and constitutional questions that this raises. It considers the extent to which concepts such as 'cyberspace' and 'digital rights' advance or undermine...

Through a comparative analysis involving 15 countries from around the world this book provides an invaluable assessment of women's equality at the global level.

This book provides a vital and original investigation into, and critique of, the situation facing the realisation of the child's right to play. The right to play has been referred to as a forgotten right - forgotten by States implementing the Convention...

This book explores the human rights principle of participation and the human right to participation. The work presents an argument that international human rights law imposes obligations to enable participation, and demonstrates that it has been...

This book theorizes illiberal constitutionalism by interrogation of the Rule of Law, democratic deterioration, and the misuse of the language and relativization of human rights protection, and its widespread emotional and value-oriented effect on the...

Since ratification of the First Amendment in the late eighteenth century, there has been a sea change in American life

This book presents a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study into the various goals assigned to international criminal trials. It starts from the proposition that no hierarchy exists amongst the different goals meaning that trials should strive to...

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of Mobility Partnerships and their consequences for third countries. Mobility partnerships between the EU and third countries are usually viewed as reflecting asymmetric power relations...

Do you feel intimidated or confused when you encounter a law enforcement officer?Do you know how to protect your constitutional rights in any situation?Do you want to learn from the real-life experiences of a retired deputy who has seen it all? In...

UNFORGOTTEN Voices from Heart Mountain chronicles the lives of those who lived on both sides of the barbed wire fence in a place known as Heart Mountain, a U.S. government prison camp in the harsh high desert of Wyoming during World War II. In 1941, when...

Out in Architecture is a collection of reflections by LGBTQIA+ individuals within and adjacent to the field of architecture. Ranging from identity within and beyond practice to reclaiming space and redefining systems, these essays for a cache of...

The book presents a compelling argument asserting that Donald Trump legally won the 2020 Presidential Election. By midnight of Election Day Trump held a clear popular vote lead in crucial states surpassing the required 270 Electoral Votes. The...

The settled principle of law and bedrock of the First Amendment is that, Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. The book is...

Discover the untold stories and groundbreaking contributions of minority communities throughout history, from Indigenous peoples and women to LGBTQ+ individuals and religious minorities.This comprehensive exploration challenges traditional narratives,...

What effect does corporate power have on human rights? This is the question that this book seeks address by robustly challenging the current status quo of business approaches to human rights in order to develop meaningful alternatives in an attempt to...