Human Rights and Civil Liberties Books

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...

This book brings together leading social and legal scholars to tackle the incompatibility of marriage laws with contemporary social reality in Europe. They emphasise the importance of pluralism of beliefs, values, cultures and lifestyles and the...

This book shines a light on what takes place during asylum appeals and puts forward suggestions for improving their fairness and accessibility. Drawing on evidence from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy and the United Kingdom, the book...

This collection presents a unique and diverse range of contributions on challenges faced by criminal justice in England and Wales in the wake of the Covid-19 global pandemic.

This book analyses the current legal framework seeking to protect cultural heritage during armed conflict and discusses proposed and emerging paradigms for its better protection. Cultural heritage has always been a victim of conflict, with monuments and...

This work summarises current knowledge regarding autistic suspects, defendants and offenders in the English and Welsh criminal justice system. It examines the interaction between each stage of the criminal justice process and autistic individuals accused...

Investigating minority and indigenous women's rights in Muslim-majority states, this book critically examines the human rights regime within international law.Based on extensive and diverse ethnographic research on Amazigh women in Morocco, the book...

Offering suggestions and recommendations for how to bring down the use of PTD in Europe, this book is essential reading for all those engaged with European penal research and practice.

Through the analysis of hundreds of cases produced through decades of multicultural jurisprudence, this book reconstructs the constitutional and anthropological narratives and the legal techniques used by Western judges to face the challenges posed by...

This book challenges the idea that the Rule of Law is still a universal European value given its relatively rapid deterioration in Hungary and Poland, and the apparent inability of the European institutions to adequately address the illiberalization of...

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Molti libri su Gaber raccontano della sua vita e delle opere create assieme a Sandro Luporini, questo volume si pone invece l'obiettivo di raccontare uno spettacolo specifico ovvero "Far finta di essere sani" che nel 2023 spegne le sue prime 50 candeline...

Neste manual o leitor aprenderá os conceitos básicos por trás da elaboração de uma Política de Privacidade em Conformidade com a Lei Geral de Proteção

As ciências jurídicas vêm experimentando um novo período de evolução. Iniciado com a aceleração da globalização no século XX e potencializado com o ap

After more than a decade of service with the same employer, and more than 30 years of experience, Marcy Rich thought she had positioned herself for inevitable career advancement. After obtaining her master’s degree, attending extra-curricular...

The PIPA provides a new right to individuals in Bermuda and brings the country in line with international standards of privacy protection.The PIPA “The path to compliance; the exercise of rights” provides the reader with a practical guide to...

Revolutionary Fucking Ideas: The Future of Justice and Equality explores the evolution of legal studies, the role of innovative ideas in shaping justice, and the impact of cutting-edge technologies and practical strategies on the future of law. This...

From the Foreword by Kenji Hakuta and Diana Mercado-Garcia:  "As a civil rights lawyer, Peter Roos has been something of an artist, painting on this canvas with the lawyerly instruments available to him, getting involved in key interpretations...

Ogni fase del percorso penale, dalla condanna alla fase dell'esecuzione penale sino al reinserimento dello stesso condannato, richiede la raccolta, l'elaborazione e la conservazione di una vasta gamma di informazioni, ovvero un trattamento dei dati...

Plexiglass pays homage to the millions of adults and children affected by mass incarceration in "the land of the free." Through this collection of interrelated poems, some of which speak the words of men and women sequestered from view in jails and...

Islamic Veiling in Legal Discourse looks at relevant law and surrounding discourses in order to examine the assumptions and limits of the debates around the issue of Islamic veiling that has become so topical in recent years. For some, Islamic veiling...

This second edition of Gloria Browne-Marshall's seminal work , tracing the history of racial discrimination in American law from colonial times to the present, is now available with major revisions. Throughout, she advocates for freedom and equality at...

O estudo destaca sobre a educação no sistema prisional como política pública: relações étnico-raciais e a importância na ressocialização. E por objetivos específicos discorre sobre o Sistema Prisional Brasileiro. Ressalta sobre o negro no Sistema...

O Direito em virtude de seu interesubjetivismo, de seus robustos institutos e de seu impacto inelutável perante a sociedade, precisa ser constantemente revisitado. Os mais complexos conceitos do Direito estão em constante formação, por exemplo, o...

Die Autorin untersucht Phänomene im Zusammenhang mit Spenden, Sammeln und Sammelvermögen. Sie befasst sich mit der Rechtsnatur des Sammelvermögens sowie den Rechtsbeziehungen zwischen Spendern, Sammlern und Begünstigten einer Sammlung.

Everyone has their own take on local history. This book takes a closer look at some of Tallahassee's well-known institutions, people, places, and events and gives the stories behind them. It also explores some history many have either forgotten or...

This book addresses the impact of developments in the freedom of expression of judges by building on the experience of judges themselves, legal practitioners and academics across Europe. It seeks to raise awareness that judicial speech is a multifaceted...

This work explores issues arising from managing religious and cultural diversity in a multicultural society and the complex relationship between the right to religious freedom and security. Written by leading experts in the area, it reveals the...

Covering eleven jurisdictions, this book discusses to what extent and in what ways constitutional design and practice in Latin America has helped in combatting the subordination of women and LGBTQI+ people.

In the last century, on September 30, 1962, James Meredith became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi, until then a segregated establishment—a watershed event in the American Civil Rights movement. Less than one year...

The Sovereignty of Human Rights advances a legal theory of international human rights that defines their nature and purpose in relation to the structure and operation of international law. Professor Macklem argues that the mission of international human...

I was wronged by the justice system. Having experienced injustice within the justice system and nowhere else to turn to, I find myself compelled to take my case to the COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION. In doing so, I am committed to sharing my story in this...

Although scholars have shown longstanding interest in the boundaries of interpretation of the right not to be subjected to torture and other prohibited harm, the existing body of work does not sufficiently reflect the significance of the interpretive...

"The Real Thing" is a short story by Henry James, first syndicated by S. S. McClure in multiple American newspapers and then published in the British publication Black and White in April 1892 and the following year as the title story in the collection,...

The human rights issues in Japan are multifaceted. Over decades, domestic and international human rights organisations have raised concerns, but government obstinacy has meant there has been little progress. Recommendations of UN human rights bodies are...

The growing field of urban law demands a collaborative scholarly focus on comparative and global perspectives. This volume offers diverse insights into urban law, with emerging theories and analyses of topics ranging from criminal reform and urban...

This volume presents a systematic collection of the various international legal sources that define the rights of religious minorities.In a time of increasing tensions around religious minorities, this volume presents a systematic collection of...

This book discusses contemporary accountability and transparency mechanisms by presenting a selection of case studies.The authors deal with various problems connected to controlling public institutions and incumbents' responsibility in state bodies. The...

This book analyses the general interaction between international law and Islamic law in the Muslim world today. It interrogates factors that often form the root of the tension between the two legal regimes. Literalist interpretations of Islamic law and...

In recent years, the Danish cartoons affair, the Charlie Hebdo murders and the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris have resulted in increasingly strident anti-Islamic speeches by politicians. This raises questions about the limits to freedom of...

This book looks at how legal frameworks can and do reduce risks arising out of disasters. The volume:analyses existing disaster laws and the challenges on the ground;brings together case studies from some of the most vulnerable regions; andproposes...

The protection of vulnerable groups varies under international human rights law. Depending on the group at stake, protection may be more or less advanced. In some cases, the international community has deemed it necessary to adopt conventions providing...

Since its inception in 1998 the Human Rights Act (HRA) has come in for a wide variety of criticism on legal, constitutional, political and cultural grounds. More recently, this criticism escalated significantly as politicians have seriously considered...

This collection of essays examines the promise and limits of social rights in Europe in a time of austerity. Presenting in the first instance five national case studies, representing the biggest European economies (UK, France, Germany, Italy...