Human Rights and Civil Liberties Books

This book presents a collection of essays on key topics and new perspectives on the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) and has a Foreword by the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Prof. Dr. Koen Lenaerts.Europe's area...

Against the recent backdrop of sociopolitical crisis, radical thinking and activism to challenge the oppressive operation of power has increased. Such thinkers and activists have aimed for radical social transformation in the sense of challenging...

A photo album that captures a slice of reality that many, consciously or unconsciously, pretend to ignore. The ghetto, a place of contradictions, the cradle of evil and good. Symbol of man's limitations and potential.

In the embroidery of mankind's set of experiences, civil rights developments stand apart as strings that wind around together the goals of minimized networks, advocates for fairness, and the people who rock the boat. The fight against imbalance has been...

This study focuses on the struggle of Tibetans for the recognition of their most fundamental rights and freedoms. In addition, it investigates the correlation between violations of cultural rights and the violence committed by state actors against a...

This book surveys the written expression of human rights from the time of the Greeks to the present; it argues the legal and philosophical bases for codifying human rights; and ultimately presents a proposed International Bill of Rights of Man, article...

The world is falling apart. People are forgetting their basic values. Morality and law has parted ways, since some time now. But it was not long when humanity reigned supreme. The world decided to change and the change came at a price. The irretrievable...

If you trace history, you will notice great societal differences in equality. To resolve those differences, the concept of civil rights was born. This educational book discusses ways that persons and groups reshaped the public policy in America. At the...

This volume is a collection of articles on the codification experience of China's Law of Personality Rights, explaining the design of the Law as well as its innovations.

This book explores how the European Court of Human Rights approaches evidence and how its judgments affect domestic law. It examines key defence rights such as the right to adduce evidence, the right to disclosure, the privilege against...

This book examines the controversial 103rd Constitutional Amendment to the Indian Constitution that introduced an income and asset ownership-based new constitutional standard for determining backwardness marking a significant shift in the government's...

This volume presents a comparative examination of the issue of Fault in Criminal Law. The collection focuses on fault liability for inculpation with contributions from leading specialists from different jurisdictions presenting alternative perspectives.

This book argues that the expressivist justice model, which has the capacity to create a historical narrative of gross human rights violations, provides a meaningful foundation for the participation of victims in international criminal proceedings.

This book explores destitution from the perspective of International Human Rights Law and, more specifically, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. This book will have global and cross-sectoral appeal to anti-poverty advocates, policy makers, as well as...

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of the study of the rule of law across law, humanities, and social sciences, as well as insights into the practice of building the rule of law within and among states. Chapters progress from theory to the...

This book addresses a gap in contemporary theorising and empirical analysis of the European Union's law and policy frameworks on migration, sex work and anti trafficking, examining the processes involved in constructing and enacting policy frameworks and...

A obra O Direito Político dos Imigrantes Votarem no Brasil: Em Defesa da Capacidade Eleitoral Ativa de Bruna Agra de Medeiros, emerge como um estudo

As novas formas de ação por nós desenvolvidas funcionam sem o Estado-nação. À medida que essa luta não deve levar apenas a padrões e princípios ético

O acesso aos cargos e empregos públicos é um objetivo almejado por milhares de cidadãos brasileiros, principalmente em momentos de crise econômica,

O livro passeia pelo instituto da responsabilidade civil, diferenciando a responsabilidade civil subjetiva e a objetiva, apresentando os requisitos d

"Italy and Human Rights in 2018: Does Omission Follow Inaction?" is the title of the 2019 Yearbook introduction. The in-depth analysis on a human rights theme offered in this edition regards the implementation of the National Action Plan against...

Human Rights of American Minorities provides students with a holistic view of universal human rights as they apply to American social problems and the lives of minority populations in the United States. The anthology encourages readers to think...

This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty bodies, and provides commentaries on more than 50 leading cases. The author elaborates on the...

This book introduces readers to the theory and practice of cultural expertise in the resolution of conflicts and the claim of rights in diverse societies and cross-cultural disputes.

This book examines the origins of bulk, or untargeted, surveillance, explores its mechanics and key concepts, and defines what distinguishes it from other forms of surveillance. Legal safeguards, fundamental to protecting individuals from abuse of power,...

In its controversial Bakke decision of 1978, the Supreme Court upheld racial and ethnic diversity in university admissions--but it was not to be the last word on the matter. When Jennifer Gratz and Barbara Grutter challenged the University of Michigan's...

Updated in a new 9th edition, this casebook explores civil liberty problems through a study of leading judicial decisions. It offers a reasonable sample of cases across a broad spectrum of rights and liberties. This book introduces groups of featured...

This volume examines cases of accommodation and recognition of minority practices: cultural, religious, ethnic, linguistic or otherwise, under state law. The collection presents selected situations and experiences from a variety of regions and from...

In September 2001, the world witnessed the horrific events of 9/11. A great deal has happened on the counterterrorist front in the 20 years since. While the terrorist threat has greatly diminished in Northern Ireland, the events of 9/11 and their...

This book examines why Japan has faced scrutiny for failing to properly address international parental child abduction involving its citizens, its response, and how it might manage these disputes in the future. Through the use of case studies, it...

This collection of research and evaluation explores issues in mental health and probation across the globe. The volume offers insight into a wide range of interrelated topics that address the mental health and mental health needs of those under probation...

This book will aid understanding and interpretation of the Californian, UK and Australian Modern Slavery Acts, and will provide an in-depth three-way comparative analysis between the three Acts. Modern slavery is a new legal compliance issue, with new...

This book investigates the implementation of disability rights and duties in the European Union, aiming to understand its functioning and explore ways forward through a critical analysis of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)...

The gap between what the law and legal processes deliver for victims of domestic abuse and what they actually need has, in some instances, arguably widened. This book provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the remedies available to victims...

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) was established to provide evidence-based policy advice to EU institutions and Member States. By blending social science research with traditional normative work, it aims to influence human rights policy processes...

Marietta Holley (1836-1926) was a popular United States humorist who used satire to comment on U. S. society and politics. She was the youngest of seven children and was an unhealthly child. This caused her to become a private person. At the age of 14...

This book examines whether and how non-state armed groups might be required to provide reparations for the harm caused by their violations of international law committed during situations of non-international armed conflict.

Hate Speech and Human Rights. Democracies need to understand these terms to properly adapt their legal frameworks. Regulation of hate speech exposes underlining and sometimes invisible societal values such as security and public order, equality and...

Why is there so much attention on Kant's global politics in present day law and philosophy? This book highlights the potential fruitfulness of Kant's cosmopolitan thought for understanding the complexities of the contemporary political world. It adopts a...

From the late nineteenth century to the dawn of the civil rights era, the Churches of Christ operated outside of conventional racial customs. Many of their congregations, even deep in the South, counted whites and blacks among their numbers. As the civil...

On the Right of Exclusion: Law, Ethics and Immigration Policy addresses Western immigration policies regarding so-called `normal migrants i.e. migrants without a legal right to admission. The book argues that if authorities cannot substantially justify...

In its case law, the European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged that national courts are bound to give effect to Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) which sets out the right to private and family life, when they rule on...

This multidisciplinary volume considers the role of both public health and mental health policies and practices in the prevention of mass atrocity, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The authors address atrocity prevention...

This book advances the study of the right to nationality, the prevention of statelessness, and the protection of stateless persons, taking Nigeria as a case study. Much recent literature on the subject of statelessness has been written from a US/European...

Drawing on the personal experience of a leading international jurist, this book provides insights into the workings of international law and human rights from a global perspective that transcends the traditional divide between the West and the East, and...