Human Rights and Civil Liberties Books

This book is for legal practitioners, privacy professionals, data protection officers, organisations that handle personal data and anyone interested in the law that governs the control of personal information, in particular the aspect of erasure.The...

2020 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Contains two essays by Martin Luther King Jr. concerning the role of violence in the civil rights movement. During the height of the...

A compilation of opinion-editorial pieces concerning the death penalty, inequities in the economy, gun violence the problems with judicial elections, the judicial system and its shortcomings, and social and political issues.

"Equal Opportunity is the Law"Do you work in federally-funded programs and activities? If so, "Equal Opportunity is The Law" in delivering services, aid, training, and benefits and this book is a must-have resource for you. In Civil Rights...

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In Healing Neighborhoods, Aboelata explores the role of public investments to facilitate and maintain healthy infrastructure in underserved neighborhoods. Rich with images and illustrations, Healing Neighborhoods illuminates barriers, challenges,...

Gratuitous Angst in White America presents a new criminological theory that explains the racialized experiences of white people. The book is essential for those seeking a more complete understanding of the associations between race and crime and those...

One of the major issues in the reconciliation of changing civic ideals with religious tenets is gender equality, and this is an ongoing challenge in both domestic and international affairs. Examining this conflict within the context of a range of issues...

Nearly every country in the world has a mechanism for executive clemency, which, though residual in most legal systems, serves as a vital due process safeguard and as an outlet for leniency in punishment. While the origins of clemency lie in the...

Affirmative Action and the Law analyses the practical application of affirmative action measures and their efficacy in achieving substantive equality through the lenses of the United Nations human rights machinery and the legal regime and policies...

This book evaluates the effectiveness of current international human rights law, and in particular the recent Istanbul Convention, in eradicating so-called honour killings in Turkey. So-called 'honour killings' have become an issue of concern for the...

The book provides an in-depth discussion of democratic theory questions in relation to refugee law.The work introduces readers to the evolution of refugee law and its core issues today, as well as central lines in the debate about democracy and migration...

This book examines the link between constitutional asymmetry and multinationalism and the effects asymmetry produces on legitimacy and stability in federal and quasi-federal systems. This is done through a structured and exhaustive comparative analysis,...

This book explores the ambit of the notion of persecution in international law and its relevance in the current geopolitical context, more specifically for refugee women.The work analyses different models for interpreting the notion of persecution in...

This book presents a systematic analysis of the notion of control in the law of military occupation. The work demonstrates that in present-day occupations, control as such occurs in different forms and variations. The polymorphic features of occupation...

"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...

My purpose for writing this book is to educate people about the history and the dangers of abortion. To also awaken the church to its responsibility to defend the helpless, which are our per-born babies in the womb. The church can no longer be a...

The right of a person to be respected and valued, and to be treated ethnically for their own sake is termed as human dignity. Violations of human dignity takes place when an individual is humiliated, instrumentalized or objectified, degraded, and...

The basic rights and freedom inherited by an individual at the time of their birth are called human rights. These can never be taken away and are possessed by them until his death. Human rights are applicable everywhere, for everyone, and at every time...

The safeguarding of children from exploitation, abuse and neglect is termed as child protection. There exists a set of laws and policies which focuses on education, social welfare, health, security and justice in order to protect children. These policies...

Freedom of Speech in War Time is a book written by Zechariah Chafee Jr. and published in 1919. The book is a legal analysis of the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech during times of war. Chafee argues that the government's power to...

""Alegato de Defensa de los Ciudadanos Agust������n Madrid y Abraham Arroniz: Presentado al Juzgado 1 de Distrito (1870)"" es un libro escrito por Carlos Carrera que presenta un discurso en defensa de dos ciudadanos que fueron acusados de un delito. El...

""United States Ex Rel. John Turner Vs. William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration"" is a legal case book written by Clarence Darrow in 1903. The book revolves around the story of John Turner, an immigrant who was denied entry into the United States...

This collection discusses the concept of fraternity and examines the issue of its role in law. Since the end of World War II, fraternity has been cited in several national constitutional charters, in addition to the United Nations Universal Declaration...

This book presents an international and comparative exploration of how the COVID-19 global pandemic has affected and impacted on issues of human rights, security, and law. Throughout the world, the COVID-19 global pandemic has fundamentally impacted and...

This book examines the idea of a fundamental entitlement to health and healthcare from a human rights perspective. It will be an invaluable resource for students, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of health law and policy, and...

Examines the global legal challenges faced by adherents of the most widely practiced religions of the African diaspora in the twenty-first century, including Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah,...

The CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) is a data privacy law that took effect on January 1, 2020. It applied to businesses that collect California residents' personal information, and its privacy requirements are similar to those of the GDPR (General...

I Thought I was Done with This is a book by a German-born black entrepreneur who came to New York only to rediscover a topic he thought he had long since left behind: racism. Maurice Hofmann, son of a single mother, learned early that fighting his fights...

Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and WisconsinThe Personal Liberty Laws reflected the social ethical commitment to freedom from slavery and as such were among the bricks that...

Religion is a prominent legal force despite the premise constructed and promoted by Western constitutionalism that it must be separated from the State in democracies. Education constitutes an area of human life that leaves ample scope for the expression...

This book draws on the analytic and political dimensions of queer, alongside the analytic and political usefulness of emotion, to navigate legal interventions aimed at progressing the rights of LGBT people.Scholars, activists, lawyers, and judges...

This book analyzes patterns and causes of state cooperation with the International Criminal Court.The work focuses on several African cases, including those against leading state officials, to dive into current debates about compliance with international...

A comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the past, present, and future of affirmative action in the United States.

In this new and burgeoning field in legal and human rights thought, this edited collection explores, by reference to applied philosophy and case law, how the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has developed and presented a right to personal identity,...

The high profile cases of Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, and Tafida Raqeeb raised the questions as to why the state intrudes into the exercise of parental responsibility concerning the medical treatment of children and why parents may not be permitted to...

Slamming Bricks: An Anthology features poetry from LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and AAPI poets addressing themes of resistance and liberation. The third edition of the anthology highlights work from fifteen poets ranging from debut poets to multi-award-winning slam...

Lawrence M. Friedman's newest book explores the sheer phenomenon of a near-global arc favoring the idea, and sometimes even the practice, of human rights. Not the typical legal or philosophical examination of rights, this book instead asks: Why is it -...

Members of racial groups are protected under international law against genocide, persecution, and apartheid. But what is race - and why was this contentious term not discussed when drafting the Statute of the International Criminal Court? Although the...

This book seeks to provide and promote a better understanding and a more responsive and inclusive governance of the automation and digital devices in public institutions, particularly the law and justice sector. Concerns related to AI design and use have...