Human rights, civil rights Books

This book investigates the relationship between human rights and taxation, exploring how human rights have been impeded or enhanced through tax laws and policies, and what this means for sustainable development in the Global South.

Visibly Invisible: The Black Women of the Congressional Black Caucus offers a groundbreaking exploration of the systemic barriers faced by Black women in the United States Congress. This incisive study places the experiences of the women of the...

This book provides solutions for the removal of barriers to judicial and non-judicial remedy for victims of business related human rights abuses in non-EU states.

Lemmata for the Governance of AGI Societies: Balancing Human Values and IntelligentAutonomy"Lemmata for the Governance of AGI Societies: Balancing Human Values and Intelligent Autonomy"is a comprehensive exploration of the philosophical, ethical, and...

International nimmt die politische Bedeutung von Normen in Rhetorik und Praxis stetig zu, womit auch die Etablierung der Normenforschung innerhalb der Internationalen Beziehungen korrespondiert. Das Lehrbuch führt daher sowohl in die Funktion...

While acknowledging the challenges associated with the promotion of human rights in an environment of uncertainty, political fragility, lawlessness and deprivation, Lahai sheds light on the engagement of the people of Sierra Leone with a variety of...

"The Action and Reaction Between Churches and the Civil Government" is a lecture delivered by Francis William Newman at South-Place Chapel, Finsbury, on May 20, 1860. Newman, a prominent intellectual of his time, explores the complex relationship between...

In "Woman's Rights and Duties Considered," a female author (identified only as "By a Woman") offers her perspective on the role of women in 19th-century society. The book delves into the rights and responsibilities of women, exploring their influence...

Examines the challenges and opportunities faced by Dalits in modern India.The past decade has seen a surge in Dalit studies, offering key theoretical insights into the study of marginalized groups. This collection of essays focuses on Dalit struggles for...

In one of his few moments of sincerity, the late leader of the Socialist Party of Venezuela, Aristóbulo Istúriz, recognized that if the regime of the lieutenant colonel (retired) eliminated exchange control, the source of the Boli bourgeoisie would be...

This book exposes the human rights violations against migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, critiques the inadequate European legal responses, and strongly advocates for the development of a framework for operationalising the protection of...

This pioneering collection addresses the prospective fundamental/human right not to use the internet and the challenges that the non-use of the internet poses for democracy.

Western societies are immersed in debates about immigration and  illegality. This book examines these processes and outlines how the figure of the "crimmigrant other" has emerged not only as a central object of media and political discourse,...

This book uncovers in secular rights pioneer Hugo Grotius a rights theory that points toward the enlargement of individual responsibility.

"Ban This Book Now!: The Politics and Power of Book Bans" starts with a cheeky, sarcastic introduction that might have you chuckling, but the humor quickly gives way to a compelling investigation into a serious issue - book banning. This incisive...

This book investigates the politicisation and framing of immigration in the media and political arena in Central Europe, examining two countries - Czechia and Slovakia - in the period surrounding the "European migrant crisis". Following years of...

This book addresses the challenges of international intervention in violent conflicts and its impact on groups in conflict.When the international community intervenes in a violent internal conflict, intervening powers may harden divisions, constructing...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the record of the trial of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

The book provides an updated account of justice reform in Afghanistan, which started in the wake of the US-led military intervention of 2001. In particular, it focuses on the role of international actors and their interaction with local stakeholders,...

This book brings together scholars from the hitherto disparate fields of terrorism and reconciliation studies to examine whether reconciliation is a possible strategy for dealing with and ending a terrorist conflict.

This book examines global governance through Foucaultian notions of governmentality and security, as well as the complex intersections between the two.The volume explores how Foucault's understanding of the general economy of power in modern society...

The book examines some of the ways in which contemporary forms of political dissent are situated within processes of global ordering. Grounded in analysis of concrete practices of discipline and dissent in specific contexts, it explores the ways in...

This edited volume offers a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of interrogation and questioning in war and conflict in the twentieth century. Despite the current public interest and its military importance, interrogation and questioning in...

In the last decade or so, China and India have emerged on the global stage as two powerful free market economies. The tremendous economic growth in China and India has meant that they have been able to lift millions of people out of the poverty trap...

This book brings together researchers from the fields of international human rights law, EU law and constitutional law to reflect on the tug-of-war over the positioning of the centre of gravity of human rights protection in Europe. It addresses both the...

Historians have long realized the US civil rights movement pre-dated Martin Luther King Jr., but they disagree on where, when and why it started. Laboured Protest offers new answers in a study of black political protest during the New Deal and Second...

Richly told and deeply troubling, this book collects personal narratives of Muslim immigrants to the United States who were racially profiled, detained indefinitely, and mistreated following the September 11 attacks. From descriptions of physical abuse...

In this straightforward exploration of core problems facing humanity, hope is combined with realism based on confidence in the energies and capacities of citizens outside government to meet the pressing challenges we face today. Saunders presents an...

This book is aimed at those who are puzzled by the different ways in which the term "freedom" is used and abused. Based on interviews with people concerning the nature of freedom, the author compares what the people he talked with said about freedom with...

In recent years women's movements and democracy movements appear to have been more successful in promoting social equality than labour movements or development movements. Wage gaps between men and women have narrowed. New democracies have flourished...

Like most discussions within the tradition of rights-talk, this study is motivated by the desire to promote the idea that rights are moral assets that people should acquire in the course of their membership within social and...

Abortion makes sense in every area--unless you believe that God made alot of souls 6000 years ago when he supposedly created the world-- or if you have faith that we all have souls and they are put in us at conception.  There is no evidence for...

Het boek ""Het Oorlogsrecht En Zijne Toepassing In Den Fransch-Duitschen Oorlog, 1870-1871"" geschreven door Rijnhold Antoine Klerck, werd in 1879 gepubliceerd. Het boek gaat over het oorlogsrecht en de toepassing ervan tijdens de Frans-Duitse oorlog van...

El �����lbum de Ayacucho es una colecci������n de los principales documentos de la Guerra de la Independencia del Per������, publicada en 1862 por el historiador y pol������tico peruano Jos����� Hip������lito Herrera. Esta obra recopila una serie de...

Le livre ""Discours Parlementaires V15, Partie 4: 1872-1877 (1883)"" de Thiers, M. est un recueil de discours prononc�����s par Adolphe Thiers, homme politique fran�����ais et premier pr�����sident de la Troisi�����me R�����publique, lors de sessions...

Das Buch ""Die Wahl Albrechts II: Zum Romischen Konige"" wurde im Jahr 1886 von Wilhelm Altmann ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine historische Abhandlung �����ber die Wahl von Albrecht II zum r������mischen K������nig im Jahr 1438. Das Buch...

Die Entstehung des Kirchenstaates ist ein Buch von Gustav Schnurer, das im Jahr 1894 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch beschreibt die Entstehung des Kirchenstaates, der im Jahr 756 von Papst Stephan II. gegr�����ndet wurde. Es untersucht die...

Das Buch ""Deutschland vor f�����nfzig Jahren V3: Geschichte der Gebiets-Eintheilung und der politischen Verfassung des Vaterlandes (1862)"" von Heinrich Berghaus beschreibt die politische und territoriale Entwicklung Deutschlands im Jahr 1862. Der Autor...

Az 1843/44-Ik Evi Magyar Orszaggyulesi Also Tabla V1: Keruleti Uleseinek Naploja (1894) c������m����� k������nyv Ferencz Kov�����cs �����ltal ������r������dott. A k������nyv az 1843/44-es magyar orsz�����ggy�����l�����s als������h�����zi...

""The Rights and the Wrongs of the Poor in a Series of Letters"" is a book written by Thomas Brothers and published in 1842. The book is a collection of letters that address the issues of poverty and social inequality in England during the 19th century...

The book ""The Provincial Councilors of Pennsylvania: Who Held Office Between 1733 and 1776"" was written by Charles Penrose Keith and was first published in 1883. This book is a historical account of the provincial councilors who held office in...

""The Mortgage On The Hip-Roof House"" is a novel written by Albion Winegar Tourgee and published in 1896. The story follows the life of a young man named John Remington, who inherits a hip-roof house from his grandfather. However, the house comes with a...

The Game of Lawn-Tennis: With the Laws and Regulations for the Management of Prize Meetings (1890) is a comprehensive guide to the sport of lawn tennis, written by Cavendish. The book covers all aspects of the game, from the equipment needed to the rules...