Human rights, civil rights Books

Maintaining the importance of socio-economic issues in devising transitional justice mechanisms, this book examines the widespread practice of land grabbing in Afghanistan.

Takes us through a daringly comprehensiveargument ... the simplicity and sheer readability of his writing and the lucidity and humaneness of his overall position deserve, and will attract, one hopes, a wide readership. For Wren, education in justice...

The Terri Schiavo case was a key battle in a larger political struggle over abortion, stem-cell research, physician-assisted suicide, gay rights, and the appointment of federal judges. The religious Right chose to make it a national spectacle because...

Lott acaba con un falso mito sobre la posesión de armas de fuego uno tras otro! Como señala el Prólogo de Andrew Pollack; "Conozca los hechos reales que los desacreditan". Desde los mitos sobre los tiroteos públicos...

Hvem bryr seg om det palestinske folket? I løpet av de siste hundre årene har palestinernes liv ikke vært noen dans på roser. I denne boka skal vi se på hvordan palestinerne er blitt påvirket av det som har skjedd de...

Corona & Klima sind der Schlüssel für den GREAT RESET, der Einstieg in die Neue Weltordnung (NWO), die globale Diktatur der Elite, die mittels Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI), Geoengineering (Wetterdesign), Biotechnology (Gentechnische Veränderung von...

A Jewish Spiritual Political Playbook for the 2024 Presidential Campaign CycleBefore restoring the American soul, you must get to the deepest roots of systemic racism, the origins that unscrupulous politicians try to obscure to convince their base. One...

Social media has emerged as a powerful tool that reaches a wide audience with minimum time and effort. It has a diverse role in society and human life and can boost the visibility of information that allows citizens the ability to play a vital role in...

Is knowledge power? In Teach the Nation , Anne-Elizabeth Murdy explores the history and contradictions in the notion that education and literacy are vital means for improving social and political status in the US. By closely examining the rapidly...

This book looks at the Rohingya in the South Asian region, primarily India and Bangladesh. It explores the broader picture of the historical and political dimensions of the Rohingya crisis, and examines subjects of statelessness, human rights, and...

The unprecedented arrival of more than a million refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants - plus the political, public, and policy reactions to it - is redefining Europe. The repercussions will last for generations on such central issues as security,...

This book presents a systematic account on Poles' attitudes toward ethnic, religious, political, and sexual minorities. It investigates Poland's reputation as an intolerant, anti-Semitic, and homophobic country. Counter to a simplistic image of...

This book introduces a new conceptual framework for impunity within state crime theory and uses Turkish state criminality against Kurds between 1990 and 2000 as a case study.

An interdisciplinary collection, <i>Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights</i> examines the potential and limitations of the "women's rights as human rights" framework as a strategy for seeking gender justice. Drawing on...

Surveying the two centuries that preceded Jim Crow's demise, Race and Education in New Orleans traces the course of the city's education system from the colonial period to the start of school desegregation in 1960. Walter C. Stern's timely...

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Jim Crow strengthened rapidly and several southern states adopted new constitutions designed primarily to strip African American men of their right to vote. Since the Fifteenth Amendment to the United...

Few historical events lend themselves to such a sharp delineation between right and wrong as does the civil rights struggle. Consequently, many historical accounts of white resistance to civil rights legislation emphasize the ferocity of the opposition,...

Constituting what may be the most impressive research to date of state supreme court records, Slavery, the Civil Law, and the Supreme Court of Louisiana analyzes the evolution of Louisiana's slave laws from the territorial period to the Civil War...

For more than thirty years, Douglas Laycock has been studying, defending, and writing about religious liberty. In this second volume of the comprehensive collection of his writings on the subject, he has compiled articles, amicus briefs, and actual court...

The central concern ofThe Europeanization of National Polities? is to know and describe how far EU 'legal' citizens feel that they are actually part of a functioning European political system and how much they think of themselves as EU citizens. The...

Canal Commission: Letter To The Honorable The Secretary Of State, From The Canal Commissioners (1871) is a historical document written by Hugh Allan. The book is a letter addressed to the Secretary of State, discussing the Canal Commission and its...

Le livre ""Le Vray Estat De La France, Comme Elle Est Gouvernee A Present"" a �����t����� �����crit par Jean Pinsson de La Martini�����re et publi����� en 1654. Ce livre est une description compl�����te de la France telle qu'elle �����tait gouvern�����e...

New York Times Best Seller 2015 RFK Book Awards Special Recognition 2015 Lillian Smith Book Award 2015 AAUP Books Committee "Outstanding" Title When Strong Inside was first published ten years ago, no one could have predicted the impact the book would...

When Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment in August 1920, giving women the right to vote, one group of women expressed bitter disappointment and vowed to fight against this feminist disease. Why this fierce...

The Terrible Mysteries of the Ku-Klux-Klan is a book written by an anonymous author who goes by the pseudonym ""Scalpel."" The book was originally published in 1868 and provides a detailed account of the Ku Klux Klan, a secret society that was formed in...

The Grand Army Blue Book is a comprehensive guide to the rules and regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War. Originally published in 1884, the book was written by Robert...

Il libro ""Ricordi Storici: I Fatti Delle Calabrie Nel Luglio Ed Agosto 1860"" scritto da Cesare Morisani nel 1872, ����� una raccolta di eventi storici che si sono verificati nelle Calabrie durante i mesi di luglio ed agosto del 1860. L'autore,...

Hypocrisy Unveiled, And Calumny Detected, In A Review Of Blackwood�������s Magazine (1818) is a book written by James Grahame. The book is a critical review of Blackwood�������s Magazine, a popular literary magazine of the time. Grahame exposes the...

""History Of The Parliamentary Representation Of Preston"" is a book written by William Dobson and published in 1868. The book provides a comprehensive account of the parliamentary representation of the town of Preston in Lancashire, England. It details...

""History of the Delhi Massacre: Its Supposed Origin, and the Means Being Adopted to Avenge the Murder of the British Subjects"" is a book written by an anonymous female author in 1858. The book provides a detailed account of the events leading up to the...

Histoire Politique Des Grandes Querelles Entre L�������Empereur Charles V, Et Francois I, Roi De France V1 (1777) est un livre �����crit par De Goetzmann, Louis Valentin. Ce livre traite de l'histoire politique des grandes querelles entre l'Empereur...

For decades, framing an issue as a 'human rights' issue carried certain power and effect in politics and international relations, one that has been challenged by the recent rise of populist political forces. Ford explores the recent impact of populist...

In Citizenship After Trump, political theorists Bradley S. Klein and Scott G. Nelson explore the meaning of community in the context of intense political polarization, the surge of far-right nationalism and deepening divisions during the coronavirus...

Offering a more accessible alternative to casebooks and historical commentaries, Law Among Nations explains issues of international law by tracing the field's development and stressing key principles, processes, and landmark cases.This comprehensive text...

Religious Approaches to Human Rights outlines the relationship between religion and human rights today. It explores the place of religion in society, differences between religions, models of religion and state, and implications for public policy.Human...

This book argues that ultimately human rights can be actualized, in two senses. By answering important challenges to them, the real-world relevance of human rights can be brought out; and people worldwide can be motivated as needed for realizing human...

Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study, this book assesses whether Indonesia's liberal democratic human rights legal regime can withstand the rise of growing...

Why have statelessness and contemporary enslavement become endemic since the 1990s? What is it about global political economic policies, protracted warfare, and migration rules and patterns that have so systemically increased these extreme forms of...