Public international law: human rights

There are few more contentious issues than the relation of faith to power or the suggestion that religion is irrational compared with politics and peculiarly prone to violence.

There are few more contentious issues than the relation of faith to power or the suggestion that religion is irrational compared with politics and peculiarly prone to violence.

This volume shows how and why legal empowerment is important for those exercising their religious rights under various jurisdictions, in conditions of legal pluralism.

This volume shows how and why legal empowerment is important for those exercising their religious rights under various jurisdictions, in conditions of legal pluralism.

Presenting an overview of an emerging field in the study of contemporary religion, this book, together with a complementary volume Religion in the Neoliberal Age, explores issues of religion, neoliberalism and consumer society.

Presenting an overview of an emerging field in the study of contemporary religion, this book, together with a complementary volume Religion in the Neoliberal Age, explores issues of religion, neoliberalism and consumer society.

This timely volume discusses the much debated and controversial subject of the presence of religion in the public sphere.

This timely volume discusses the much debated and controversial subject of the presence of religion in the public sphere.

In spite of the debate about secularization or de-secularization, the existential-bodily need for religion is basically the same as always.

In spite of the debate about secularization or de-secularization, the existential-bodily need for religion is basically the same as always.

This book, together with a complementary volume 'Religion in Consumer Society', focuses on religion, neoliberalism and consumer society; offering an overview of an emerging field of research in the study of contemporary religion.

This book, together with a complementary volume 'Religion in Consumer Society', focuses on religion, neoliberalism and consumer society; offering an overview of an emerging field of research in the study of contemporary religion.

This book takes bold steps in forming much-needed philosophical foundations for restorative justice through deconstructing and reconstructing various models of thinking.

This book takes bold steps in forming much-needed philosophical foundations for restorative justice through deconstructing and reconstructing various models of thinking.

Religio-political organisations in Zimbabwe play an important role in advocating democratisation and reconciliation, against acquiescent, silenced or co-opted mainstream churches.

Religio-political organisations in Zimbabwe play an important role in advocating democratisation and reconciliation, against acquiescent, silenced or co-opted mainstream churches.

Exploring the key legal issues in combating race discrimination, Race Matters provides readers with a detailed understanding of the issue of inequality.

Exploring the key legal issues in combating race discrimination, Race Matters provides readers with a detailed understanding of the issue of inequality.

This book considers institutional racism as a problem that exists within modern societies.

This book considers institutional racism as a problem that exists within modern societies.

The reality and nature of religious faith raises difficult questions for the modern world; questions that re-present themselves when faith has grown under the most challenging circumstances.

The reality and nature of religious faith raises difficult questions for the modern world; questions that re-present themselves when faith has grown under the most challenging circumstances.

With contributions by recognised experts in the field of education law, this book is a comparative study of the resolution of special education disputes, including via mediation.

With contributions by recognised experts in the field of education law, this book is a comparative study of the resolution of special education disputes, including via mediation.

Whilst activities like transplantation and medical research have typically been considered on a discrete basis, they are also actually part of a broader phenomenon of medical means being employed to make use of human beings.

Whilst activities like transplantation and medical research have typically been considered on a discrete basis, they are also actually part of a broader phenomenon of medical means being employed to make use of human beings.

The responsibility to protect ('R2P') principle articulates the obligations of the international community to prevent conflict occurring, to intervene in conflicts, and to assist in rebuilding after conflicts.

The responsibility to protect ('R2P') principle articulates the obligations of the international community to prevent conflict occurring, to intervene in conflicts, and to assist in rebuilding after conflicts.

International Relations scholarship posits that legitimacy, authority and violence are attributes of states.

International Relations scholarship posits that legitimacy, authority and violence are attributes of states.

General principles of law have made, and are likely further to make, a significant contribution to our understanding of the constituent elements of global justice.

General principles of law have made, and are likely further to make, a significant contribution to our understanding of the constituent elements of global justice.

Almost nowhere are politics and history so intimately bound up as in Ireland.

Almost nowhere are politics and history so intimately bound up as in Ireland.

A unique and major contribution to the scholarly and policy debate on American foreign and economic policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.

A unique and major contribution to the scholarly and policy debate on American foreign and economic policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.

During the Soviet period, Islam was largely ignored in Moscow and viewed as a bourgeois phenomenon which would fade over time.

During the Soviet period, Islam was largely ignored in Moscow and viewed as a bourgeois phenomenon which would fade over time.

This book examines the diverse use of Indigenous customary rights in modern landscapes from a multidisciplinary perspective.

This book examines the diverse use of Indigenous customary rights in modern landscapes from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Advances in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) have been revolutionary.

Advances in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) have been revolutionary.

This volume offers snapshots of how rights are debated and employed in public discourse to reshape legal and political relations at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

This volume offers snapshots of how rights are debated and employed in public discourse to reshape legal and political relations at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

It is generally accepted in legal and bioethical discourse that the patient has a right to self-determination.

It is generally accepted in legal and bioethical discourse that the patient has a right to self-determination.

Around the globe religion is under attack.

Around the globe religion is under attack.

Illustrated by in-depth empirical research from Kenya - one of the most popular country destinations in Africa for sex tourism - this book gathers much-needed statistics and data, and then critically examines the features of tourism and the sex trade, contextualizing this in relation to tourism development.

Illustrated by in-depth empirical research from Kenya - one of the most popular country destinations in Africa for sex tourism - this book gathers much-needed statistics and data, and then critically examines the features of tourism and the sex trade, contextualizing this in relation to tourism development.