Public international law: human rights

American civil religion unifies the nation's culture, regulates national emotions, and fosters a storied national identity.

Confederate monuments figure prominently as epicenters of social conflict.

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God Is Not a Religion: Why America Is in Decline leads readers to ask the difficultbut necessaryquestions.

This book rethinks the boundaries of transitional justice, urging scholars and practitioners to confront the often-overlooked nexus between mass violence and ecological harm.

An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation.

Why We Shouldn't Forgive invites you to understand how the practice of political forgiveness and sovereignty has changed, evolved, and developed over time.

Emergencies are ubiquitous in 21st-century societal discourses.

Working in four scholarly teams focused on different global regions-North America, the European Union, the Middle East, and China-the contributors to Religion, Secularism, and Political Belonging examine how new political worlds intersect with locally specific articulations of religion and secularism.

Christ Is Risen relives the essence of the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ through a series of iconographic illustrations and inspiring text based on the Scriptures.

In Rejoice, Maria Athanasiou uses Byzantine iconography to illustrate the story and Scriptures.

Children of all ages and adults from all walks of life are in for a spirit-nourishing read as author Maria Athanasiou presents her third Christian picture book "e;The Virgin Mary Mother of God"e; Blessed Above All Women.

Emergencies are ubiquitous in 21st-century societal discourses.

This book considers the complex and contradictory role of the United Nations when it comes to human rights around the world.

Religious liberty is often called "e;the first freedom.

"e;It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us,"e; the apostles declared at the conclusion of their council described in Acts 15.

In these essays I often refer to social contracts such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other international conventions that describe a vision of just human relations, especially in the area of culture and health care.

This book analyses over 20 years of rights-based litigation in the areas of climate change and plastic pollution in order to assess the value of rights in confronting and overcoming planetary crises.

What did Mao Zedong bring to China?

Uncovering the origins of the new sentencing structure that emerged in the course of the nineteenth century, this book travels from the demise of the "e;Bloody Code"e; in the 1830s, through the mid-century transition from convict transportation to home-based penal servitude, and on to the remarkable and unprecedented mitigation of sentencing severity in the final two decades of the century.

Anyone who works within children and adolescent mental health services will tell you what a challenging and complex world it is.

Anyone who works within children and adolescent mental health services will tell you what a challenging and complex world it is.

The Journey from Prison to Community: Developing Identity, Meaning and Belonging with Men in the UK provides a practical guide for practitioners working with men to successfully make the transition between prison and the community.

'A compelling, vividly realised prison drama with a mystery at its heart.

As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl - a crime some believe he did not commit.

We are living through a period of cultural climate change.

An Introduction to the Soviet Legal System (1969) sets the main features of modern Soviet law against their background in Russian legal history and Marxist political thought.

What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity?

________________________________________The real-life investigation behind the hit Netflix series, from two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.

Shortlisted for the British Academy Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018.

His parting shot at opposing the storm of fanaticism breaking over our times Financial Times Dear Zealots is an essential collection of three essays written out of a sense of urgency, concern, and a belief that a better future is still possible.

_______ Timely and troubling Evening Standard A necessary book David Aaronovitch Frequently jaw-dropping Huffington PostFrom UFOs to the New World Order, the inside story of how conspiracy theories won over America.

'You see, if only they didn t speak English in America, then we d treat it as a foreign country and probably understand it a lot better the sanest man in America Bill Bryson Jon Sopel nails it Emily Maitlis**With a brand new chapter, charting Trump's first year in power**As the BBC s North America Editor, Jon Sopel has had a pretty busy time of it lately.

Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school.

Winner of the Saltire Society First Book Award 2016An Economist Book of the Year 2016A Spectator Book of the Year 2016In 2011, Isabel Buchanan, a twenty-three-year-old Scottish lawyer, moved to Pakistan to work in a new legal chambers in Lahore.

Peter France looks at the various stages of his own spiritual odyssey and talks intimately of his long search for knowledge and enlightenment.

This book presents the findings from original research about court interpreting in the disciplines of humanities and social sciences from a linguistic perspective.

Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before.

In Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, Annie Wood Besant offers a profound insight into the mystical and esoteric principles of Theosophy and its impact on the modern world.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the history and development of punishment and crime prevention.

This book investigates the impact of Christian nationalism on democracy in Ghana, arguing that proponents of a specific Christian worldview seek to remake the country according to their values and beliefs.

In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice.

Virginia Howes was a mother of four doing the ironing when she had a revelation.

From the moment Pope Francis stepped on to the balcony of St Peter's Basilica for the first time, a global audience sensed that not only the Catholic Church but the world at large could be entering a new spiritual, political and social age.

This comprehensive textbook identifies the emerging legal, policy, and ethical considerations associated with the collection, analysis, storage, and distribution of data that can be tied to location on Earth - otherwise known as "e;geospatial information.

Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue.

Learn from one of our leading conservative voices how we can return to the biblical values our nation was founded upon, especially the vital importance of the family, in order to secure a prosperous future for generations to come.