Public international law

This comparative study deals with the important social phenomenon of sectarianism in four medium-sized cotton towns of northwest England -- Bolton, Preston, Stockport, and Blackburn -- between 1832 and 1870.

The only comprehensive analysis of international refugee rights, anchored in the hard facts of refugee life around the world.

A data-driven explanation of when successful religious parties reduce the civil liberties of their citizens in Muslim-majority countries and when they don't.

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Families of the Missing interrogates the current practice of transitional justice from the viewpoint of the families of those disappeared and missing as a result of conflict and political violence.

This comprehensive investigation into the involvement of ordinary Christians in Church activities and in anti-clerical dissent, explores a phenomenon stretching from Britain and Germany to the Americas and beyond.

Over the last three decades, a number of reforms have taken place in European social policy with an impact on the opportunities for persons with disabilities to be full and active members of society.

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, those in London and Madrid, and the arrest of the “Toronto 18,” Canadians have changed how they think about terrorism and security.

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Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls.

This textbook explains the protection by the ECHR, EU law and international instruments of various civil/political and social/economic fundamental rights.

In Memory Eternal, Sergei Kan combines anthropology and history, anecdote and theory to portray the encounter between the Tlingit Indians and the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska in the late 1700s and to analyze the indigenous Orthodoxy that developed over the next 200 years.

Das Buch untersucht die völkerrechtshistorische, -theoretische und -praktische Debatte um die Bindung der Dritten Welt an die etablierte Völkerrechtsordung nach der Dekolonialisierung unter besonderer Beachtung herausragender Völkerrechtler in den neuen Staaten wie Ram Prakash Anand, Taslim Olawale Elias, Mohammed Bedjaoui, Abdul Hakim Tabibi und Mustafa Kamil Yasseen.

The notion of sovereignty plays an important part in various areas of law, such as constitutional law and international public law.

Foreign investors have a privileged position under investment treaties.

The last twenty years have seen a rapid increase in scholarly activity and publications dedicated to environmental migration and displacement, and the field has now reached a point in terms of profile, complexity, and sheer volume of reporting that a general review and assessment of existing knowledge and future research priorities is warranted.

Since China adopted its 'open door' policy in 1978, which altered its development strategy from self-sufficiency to active participation in the world market, its goal has remained unchanged: to assist the readjustment of China's economy, to coordinate its modernization programs, and to improve its quality of life.

This evaluation of doctrines of US security policy examines to what degree they are consistent with international law.

This book analyses the accountability of European home States for their failure to secure the human rights of victims from host States against transnational enterprises.

This book presents the hitherto unstudied variety of ways that human rights socialisation is attempted in the context of regional organisations, arguing that existing conceptual accounts of this phenomenon need to be expanded to best explain this diversity.

This book provides an analysis of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Pringle case.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.

This book addresses questions in connection with the international legal regime on demands for secession, which have arisen in various States.

Innovative history of how volunteers helped build a global consensus that Western development intervention across the Global South was desirable.

The Property Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Beyond Restitution pursues a rigorous examination of the various ways in which the protection of housing and property rights can contribute to durable solutions to displacement.

A critical, intercultural and interdisciplinary review of our relationship with the environment, and its reflection in law and governance.

Many articles in the Reader were originally published in RFF's quarterly magazine, Resources.

An introductory text to the philosophy of human rights, this book provides an innovative, systematic study of the concepts, ideas, and theories of human rights.

This book considers the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' contribution to international refugee law since the establishment of UNHCR by the United Nations General Assembly in 1951.

This book examines the position of 'contextual elements' as a constitutive element of the legal definition of the crime of genocide, and determines the extent to which an individual genocidaire is required to act within a particular genocidal context.

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The European system of human rights protection faces institutional and political pressures which threaten its very survival.

Rossteuschers Geschichte des Ursprungs der Irvingianerkirche behält trotz des apologetischen Tons ihren Wert.

La presente monografía aborda, con un enfoque eminentemente práctico, una herramienta esencial para la preparación del proceso civil: las diligencias preliminares.

This book provides the first sustained and detailed account of the UPOV Convention and its key concepts and principles.

This book is a rarity in that it opens a genuinely creative new vista for understanding global politics as distinguished from international politics, enhancing the vision for understanding global subjects such as multilateral treaties and the Covid-19 virus.

The word "e;jihad"e; is everywhere in the global media.

This book discusses global mobile satellite communications (GMSC) for maritime, land (road and rail), and aeronautical applications.

The rapid development of the Internet has led to a growing potential for electronic trade in digital content like movies, music and software.

This analysis of international law using social movement theory provides a fundamental critique of international law.

The Punta del Este Declaration, and this book dedicated to elaborating upon it, is devoted to exploring the ways that human dignity for everyone everywhere can be a useful tool in helping to address the challenges and strains facing human rights in the world today.

Before military action, and even before mobilization, the decision on whether to go to war is debated by politicians, pundits, and the public.

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat.

Indigenous peoples are increasingly making requests for the return of their ancestors' human remains and ancient indigenous deoxyribonucleic acid.

This book analyses two key topics within international politics: the responsibility to protect (R2P) and the commercialization and privatization of security.

This book is designed to provide specialists, spectators, and students with a brief and engaging exploration of media usage by radical groups and the laws regulating these grey areas of Jihadi propaganda activities.

In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the International Declaration of Human Rights, a document designed to hold both individuals and nations accountable for their treatment of fellow human beings, regardless of religious or cultural affiliations.