Law: Human rights and civil liberties

As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, ecosystems are collapsing, and the planets future hangs in the balance.

This book develops ''Collective Equality'' as a new theoretical basis for the law of peace and for transitional justice.

Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples.

A critical evaluation of the latest reform in Chinese law that engages legal scholarship with research of Chinese legal historians.

A fresh response to the problem of illegal immigration in the United States through the context of Christian theology.

Examines the implementation of the rights revolution, bringing together a distinguished group of political scientists and legal scholars who study the roles of agencies and courts in shaping the enforcement of civil rights statutes.

Moral Contagion highlights the central roles that race and international diplomacy played in the development of American citizenship.

Investigates how foreigners charged with capital murder in the United States are deprived of rights by police and courts.

A critical take on the convergence of human rights discourse with the counterterrorism agenda revealing its effects on developing countries.

Critically examines the human rights activities of the Council of Europe and the European Union at a time of uncertainty and change.

The first volume of its kind to take a comprehensive view of social justice issues and interventions for young people from a global perspective.

Argues that legislatures are necessary for securing human rights, and opposes theories that locate that responsibility primarily with courts.

Argues that North American settler colonialism included episodes of genocide of Indigenous peoples as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention.

A historical and comparative analysis investigating two hundred years of migration and citizenship laws in South America.

This volume explores the emergence, evolution, and politics of North Korean human rights activism and its relevance for international policy.

Explores the interplay between law and religion in the area of hate speech, whether religion is the target or source.

Examines a trio of key concepts that help to stabilize states and the international order: human rights, democracy, and legitimacy.

Explores the effect of justice measures on ''regime consolidation'' in a post-transition context.

Uses a comparative analysis of case law in leading common law nations to demonstrate how religious discrimination is culturally determined.

Captures significant transformations in the theory and practice of economic and social rights in constitutional and human rights law.

Examines the law governing American education and proposes social constructivist pedagogy as a model for reform efforts.

Evaluates the successes and failures of the 1996 South African Constitution following the twentieth anniversary of its enactment.

A critical examination of the effect of the European Court of Human Rights on Russia''s approach to human rights.

This book examines an unexplored method of interpretation: the use of domestic law in the interpretation of international law.

This book explores the comparative evolution and varying approaches of the European, Inter-American and African human rights systems.

Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples.

The book explores artistic freedom as a human right and the contemporary challenges for its protection under international law.

"e;We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

A string of high profile law suits has drawn attention to a rapidly developing and controversial branch of media law – the use of privacy injunctions to restrain publication of information relating to the private lives of individuals.

This is the fourth edition of what is the leading practitioner's text on freedom of information law.

Experience the words that gave birth to a nation.

Das Lehrbuch erläutert und vermittelt das geltende Staatsorganisationsrecht.

Das Lehrbuch erläutert und vermittelt das geltende Staatsorganisationsrecht.

Students of American history know of the law's critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States.

Human Rights Equality Free Speech Privacy The Rule of Law These five ideas are vitally important to the way of life we enjoy today.