Cellular technology has always been a surveillance technology, but "e;cellular convergence"e; - the growing trend for all forms of communication to consolidate onto the cellular handset - has dramatically increased the impact of that surveillance.
There is a developing body of legal reasoning in the United Kingdom Supreme Court in which members of the senior judiciary have asserted the primary role of common law constitutional rights and critiqued legal arguments based first and foremost on the Human Rights Act 1998.
A dynamic account of the practice of Islamic law, this book focuses on the actions of a particular legal official, the muhtasib, whose vast jurisdiction included all public behavior.
An internationally-renowned scholar in the fields of international and transitional justice, Diane Orentlicher provides an unparalleled account of an international tribunal's impact in societies that have the greatest stake in its work.
Bentham on Liberty focuses on the crucial formative years, when the English social philosopher Jeremy Bentham was in his twenties and thirties between 1770 and 1790, and draws on the unpublished manuscripts held at University College, London, to throw a new light on his early intellectual development.
In the United States and Europe, an increasing emphasis on equality has pitted rights claims against each other, raising profound philosophical, moral, legal, and political questions about the meaning and reach of religious liberty.
This seventh volume in the Swedish Studies in European Law series brings together some of the most prominent scholars working within the fast-evolving field of EU civil justice.
Anonymous Speech: Literature, Law and Politics discusses the different contexts in which people write anonymously or with the use of a pseudonym: novels and literary reviews, newspapers and political periodicals, graffiti, and now on the Internet.
Seit einigen Jahren findet die Bezeichnung Klassismus für die ungerechtfertigte Benachteiligung aufgrund der sozioökonomischen Herkunft oder Position verbreitet Anwendung im öffentlichen Diskurs.
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "e;requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated.
This Handbook is the latest version of a book that was last published in 2003, and has been completely revised to take account of the innumerable legal developments since then.
This book provides an account and explanation of a fundamental dilemma facing secular states: the 'legitimacy gap' left by the withdrawal of religion as a source of legitimacy.
Freedom of information is an extension of freedom of speech, a fundamental human right recognized in international law, which is today understood more generally as freedom of expression in any medium, be it orally, in writing, print, through the Internet or through art forms.
This is an edited volume of essays that examines the ideas of speech and silence - particularly their circumstances of use and contexts - in American law.
Getting By offers an integrated, critical account of the federal laws and programs that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States-the unemployed, the underemployed, and the low-wage employed, whether working in or outside the home.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century the term 'privacy' gained new prominence around the world, but in the legal arena it is still a concept in 'disarray'.
Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea.
"Se presenta a la comunidad académica el tercer tomo sobre temas nucleares del derecho civil, dedicado en esta ocasión a la apreciación de la naturaleza desde el enfoque jurídico y las diversas relaciones entre las personas que tienen como fuente e interés protegido los objetos materiales.
Comprehensive analysis of international law''s protection of women''s rights in armed conflict, with an emphasis on how these protections operate in practice.
La Revolución francesa inauguró un Estado moderno como Estado de Derecho, en el que no solamente los gobernados sino también los gobernantes estarían sometidos al ordenamiento jurídico de cada nación.
Non-territorial autonomy (NTA) is a statecraft tool that is increasingly gaining importance in societies seeking to accommodate demands by ethno-cultural groups for a voice in cultural affairs important to the protection and preservation of their identity, such as language, education, and religion.
A collection of expert essays examines the privacy rights that have been lost in the post-9/11 era-giving students and others the knowledge they need to take back their constitutional protections.
