Law: Human rights and civil liberties

2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title * A provocative look into civil rights progress in the Palmetto State from activists, statesmen, and historiansToward the Meeting of the Waters represents a watershed moment in civil rights history-bringing together voices of leading historians alongside recollections from central participants to provide the first comprehensive history of the civil rights movement as experienced by black and white South Carolinians.

This is the second edition of the acclaimed Security and Human Rights, first published in 2007.

In the 2015 UK General Election, the Conservative party pledged to reset the UK's relations with Europe, holding an in-out referendum on membership of the European Union and repealing the Human Rights Act, to be replaced with a UK Bill of Rights.

An invaluable compendium of the Parliamentary debates on one of the most far reaching pieces of legislation this century The Human Rights Act 1998.

Critical and provocative, this first textbook on law and religion sets out the key principles and is essential student reading.

Maps the UN legal instruments relevant for the protection and promotion of the rights to freedom of expression and information.

This is the first book on the policy questions raised by two revolutions in recording the police - copwatching and police-worn body cameras.

Jurists, historians and theologians from five faiths and three continents examine the importance of Magna Carta''s religious foundations.

Thoroughly updated and featuring 75 new entries, this monumental four-volume work illuminates past and present events associated with civil rights and civil liberties in the United States.

How the police are policed is no longer just a domestic issue.

In Humanity's Law, renowned legal scholar Ruti Teitel offers a powerful account of one of the central transformations of the post-Cold War era: the profound normative shift in the international legal order from prioritizing state security to protecting human security.

"Paris 1919-1920: Frieden durch Recht?

El presente volumen incluye una serie de publicaciones del autor que versan sobre la protección internacional de derechos fundamentales, y su relación con su protección en los ordenamientos nacionales.

When an individual is accused of a crime he is provided, at least in theory, with numerous constitutional rights throughout the legal process.

A bold critique of US policies towards terror suspects after 9/11, which will interest all those who value human rights and humanitarian law.

'This is history as it should be.

How do courts reconcile protecting family life with immigration control in human rights cases?

La presente obra identifica diversos problemas de investigación contemporáneos en las disciplinas jurídicas del derecho privado y de la responsabilidad civil, lo que la convierte en una importante fuente de análisis y consulta.

North American law has been transformed in ways unimaginable before 9/11.

This is the first anthology of Oliver Wendell Holmes''s writings, speeches and opinions concerning freedom of expression.

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

The desire to erase the religions of Indigenous Peoples is an ideological fixture of the colonial project that marked the first century of Canada's nationhood.

The stark reality is that throughout the world, women disproportionately live in poverty.

This book explores the complexity and depths of our digital world by providing a selection of analyses and discussions from the 16th annual international conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP): Ideas that Drive Our Digital World.

When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, its primary target was the outright exclusion of women from particular jobs.

Recent revelations, by Edward Snowden and others, of the vast network of government spying enabled by modern technology have raised major concerns both in the European Union and the United States on how to protect privacy in the face of increasing governmental surveillance.

There are two oppositional narratives in relation to telling the story of indigenous peoples and minorities in relation to globalization and intellectual property rights.

The book presents human rights struggles within and between the United States and the Middle East in the post-September 11th era.

In this controversial and provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism.

The third edition of Parliament and the Law presents a timely and valuable resource covering recent developments.

Arthur Ray's extensive knowledge in the history of the fur trade and Native economic history brought him into the courts as an expert witness in the mid-1980s.

Offers a First Amendment approach to defend against governmental censorship of the newest form of technological expression: robotic speech.

This volume addresses the philosophical and theoretical ramifications of human rights, and challenges made to them.

In its controversial Bakke decision of 1978, the Supreme Court upheld racial and ethnic diversity in university admissionsbut it was not to be the last word on the matter.

Considers the challenges faced by privacy laws in changing technological, commercial and social environments.

This book brings together papers that offer conceptual analyses, highlight issues, propose solutions, and discuss practices regarding privacy, data protection and enforcing rights in a changing world.

Seit 60 Jahren wird im Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) Europa gedacht – dies ist die Bilanz internationaler Forschung und Kommunikation für Politik und Zivilgesellschaft, mit Beiträgen aus allen Epochen und Arbeitsbereichen, von 23 Autoren und Autorinnen, die das IEP mitgestaltet und begleitet haben.

This book argues that human rights should be balanced with other values that are indispensable for social harmony and personal happiness.

Explores criteria determining the international responsibility of member states for failure to protect human rights in international financial institutions.

Wie weit reicht das Menschenrecht der Religionsfreiheit?

The Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 provides clear, concise coverage of the operation and application of the Human Rights Act 1998, discussing the successes and failures of the Act and the debate surrounding its possible eventual replacement with a Bill of Rights.

Most workers on temporary, zero hours and involuntary part-time contracts in the UK are women.

En este trabajo se han analizado las razones que abundan a que el Estado debe ser neutral políticamente y que son numerosas, ya que se estructura una sociedad política pluralista, cuyo reconocimiento como principio y valor constitucional tiene como consecuencia la garantía de la igualdad en el ejercicio de los derechos de libertad, incluidos los de carácter político, que deben posibilitar que no se perjudique la competencia política, proteger los derechos de los participantes en la misma, garantizar la libertad en el proceso de formación de la voluntad política y de la opinión pública, asegurar la protección de los intereses generales e impedir la utilización de los recursos públicos por la autoridad pública para fines partidistas.

Punishing Corporate Crime: Legal Penalties for Criminal and Regulatory Violations provides a practical discussion of criminal punishment trends directed at the corporate entity.

Tunesien gilt als Erfolgsgeschichte des sogenannten Arabischen Frühlings.