Law: Human rights and civil liberties

Be inspired by this grassroots civil rights lawyer's quest for democracy, equality, and justice Born in 1947 and raised in rural South Carolina, Lewis Pitts grew up oblivious to the civil rights revolution underway across the country.

The importance of the rule of law is universally recognised and of fundamental value for most societies.

A succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War.

"e;He was the most important scholar of privacy since Louis Brandeis.

What are the connections between conceptions of rights found in English law and those found in bills of rights around the World?

During the Allies invasion of Italy in the thick of World War II, American soldier James Kutcher was hit by a German mortar shell and lost both of his legs.

Systematic and critical examination of Chinese refugee law and policy including information acquired from interviews and field visits.

This book explores the intricate terrain of international religious freedom discourse.

This multifaceted reference work surveys the history, development, leadership, and priorities of Black Lives Matter (BLM), including the group's efforts to raise public awareness of police violence in communities of color.

This book explains the phenomenon of states'' compliance with human rights tribunals'' rulings using theories from international law, human rights, and international relations.

El estudio y la comprensión de los derechos políticos y de participación: sufragio, referéndum, revocatoria, iniciativa legislativa y otras formas participativas, resulta indispensable para lograr que, cumplido el bicentenario de nuestra independencia, la voluntad expresada por la ciudadanía presida en definitiva la vida de la Nación peruana, prevalezca en los procedimientos democráticos, y destierre las vías de hecho y fuerza utilizadas por los gobernantes de facto que mediante golpes de estado usurparon el poder político y establecieron regímenes dictatoriales para su beneficio particular en gran parte de la historia política pasada.

Understand the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) and how to implement strategies to comply with this privacy regulation.

Since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, data protection has been elevated to the status of a fundamental right in the European Union and is now enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights alongside the right to privacy.

The explosive rise in the U.

Academic Freedom and the Law: A Comparative Study provides a critical analysis of the law relating to academic freedom in three major jurisdictions: the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States.

This book uncovers how banks, individuals, and companies worked as economic accomplices to the oppressive Argentinian dictatorship.

The notion of conflict rests at the heart of the judicial function.

What are the connections between conceptions of rights found in English law and those found in bills of rights around the World?

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.

Winner of the 2018 Inner Temple New Authors Book Prize and the 2016 SLS Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.

The first textbook on international and European disability law and policy, analysing the interaction between different legal systems and sources.

Today''s struggle for free speech is placed into historical context to explore how laws protect, or threaten, less-powerful speakers.

A Second Appeal: A Consideration of Freedom and Social Justice engages in an analysis of the ideals of freedom and social justice.

Should offence to religions be punishable by law, or does freedom of expression extend even to blasphemy?

Der "Grundkurs Öffentliches Recht" ist auf zwei Bände angelegt.

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.

The criminalization of migration is heavily patterned by race.

This book considers how access to justice is affected by restrictions to legal aid budgets and increasingly prescriptive service guidelines.

No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis.

Imprisoned by the Past: Warren McCleskey and the American Death Penalty connects the history of the American death penalty to the case of Warren McCleskey.

This anthology introduces the ideas of four jurists who present distinct ''Southern'' perspectives on human rights.

Most modern democracies punish hate speech.

This is the first-and the only authorized-biography of Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996), the judge who led the federal court with jurisdiction over most of the Deep South through the most tumultuous years of the civil rights revolution.

This volume explains the FTC''s privacy activities and how they fit in the context of the agency''s consumer protection mission.

Understand the complexities of EU law and its implications on UK lawLaw of the European Union, 13th Edition, by Morano-Foadi and Neller is a comprehensive and visually appealing coverage of the structure, law and practice of the European Union and its impact on UK law.

Considers how law interacts with economic and social processes to create global gender injustices.

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

This new edition upon the 50th anniversary of In re Gault includes expanded coverage of the Roberts Courts juvenile justice decisions including Miller v.

The subjects of Privacy and Data Protection are more relevant than ever with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becoming enforceable in May 2018.

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.

Die Überarbeitung bringt das Lehrbuch auf den aktuellen Stand.

The 1998 arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in London and subsequent extradition proceedings sent an electrifying wave through the international community.

This book shows how an increasingly conservative Supreme Court has undermined the enforcement of rights through strategies rejected by Congress.

In 2007, for the first time in nearly seventy years, the Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the Second Amendment.

Voting rights are a perennial topic in American politics.