Law: Human rights and civil liberties

This book tells the story of how Americans, from the Civil War through today, have fought over the meaning of civil rights.

This edited collection addresses some of the most important challenges in contemporary human rights law and practice.

El domicilio es un reducto inexpugnable sobre el que el individuo despliega su cotidianeidad, es probablemente el lugar más importante de su vida, su mayor tesoro… Por eso es inviolable… Por ello, se ha de garantizar al máximo, que cualquier injerencia o intrusión que se pueda producir esté rodeada de todas las garantías a nuestro alcance para proteger la intimidad y derechos de los moradores.

What does it mean to "e;act black"e; or "e;act white"e;?

This is volume 6 in the series Swedish Studies in European Law.

First published in 1908, Constitutional Government in the United States offers Woodrow Wilson's thoughts on the US political system, including his famous theories regarding constitutional interpretation.

More than forty years after Brown v.

Since 2005, Voice of Witness has illuminated contemporary human rights crises through its oral history book series.

It has been well-established that many of the injustices that people around the world experience every day, from food insecurity to unsafe labor conditions and natural disasters, are the result of wide-scale structural problems of politics and economics.

In The Privacy Pirates, former National Security Agency intelligence officer Dr.

Identifies paths for legal resilience against restrictions of migrants'' rights introduced by the forces of authoritarian populism.

Human rights are brought to life by a number of defining principles.

This book offers conceptual analyses, highlights issues, proposes solutions, and discusses practices regarding privacy and data protection in transitional times.

The primary purpose of this book is to demonstrate the scope that already exists for using international human rights law in English courts, regardless of its status as 'incorporated' or 'unincorporated'.

Dieses Werk nimmt erstmals eine umfassende historische Rekonstruktion des Luftkriegsrechts vor.

In recent years the impact of human rights and fundamental rights on private law has risen in prominence and led to a whole series of detailed investigations.

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) entered into force on 3 September 1953 with binding effect on all Member States of the Council of Europe.

El Tribunal Supremo indio, El Tribunal Constitucional sudafricano y la Corte Constitucional colombiana son tres de los tribunales mas importantes y creativos del Sur Global.

Cultural Analysis, Cultural Studies, and the Law is a field-defining collection of work at the intersection of law, cultural analysis and cultural studies.

A comprehensive analysis of the extent, method, purpose and effects of domestic and international courts'' judicial dialogue on human rights.

El Tribunal Supremo indio, El Tribunal Constitucional sudafricano y la Corte Constitucional colombiana son tres de los tribunales más importantes y creativos del Sur Global.

In this book a team of expert contributors address challenging issues concerning the relationship between private law and the rule of law and human rights, with specific focus on case studies from South-Eastern Europe.

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.

This stirring collection of essays and talks by activist and former judge Albie Sachs is the culmination of more than 25 years of thought about constitution-making and non-racialism.

The civil rights era was a time of pervasive change in American political and social life.

In common law jurisdictions, litigants are free to choose whether to procure legal representation or litigate in person.

This book shows how a series of contradictions worked their way into the International Bill of Human Rights.

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

This book shines a light on the still unexplored relationships between federalism and disability rights.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force on 1 January 2005, creating a new statutory 'right to open government'.

Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint provides a novel justificatory foundation for the principle of freedom of expression.

Should an employee be allowed to wear a religious symbol at work?

Well-selected and authoritative, Hart Core Statutes provide the key materials needed by students in a format that is clear, compact and very easy to use.

International human rights law is sometimes criticized as an infringement of constitutional democracy.

This book examines the positive and negative impact testifying has on those who bear witness to the horrors of war.

In recent years, human rights have come under fire, with the rise of political illiberalism and the coming to power of populist authoritarian leaders in many parts of the world who contest and dismiss the idea of human rights.

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This book uses primary sources to closely examine the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and to show how legal interpretations of it have had a profound impact on American life as we know it.

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Rights and rights talk have a long and storied history and have occupied a crucial place in the ideology of liberal legalism.

How are rights and freedoms best protected?

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The abuse of workers in export processing zones in developing countries, the undignified treatment of elderly people in care homes, and the dangers for internet users' privacy arising from private companies' control of their data are prominent examples of how our most fundamental interests are increasingly jeopardized by powerful private actors.

Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity examines the question of whether something similar to an "e;Islamic constitutionalism"e; has emerged out of the political and constitutional upheaval witnessed in many parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Southern Asia.