Law: Human rights and civil liberties

The history of voting rights in America is a checkerboard marked by dogged progress against persistent prejudice toward an expanding inclusiveness.

Winner: Langum Prize Before 1954, both law and custom mandated strict racial segregation throughout much of the nation.

The history of voting rights in America is a checkerboard marked by dogged progress against persistent prejudice toward an expanding inclusiveness.

Should workers ever lose their job because of their political views or affiliations?

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.

For centuries, since the Roman Empire's adoption of Christianity, the continent of Europe has been perceived as something of a Christian fortress.

El libro explica, de manera sucinta y didáctica, lo más importante en torno al contenido, alcances y límites de los derechos a la vida y a la integridad personal.

Drawing on two empirical studies and influential theoretical frameworks, this book provides a critical overview of the key regulatory challenges concerning cyberbullying and sexting behaviours among young people (persons under 18 years).

Drawing on two empirical studies and influential theoretical frameworks, this book provides a critical overview of the key regulatory challenges concerning cyberbullying and sexting behaviours among young people (persons under 18 years).

For centuries, since the Roman Empire's adoption of Christianity, the continent of Europe has been perceived as something of a Christian fortress.

As a settler state, Canada's claims to sovereign control over territory are contested by Indigenous claims to land and to self-determination.

James Madison introduced 12 amendments to the First Congress in 1789.

Todo el tiempo, con maestría, densidad y competencia, el profesor Ricardo invita al lector o lectora a esta travesía, marcada por avances y retrocesos, en el proceso de construcción histórica de los derechos de las personas.

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

En el marco de la celebración de los 200 años de la fundación de Jalisco como estado libre y soberano, esta obra investiga los orígenes de la primera Constitución jalisciense, explorando los eventos que llevaron a su creación.

 En una época marcada por la polarización y el conflicto, Mediación social y convivencia democrática: experiencias y desafíos se presenta como una lectura indispensable para quienes buscan comprender y aplicar la mediación como una herramienta para fomentar la paz y la justicia social.

In this book, twenty-three lawyers discuss their experiences in the struggle to advance and maintain civil rights in the United States South, from the 1960s to the 1980s and from Texas to Virginia to Florida.

Das vorliegende Werk legt die Grundzüge des schweizerischen Gesellschaftsrechts dar.

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

This collection examines one of the fastest growing fields of regulation: data rights.

This collection examines one of the fastest growing fields of regulation: data rights.

In the 20 years between 1895 and 1915, two key leaders-Booker T.

El cambio climático, la ocurrencia de fenómenos meteorológicos extremos, la contaminación y la mala gestión de las administraciones están amenazando el desarrollo socioeconómico sostenible y la biodiversidad en todo el planeta.

Die Anfängerhausarbeit im Staatsrecht ist ein Baustein für die Leistungsnachweise der Zwischenprüfung an nahezu allen juristischen Fakultäten.

This ambitious, innovative project examines the principle of effective judicial protection in EU law over two volumes.

This ambitious, innovative project examines the principle of effective judicial protection in EU law over two volumes.

¿Dependen los derechos humanos de la ley?

El constitucionalismo rígido, al conferir carácter normativo a los derechos fundamentales, ha introducido todo un sistema de límites y vínculos para la legislación.

Vincular el derecho con la ideología de izquierda suena casi provocativo o voluntarista, cuando, en realidad, debería ser natural y hasta obvio.

Este libro es una introducción a los principios e ideas básicas de todo orden jurídico.

Das Gesellschaftsrecht stellt einen Kernbereich des Wirtschaftsrechts und damit der juristischen Ausbildung dar.

This book presents a new constitutional argument for the legitimacy of evolutive interpretation of the ECHR.

This book presents a new constitutional argument for the legitimacy of evolutive interpretation of the ECHR.

Although the Montaukett were among the first tribes to establish relations with the English in the seventeenth century, until now very little has been written about the evolution of their interaction with the settlers.

Contra la Izquierda explora algo básico del libertarismo que mucha gente ha olvidado hoy en día.

Das Buch zeichnet das politische Ringen von Politikern und Ministerialbeamten, Richtern und Wissenschaftlern um eine Europäische Union seit dem Haager Europakongress 1948 bis zum Vertrag von Lissabon 2007 nach.