Law: Human rights and civil liberties

This probing account of the erosion of privacy in America shows that we are often unwitting, if willing, accomplices, providing personal data in exchange for security or convenience.

This study reinterprets a crucial period (1870s-1920s) in the history of women's rights, focusing attention on a core contradiction at the heart of early feminist theory.

Exploring the history of contemporary legal thought on the rights and status of the West's colonized indigenous tribal peoples, Williams here traces the development of the themes that justified and impelled Spanish, English, and American conquests of the New World.

Bollinger provides a masterful critique of the major theories of freedom of expression, finding these theories persuasive but inadequate.

The civil rights movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history.

The civil rights movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history.

In Defense of Politicization of Human Rights: The UN Special Procedures constitutes the first comprehensive study of the United Nations Special Procedures, covering their history, methods of work, institutional status, relationship with other politically driven organs, and processes affecting their development.

In Defense of Politicization of Human Rights: The UN Special Procedures constitutes the first comprehensive study of the United Nations Special Procedures, covering their history, methods of work, institutional status, relationship with other politically driven organs, and processes affecting their development.

School desegregation and "e;forced"e; busing first brought people to the barricades during the 1960s and 1970s, and the idea continues to spark controversy today whenever it is proposed.

A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations.

Having control over personal data is regarded as a fundamental right in the EU.

International law and most national legal systems recognize the right to strike as a fundamental human right.

International law and most national legal systems recognize the right to strike as a fundamental human right.

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.

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.

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

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

There is order on the internet, but how has this order emerged and what challenges will threaten and shape its future?

Sykes' The Society of Captives has stood as a classic of modern penology for nearly 60 years.

Sykes' The Society of Captives has stood as a classic of modern penology for nearly 60 years.

This collection of essays explores the evolution of anti-discrimination law in European civil law jurisdictions.

This collection of essays explores the evolution of anti-discrimination law in European civil law jurisdictions.

This book examines the concept of intersectional discrimination and why it has been difficult for jurisdictions around the world to redress it in discrimination law.

The European Court of Justice has been celebrated as a central force in the creation and deepening of the EU internal market.

The European Court of Justice has been celebrated as a central force in the creation and deepening of the EU internal market.

In Contours of Dignity, Suzanne Killmister sets out an original and innovative approach to understanding dignity.

In Contours of Dignity, Suzanne Killmister sets out an original and innovative approach to understanding dignity.

The tension between freedom of expression and European personal data protection regulation is unmistakable.

This book analyses the horizontal effect of fundamental rights in the European Union, from a constitutional perspective.

This book analyses the horizontal effect of fundamental rights in the European Union, from a constitutional perspective.

A critical, theoretical, and empirical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is long overdue.

A critical, theoretical, and empirical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is long overdue.

Freedom of speech is central to the liberal democratic tradition.

Freedom of speech is central to the liberal democratic tradition.

This book explores the powers, activities, and accountability of MI5 from the end of the Second World War to 1964.

This book explores the powers, activities, and accountability of MI5 from the end of the Second World War to 1964.

Religions are a problem for human rights, and human rights are a problem for religions.

This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between secularism, freedom of religion and human rights in legal, theoretical, historical and political perspective.

This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between secularism, freedom of religion and human rights in legal, theoretical, historical and political perspective.

The European Union is a supranational organisation with a set of circumscribed powers.

The European Union is a supranational organisation with a set of circumscribed powers.

The criminalization of migration is heavily patterned by race.

The criminalization of migration is heavily patterned by race.

The European Union and Human Rights: Analysis, Cases, and Materials maps and critiques the EU's commitment to human rights in both internal and external affairs.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the law and procedure of the European Court of Human Rights.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the law and procedure of the European Court of Human Rights.

Contrary to predictions that it would become increasingly redundant in a globalizing world, citizenship is back with a vengeance.

Contrary to predictions that it would become increasingly redundant in a globalizing world, citizenship is back with a vengeance.

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.