Civil Law category: 2427 books
Sweatshops in Paradise
A True Story of Slavery in Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
When nine Vietnamese women arrived at Virginia Lynn Sudburys small law office in Pago Pago, on the island of Tutuila in the territory of American Samoa, she wasnt certain she would take the case. The women, workers at the Daewoosa garment factory, were trying to get the company to pay them their promised...
Inventing American Exceptionalism
The Origins of American Adversarial Legal Culture, 1800-1877
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
A highly engaging account of the developments—not only legal, but also socioeconomic, political, and cultural—that gave rise to Americans’ distinctively lawyer-driven legal culture When Americans imagine their legal system, it is the adversarial trial—dominated by dueling larger-than-life lawyers...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Property as a human rights concern is manifested through its incorporation in international instruments and as a subject of the law through property-related cases considered by international human rights organs. Yet, for the most part, the relationship between property and human rights has been discussed...
by Brice Dickson
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
How does the UK Supreme Court approach human rights law? This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the human rights jurisprudence of the Court, analysing the opinions expressed by the current Justices and their predecessors, both judicially and extra-judicially. It criticizes the judges...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
The Treaty of Lisbon has endowed the EU with a normative human rights framework that confirms recognition as a fully-fledged regional mechanism for the protection of human rights. The aim of this book is to contribute to the growing discussion of the external human rights dimension of the European...
Religious Freedom and the Australian Constitution
Origins and Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
This book examines the origins of Australia’s constitutional religious freedom provision. It explores, on the one hand, the political activities and motives of religious leaders seeking to give the Australian Constitution a religious character and, on the other, the political activities and motives...
The Coming Race War
And Other Apocalyptic Tales of America after Affirmative Action and Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1996
In The Washington Post, Julius Lester praised Richard Delgado's The Rodrigo Chronicles: Conversations about America and Race as free of cant and ideology. . . . an excellent starting place for the national discussion about race we so desperately need. The New York Times has hailed Delgado as a pioneer...
The Rodrigo Chronicles
Conversations About America and Race
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1996
Richard Delgado is one of the most evocative and forceful voices writing on the subject of race and law in America today. The New York Times has described him as a pioneer of critical race theory, the bold and provocative movement that, according to the Times "will be influencing the practice...
Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Reform
Our Voices, Our Stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights...
The Long Arc of Justice
Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Equality, and Rights
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2005
Engaging the whole spectrum of public-policy issues affecting gays and lesbians from a humanistic and philosophical approach, Richard Mohr uses the tools of his trade to assess the logic and ethics of gay rights. Focusing on ideas and values, Mohr's nuanced case for legal and social acceptance applies...
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
A Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines the key political, social and economic rights of EU citizens and residents in EU law. In its present form it was approved in 2000 by the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Commission. However its legal status...
Crime, Victims and Justice
Essays on Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Victims of crime are still marginalized in criminal law practice, even though an increasingly large number of legislatures have introduced reforms on their behalf. This collection of papers from some of the leading experts in the field sets out to provide a better understanding of the problems associated...
by Jason M. Pobjoy
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Children are the victims of some of the most devastating examples of state-sanctioned and private human rights abuse. In increasing numbers, they are attempting to find international protection, and are forced to navigate complex administrative and legal processes that fail to take into account their...
Challenge to China
How Taiwan Abolished Its Version of Re-Education Through Labor
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Challenge to China: How Taiwan Abolished Its Version of Re-Education Through Labor draws attention to an underappreciated aspect of legal reforms in Taiwan, and asks how Taiwan's experience might be relevant to its giant neighbor across the Taiwan Strait. This timely book by Jerome A. Cohen,...