Civil Law category: 2427 books
by Nico Moons
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
From the very first negotiations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights half a century ago to the present day, socio-economic rights have often been regarded as less enforceable than civil and political rights. The right to adequate housing, even though protecting one...
Act of Justice
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2007
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "have no lawful right" to interfere with the institution of slavery. Yet less than two years later, he issued a proclamation intended to free all slaves throughout the Confederate states. When critics challenged...
by Richard Stone
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
In recent years, the law relating to entry, search and seizure has undergone major change. Significant legislation, including the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, has led to the amendment and abolition of powers, creating a complex and dynamic legal landscape. What powers are available? Who may use...
Women's Rights and Religious Law
Domestic and International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
The three Abrahamic faiths have dominated religious conversations for millennia but the relations between state and religion are in a constant state of flux. This relationship may be configured in a number of ways. Religious norms may be enforced by the state as part of a regime of personal law or,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book presents a collection of essays on key topics and new perspectives on the EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) and has a Foreword by the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Prof. Dr. Koen Lenaerts.
Europe’s area of freedom, security and justice...
Law and Corporate Behaviour
Integrating Theories of Regulation, Enforcement, Compliance and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
This book examines the theories and practice of how to control corporate behaviour through legal techniques. The principal theories examined are deterrence, economic rational acting, responsive regulation, and the findings of behavioural psychology. Leading examples of the various approaches are given...
Shades of Freedom
Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Process
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 1998
Few individuals have had as great an impact on the law--both its practice and its history--as A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. A winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, he has distinguished himself over the decades both as a professor at Yale, the University of Pennsylvania,...
Watching Brief
reflections on human rights, law, and justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AHRC'S ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS MEDALS AND AWARDS
The first decade of the twenty-first century has seen a sharp decline in respect for human rights and the international rule of law. The legal conventions of the new realpolitik seem to owe more to Guantanamo than Geneva.
Australia...
Elbert Parr Tuttle
Chief Jurist of the Civil Rights Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
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. By the time Tuttle became chief judge of the United States...
From Jim Crow to Civil Rights
The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2004
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. In a highly provocative...
by Harvard Law Review
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
The Harvard Law Review is offered in a digital edition, featuring active Contents and URLs, linked notes, and proper ebook formatting. The contents of Issue 8 include:
Article, "Racial Capitalism," by Nancy Leong
Essay, "Shallow Signals," by Bert I. Huang
Book Review, "All...
Rule Haiku
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2018
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are seen as technical, complicated, and even intimidating. Haiku is a form of poetry known for its simplicity. Rule Haiku: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure strips each rule contained in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure down to its essence, and expresses that...
From Civil Partnership to Same-Sex Marriage
Interdisciplinary Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 are important legal, social and historical landmarks, rich in symbolic, material and cultural meanings. While fiercely opposed by many, within mainstream narratives they are often represented as a victory in a legal reform...
Equal Citizenship, Civil Rights, and the Constitution
The Original Sense of the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
The Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is arguably the most historically important clause of the most significant part of the US Constitution. Designed to be a central guarantor of civil rights and civil liberties following Reconstruction, this clause could have been at the...