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  • Active Citizenship and Disability

    Implementing the Personalisation of Support

    by Andrew Power, Janet Lord, Allison DeFranco ...
    This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how different jurisdictions have implemented them to enable meaningful ... Read more

    $60.69 USD

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  • The Lady and the Peacock

    The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi

    by Peter Popham ...
    Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi—known to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed Burma, and to her followers as simply "The Lady"—has recently returned to international headlines. Now, this major new biography offers essential reading at a moment when Burma, after decades of stagnation, is once again in flux.Suu Kyi's remarkable life begins with that of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Law of Refugee Status

    by James C. Hathaway, Michelle Foster ...
    The first edition of The Law of Refugee Status (published in 1991) is generally regarded as the seminal text on interpreting the refugee definition set by the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention. Its groundbreaking analysis served as the bedrock for not only much judicial reasoning, but also for a burgeoning academic literature in law and related fields. This second edition builds on the strong critical ... Read more

    $69.69 USD

  • Generation Palestine

    Voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement

    Edited by Rich Wiles ...
    The unique model of apartheid, colonisation and military occupation that Israel imposes on the Palestinians, along with myriad violations of international law, have made Palestine the moral cause of a generation. Yet many people continue to ask, 'what can we do?'Generation Palestine helps to answer this question by bringing together Palestinian and international activists in the Boycott, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thomas Paine on Liberty

    Common Sense and Other Writings

    by Thomas Paine ...
    Thomas Paine is most famous for writing Common Sense, a pamphlet distributed during the American Revolution advocating for colonial America’s independence from Great Britain. Now, collected here in a beautiful gift book volume are excerpts from this important historical American document, as well as several of his other writings.Paine believed in more than just freedom in the form of revolution ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Shifting Centres of Gravity in Human Rights Protection

    Rethinking Relations between the ECHR, EU, and National Legal Orders

    Edited by Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Antoine Buyse ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    This book brings together researchers from the fields of international human rights law, EU law and constitutional law to reflect on the tug-of-war over the positioning of the centre of gravity of human rights protection in Europe. It addresses both the position of the Convention system vis-à-vis the Contracting States, and its positioning with respect to fundamental rights protection in the ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Patents, Human Rights and Access to Science

    by Aurora Plomer ...
    The new millennium has been described as 'the century of biology', but scientific progress and access to medicines has been marred by global disputes over ownership of the science by universities and private companies. This book examines the challenges posed by the modern patent system to the right of everyone to access the benefits of science in international law.Aurora Plomer retraces the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • After Abu Ghraib

    Exploring Human Rights in America and the Middle East

    by Shadi Mokhtari ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    This book traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era: the American human rights campaign to challenge the Bush administration's 'War on Terror' torture and detention policies, Middle Eastern efforts to challenge American human rights practices (reversing the traditional West to East flow of human rights mobilizations and discourses) and Middle Eastern attempts to ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Standard-setting through monitoring? The role of Council of Europe expert bodies in the development of human rights

    by Collectif ...
    A variety of mechanisms has been established in the Council of Europe to monitor compliance with human rights standards.This publication discusses four specific monitoring bodies, namely the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the European ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Cultural Heritage Rights

    by Anthony J. Connolly ...
    Series series The International Library of Essays on Rights
    This collection brings together selected articles on key areas in the field of cultural heritage rights discourse. Contributed by an international group of scholars, the papers address conceptual and political issues and explore themes in contemporary literature on cultural heritage such as repatriation, looting and illicit trade, the effects of armed conflict and the relationship between tourism, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • 'Honour' Killing and Violence

    Theory, Policy and Practice

    Edited by C. Strange, K. Roberts ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In this interdisciplinary collection leading experts and scholars from criminology, psychology, law and history provide a compelling analysis of practices and beliefs that lead to violence against women, men and children in the name 'honour'. ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Not by Faith Alone

    Religion, Law, and Adolescence

    by Roger J.R. Levesque ...
    Teens are often seen as challenging social mores. They are frequently perceived to engage in activities considered by adults to be immoral, including sexual behavior, delinquent activities, and low-level forms of violence. Yet the vast majority report surprisingly high levels of religiosity. Ninety-five percent of American teens aged 13-17 believe in God or a universal spirit, and 76% believe that ... Read more

    $35.99 USD