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  • Against the Death Penalty

    International Initiatives and Implications

    Edición de Jon Yorke ...
    Series series Law, Justice and Power
    This edited volume brings together leading scholars on the death penalty within international, regional and municipal law. It considers the intrinsic elements of both the promotion and demise of the punishment around the world, and provides analysis which contributes to the evolving abolitionist discourse. The contributors consider the current developments within the United Nations, the Council of ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD

  • The Right to Life and the Value of Life

    Orientations in Law, Politics and Ethics

    Edición de Jon Yorke ...
    This groundbreaking book is the first collection to investigate the law, political science and ethical perspectives collectively in relation to the right and value of life. Its contributions from international roster of scholars are organized around five themes: a theoretical positioning of life and death; War, armed conflict and detention; Death as punishment; Medical parameters for ending life; ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Learning Standards and the Assessment of Quality in Higher Education: Contested Policy Trajectories

    de Jon Yorke, Lesley Vidovich ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book analyses accountability and quality policies relating to learning standards and examines their implications for assessment in higher education. Whilst primarily focusing on the Australian setting, this analysis is located within a broader frame of reference that includes the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (US), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

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  • Human Rights

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Andrew Clapham ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly. This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to date, considering the current controversies ... Leer más

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  • Democracy and Its Crisis

    de A. C. Grayling ...
    The EU referendum in the UK and Trump’s victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why it matters.First he considers those moments in history when the challenges we face today were first encountered ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction

    de Andrew Clapham ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. An appeal to human rights in the face of injustice can be a heartfelt and morally justified demand for some, while for others it remains merely an empty slogan. Taking an international perspective and focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, health and discrimination, this ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Constitutional Conservatism

    Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation

    de Peter Berkowitz ...
    Peter Berkowitz identifies the political principles social conservatives and libertarians share, or should share, and sketches the common ground on which they can and should join forces. Drawing on the writings of Edmund Burke,The Federalist, and the high points of post-World War II American conservatism, he argues that the top political priority for social conservatives and libertarians should be ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Governor General and the Prime Ministers, The

    The Making and Unmaking of Governments

    de Edward McWhinney ...
    Since Canada may be faced with a period of minority governments, it has become increasingly important to understand the role of the Head-of-State, the Governor General, in facing the challenge of dysfunctionality. Edward McWhinney clearly lays out the present powers and responsibilities of the office, advising the country on what to expect from the Governor General and Prime Ministers. He does so ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • International Criminal Law

    de Ilias Bantekas, Susan Nash ...
    Providing an introduction to, and detailed examination of substantive, enforcement and procedural aspects of international criminal law, this book’s examination of international and transnational crimes under treaty and customary law has been fully updated and revised.Exploring the enforcement of international criminal law through an investigation of the practice of the Security Council-based ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Americans in Waiting

    The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States

    de Hiroshi Motomura ...
    Although America is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, its immigration policies have inspired more questions than consensus on who should be admitted and what the path to citizenship should be. In Americans in Waiting, Hiroshi Motomura looks to a forgotten part of our past to show how, for over 150 years, immigration was assumed to be a transition to citizenship, with immigrants essentially ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • An Introduction to the International Criminal Court

    de William A. Schabas ...
    The International Criminal Court has ushered in a new era in the protection of human rights. Protecting against genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Court acts when national justice systems are unwilling or unable to do so. Written by the leading expert in the field, the fourth edition of this seminal text considers the Court in action: its initial rulings, cases it has prosecuted ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • Jus Cogens

    International Law and Social Contract

    de Thomas Weatherall ...
    One of the most complex doctrines in contemporary international law, jus cogens is the immediate product of the socialization of the international community following the Second World War. However, the doctrine resonates in a centuries-old legal tradition which constrains the dynamics of voluntarism that characterize conventional international law. To reconcile this modern iteration of individual ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD