Human rights, civil rights Books

Book SynopsisThis book asks whether the decision to lock down the world was justified in proportion to the potential harms and risks generated by the Covid-19 virus. Drawing on global, empirical data, it explores and exposes the social harms induced by lockdowns, many of which are 'hidden', including joblessness, mental health problems and an intensification of societal inequalities and divisions. It offers data-driven case studies on harms such as domestic violence, child abuse, the distress of being ordered to stay at home, and the numerous harms associated with the new wealth industries. It explores why some people weren't compliant with lockdown restrictions and examines the already vulnerable social groups who were disproportionally affected by lockdown including those who were locked in (care home residents), locked up (prisoners), and locked out (migrant workers, refugees). The book closes with a brief discussion on what the future might look like as we enter a post-Covid world, drawing on cutting-edge social theory. Table of ContentsForeword: Emeritus Professor Robert DingwallChapter 1 - Conceptualising Covid-19 times: Post-politics and social harm Chapter 2 - To lockdown or not to lockdown? That is the question Chapter 3 - Illness and death in the Covid epoch Chapter 4 - Lockdown Inequalities: Covid-19 LosersChapter 5 - Pandemic Winners: Unlocking the Wealth IndustriesChapter 6 - Locked down: Western society Chapter 7 - Locked in: The elderly and vulnerableChapter 8 - Locked up: Prisoners, youth detainees and asylum seekersChapter 9 - Locked out: Migrant workers, refugees, stateless citizens and the homelessChapter 10 - The Dichotomy of Lockdowns: Covid compliance and restriction refusal Chapter 11 - The ideological residue from Lockdowns Chapter 12 - Endgames Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth analysis of different dimensions of contemporary food charity. It does so against the background of an increasing number of food banks and other forms of food philanthropy. The book examines the incongruity of considering food donation as an expression of 'pure altruism'. Taking into account the dignity and rights of people, it addresses how hunger is seen and explained in rich countries and how philanthropy and democracy coexist. It looks at the relationship that exists between religious traditions and the current food donation narrative. It discusses the risks of stigmatizing food recipients, and clarifies ways to better deal with food poverty and food waste. Paradoxically, food insecurity and food waste have grown exponentially in the last decade. More and more people are not able to access food properly. The amount of perfectly edible food that is discarded also grows. The consolidation of democracies, welfare policies, and economic growth do not guarantee that all citizens can meet their basic needs in the so-called rich countries. This book analyses the current state of affairs and presents facts and reflections from diverse sources and from a cross-disciplinary perspective.Table of Contents1. Old and New Dilemmas around Charitable food. Promoting reflection on (some) policies and practices.- 2. When opulence can no longer hide hunger: International politics, welfare policies and the need to take action.- 3. Ethical debates on global hunger: moral obligations to the distant other and global justice.- 4. Food sharing and altruism: reconstructing the behavioural evolution.- 5. The right to food and the essential promotion of personal autonomy: the ‘how’ matters.- 6. Food sharing in religious and indigenous traditions: Drawing inspirations for contemporary food ethics and politics.- 7. Criminalising the poverty: stigma of the social inequalities within the constitutional framework of the workfare state of the Union.- 8. Other ways of eating in spain: Food itineraries in a context of increasing precarization.- 9. Clash between some kinds of charitable food and the human right to food.- 10. The Corporatization of Food Charity in Canada: Implications for Domestic Hunger, Poverty Reduction and Public Policy.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- PART I.- Understanding authorized heritage narratives and counternarratives.- Myanmar: Political history and institutionalized heritage practice.- Bagan: From Buddhist superpower to a place of longing for Myanmar's ruling elite.- PART II.- Bagan's conservation history and the Adopt-a-Pagoda Program.- Spatial and ideological transformations: Constructing a counternarrative.- Visual evidence: Images and maps.- PART III.- Bagan's authorized narrative.- Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. The notion of sanctions and countermeasures in international law.- 3. Sanctions from the point of view of (general) legal theory.- 4. Sanctions or restrictive measures in the EU law.- 5. State to State Sanctions: An Exception to Immunity of State and its Property, and of State Representatives?.- 6. United Nations sanctions and humanitarian exceptions.- 7. Human Rights Influencing Targeted Sanctions. On the role of international treaties on human rights and treaty mechanisms in relation to sanctions.- 8. Illegality of sanctions (or coercive measures) against the International Criminal Court.- 9. Sanctions from the perspective of the right to property. Confiscation of Assets.- 10. Due process and other procedural safeguards.- 11. Application of sanctions and the international commercial arbitration.- 12. The review of targeted sanctions of the UN and the EU at international level.- 13. Judicial approaches towards countermeasures in background disputes.- 14. Trapping European Companies Between Scylla and Charybdis: Unfulfilled Promises of the EU Blocking Statute.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Identities in Europe-The Perception of the “Other”.- Chapter 2. The Two Sides of the Mirror: Stereotypes of and from People on the Move in Europe.- Chapter 3. European Media Discourses of the Refugee “Crisis” and Human Rights.- Chapter 4. Instrumentalizing Refugees: Turkey, Greece and the European Union.- Chapter 5. Generation Z vs Millennials: Attitudes on Gender, Culture and Migration.- Chapter 6. Politics and Identity Issues: The Case of North Macedonia – After the Prespa Agreement.- Part II: The Role of European Charters and of the European Pillar of Social Rights in Fighting Social Exclusion.- Chapter 7. The European Social Charter and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU.- Chapter 8. The Governance of the European Pillar of Social Rights: Open Method of Coordination or Community Method?.- Part III: The Role of the European Union and National Policies in Fighting Social Exclusion Based on Racial Origin and Other Characteristics.- Chapter 9. European Union Approaches to Europe’s Romani People: The Potential of a Capabilities Approach to Law and Policy Making.- Chapter 10. Beyond Recognition? Locating “Roma representation” in Italy and Spain.- Chapter 11. The Role of EU Accessibility Legislation in Fighting Social Exclusion of Persons with Disabilities.- Chapter 12. From Policy to Case-Law: Have the Rights of Intersex Persons and Non-Binary and Gender-Diverse Persons Finally Become Visible Across Europe? .- Chapter 13. Positive Discrimination: How Can This Be Achieved Under Directive 2000/78? .- Chapter 14. The Role of the Ombudsman as National Equality Body: The Case of Greece.- Part IV: Contemporary Challenges and Solutions Proposed.- Chapter 15. Minimum Guaranteed Income in a Multi-level Constitutional Universe: Scope and Implementation in the Greek and EU Legal Order.- Chapter 16. Can Courts Safeguard Europe’s Social Acquis? Evidence From National and Supranational Jurisprudence.- Chapter 17. Social Solidarity Economy and Social Inclusion in Greece: Radicalism Does Not Meet Vulnerability on the Ground and in Policy-making.- Chapter 18. Digital Exclusion, Social Exclusion, the Workplace Digital Divide, Algorithmic Decision-making and the Digital Transformation of the Enterprise From a Legal-Social Perspective.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction: Re-Envisioning Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses. Civil Society and Transnational Action.- Part I: Corporate Accountability: A Fragmented Global Cause?.- “A World Where There Are Many Worlds.” Fragmentation of Civil Society Advocacy for a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights.- Transnational Advocacy Networks and Corporate Accountability: Visions, Divisions, and Convergences of a Global Cause.- Corporate Accountability and the Ecological Turn: Mining Lessons from the Rights of Nature Movement.- Values and Limitations of Transnational Activism for Corporate Accountability in post-Civil War Guatemala.- Part II: Transnational Campaigns Against Corporate Impunity.- The Transnationalisation of Civil Society in East Asia’s War Redress Movement.- Trade Unions and Corporate Accountability in Argentina: Transnational and Intersectoral Alliances.- Social Mobilisations and Corporate Accountability in Brazil: The Volkswagen Case and the Limits of Legal Settlements.- Structural Constraints and Civil Society Mobilisations for Corporate Accountability and the East African Community.- Luxembourgish Civil Society Mobilising for Corporate Accountability: Prospects and Challenges for Law Making From Below?.- Strategic Litigation for Corporate Accountability Through (International) Criminal Law. Dutch Legal Dynamics and Litigating Civil Society Organisations.- Part III: Promises and Limitations of Grassroot Activism.- Polenta and Cyanide? Investment Arbitration as Prospective Environmental Injustice in Ro?ia Montana.- From the International Boomerang to the “Domestic Boomerang”: Advocating for Corporate Accountability for Past Human Rights Abuses in Argentina.- Forced Labour in Spain under Franco’s Rule: Public Debates over Corporate Accountability in the Twenty-First Century.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: INTRODUCTION.- Chapter 2: UNDERSTANDING CORE CONCEPTS: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK TO ANALYSE STATES’ NARRATIVES.- Chapter 3: UNLOCKING STATE NARRATIVES BEFORE ICTS: A MIXED-METHOD APPROACH.- Chapter 4: POLITICAL CONTEXT SURROUNDING GLOBAL SOUTH STATES NARRATIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE.- Chapter 5: GLOBAL SOUTH NARRATIVES BEFORE THE ITLOS ADVISORY PROCEEDINGS ON CLIMATE CHANGE.- Chapter 6: ARTICULATING STATES’ NARRATIVES IN POLITICAL AND LEGAL ARENAS: UNCOVERING A SOUTH-SOUTH DIVIDE.- Chapter 7: CONCLUSION.

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Book SynopsisAll over the world, there is a growing interest in the relationship between law and aging: How does the law influence the lives of older people? Can rights, advocacy and representation advance the social position of the aged and combat ageism? What are the new and cutting-edge frontiers in the field of elder law? Should there be a new international human rights convention in this field? These are only a few of the many questions that arise. This book attempts to answer some of these questions and to set the agenda for the future development of elder law across the globe. Taking into account existing research and knowledge, leading scholars from different continents (North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia) present in this book original and novel ideas regarding the future development of elder law. These ideas touch upon key topics such as elder guardianship, citizenship, mental capacity, elder abuse, human rights and international law, family relationships, age discrimination, and the right to die. This book can thus serve as an important reference work for all those interested in understanding where law and aging are headed, and for those concerned about the future legal rights of older persons.Table of ContentsT. Carney: Guardianship, "Social" Citizenship, & Theorizing Substitute Decisionmaking Law.- N. A. Kohn: A Civil Rights Approach to Elder Law.- C. P. Sabatino, E. Wood: The Conceptualization of Legal Capacity of Older Persons in Western law.- H. Meenan: Age Discrimination and the Future Development of Elder Rights in the European Union: Walking Side by Side or Hand in Hand?.- A. M. Soden: Family Matters - Some Emerging Legal Issues in Intergenerational and Generational Relations.- I. Doron, B. Spanier: International Elder Law - The Future of Elder Law.- A. Evrard, C. Lacour: A European Approach to Developing the Field of Law and Ageing.- J. Herring: Elder Abuse - A Human Rights Agenda for the Future.- A. Murphy: Aid in Dying - United States and Around the World.

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Book SynopsisDie Weimarer Reichsverfassung ist ein Eckpfeiler des Konstitutionalismus des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die italienische Charta aus dem Jahr 1948 und das deutsche Grundgesetz aus dem Jahr 1949 repräsentieren den Verfassungszyklus nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. In diesem Band feiern italienische und deutsche Wissenschaftler das 100-jährige Jubiläum von Weimar und das 70-jährige des Grundgesetzes in einem Vergleich publizistischer Kulturen. La Costituzione di Weimar è un caposaldo del costituzionalismo del '900. La Carta italiana del 1948 e la Legge fondamentale tedesca del 1949 rappresentano il ciclo costituzionale del secondo dopoguerra. In questo volume studiosi italiani e tedeschi celebrano i 100 anni di Weimar ed i 70 del Grundgesetz in un confronto di culture pubblicistiche. Table of ContentsEinleitung/Introduzione, Giuseppe Franco Ferrari und Sandro M. Moraldo.- Deutschland zwischen europäischer Integration und Souveränität, Peter M. Huber.- Weimar: Recezioni e rielaborazione, Pier Paolo Portinaro.- I Costituzionalisti di Weimar, Luca Mezzetti.- Weimar, l’Europa e la Lega delle Nazioni, Ciro Sbailò.- Critica e recezione italiana della costituzione di Weimar, Pasquale Pasquino.- Demokratie und Menschenrechte. Zur sprachlichen Institutionalisierung von Ethik 1919 und 1949, Heidrun Kämper.- Die Restaurierung der Institutionen der Demokratie, Otto Pfersmann.- Die Weimarer Theorien der Grundrechte, Michael Goldhammer.- Preußen im deutschen Föderalismus, Dian Schefold.- Tra Weimar e Bonn: democrazia economica e ordoliberalismo nella redazione della Legge fondamentale, Alessandro Somma.- Quel che la GG deve a Weimar, Paolo Ridola.- Grundrechte und Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit: neue Herausforderungen für ein konsolidiertes System, Ulrike Haider-Quercia.- Identitätskonflikte und Verfassungsrechtsprechung, Jörg Luther.- Verfassungsänderung: die Ewigkeitsklausel unter Beschuss, Karl Eberhard Hain.- Schließt sich der Kreis der Föderalismusreformen?, Jens Woelk.- Il sistema federale alla prova: innovazione o conservazione?, Francesco Palermo.- Regierungsform im Wandel, Christian Waldhoff.- Das Parteiensystem und die Krise der Großen Koalitionen, Gerhard Robbers.- Das Parteiensystem auf dem Prüfstand des Populismus, Rudolf Hrbek.- Sistema dei partiti e democrazia diretta: la lezione di Weimar, Elisabetta Palici di Suni.- Die verfassungsrechtlichen Grundlagen der Beteiligung Deutschlands an der EU, Markus Kotzur.- Die Beziehungen zwischen den Gerichtsbarkeiten: Karlsruhe, Luxemburg, Straßburg. Jüngste Entwicklungen und Zukunftsperspektiven, Rainer Arnold.- Erinnerungsorte und -kultur: 100 Jahre Weimarer Reichsverfassug und 70 Jahre Grundgesetz, Sandro M. Moraldo.- Conclusioni, Giuseppe Franco Ferrari.

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