Law: Human rights and civil liberties Books

Book SynopsisRavi Shankar’s bold and complex self-portrait - and portrait of America - challenges us to rethink our complicity in the criminal justice system and mental health policies that perpetuate inequity and harm. Correctional dives into the inner workings of his mind and heart, framing his unexpected encounters with law and order.

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Book SynopsisWhy we're better off treating corporations as people under the lawand making them behave like citizens Are corporations people? The U.S. Supreme Court launched a heated debate when it ruled in Citizens United that corporations can claim the same free speech rights as humans. Should they be able to claim rights of free speech, religious conscience, and due process? Kent Greenfield provides an answer: Sometimes. With an analysis sure to challenge the assumptions of both progressives and conservatives, Greenfield explores corporations' claims to constitutional rights and the foundational conflicts about their obligations in society and concludes that a blanket opposition to corporate personhood is misguided, since it is consistent with both the purpose of corporations and the Constitution itself that corporations can claim rights at least some of the time. The problem with Citizens United is not that corporations have a right to speak, but for whom they speak. The solution is not to Trade Review"A subtle, creative and intellectually brave assessment of the nature of corporate personhood and the legal and policy results—constitutional and otherwise-- that follow from that assessment. Greenfield offers thoughtful and often original views on topics ranging from the degree of First Amendment protection that corporations should receive to the nature of corporate behavior that shareholders and the broader public should come to expect."—Floyd Abrams, author of The Soul of the First Amendment “In a lively and very readable book, Greenfield makes the case that corporations must have many, if not all, the constitutional rights that people have.”— Paul Smith, Georgetown University Law Center“Professor Kent Greenfield has written a brilliant book on the role of corporations in American democracy. Greenfield gets us past the discussion of whether corporations should be regarded as persons and focuses on how they should be treated under the law. The book is provocative, original, and engaging and sure to be essential reading in grappling with the role of corporations in our political system.”—Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law

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Book SynopsisA Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2015 Roberta Kaplan’s gripping story of her defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) before the Supreme Court.Trade Review"United States v. Windsor was a landmark ruling, and the case’s architect, Roberta Kaplan, emerged as a true American hero. Then Comes Marriage is a riveting account of a watershed moment in our history, and the strategy, ingenuity, and humanity that made it happen." -- President Bill Clinton"I thought I knew the Windsor case chapter-and-verse. As if! Then Comes Marriage will forever change the understanding of this landmark case—its genesis, its outside-the-box strategy, and its tactical brilliance. This is the can’t-put-down, emotional, funny, essential explanatory text that makes sense of Windsor, not just as law but as life." -- Rachel Maddow, television host"Roberta Kaplan makes questions of constitutionality and the intricacies of legal strategy read like a John Grisham thriller. Then Comes Marriage explains how we arrived at this surprising moment in history, but it’s also a testament to the persuasive, transformative power of a good story." -- Alison Bechdel, author of Dykes to Watch Out For and Fun Home"A fast-paced, engaging account…. Kaplan breaks down the legal and procedural issues for nonlawyers and preserves suspense even where we know the outcome." -- Jeffrey S. Trachtman - Huffington Post"[A] scintillating read…. [Kaplan and Dickey] weave a fascinating narrative that gives the reader an insight into one of the Supreme Court’s most provocative cases…. This book deserves a place on everyone’s shelf." -- Joan M. Burda - New York Journal of Books"Compelling…. Kaplan deftly uses [Thea Spyer and Edie Windsor’s] story as a lens through which to consider a broader set of inequities, less about marriage than common human decency…. [A] deeply moving book." -- David Ulin - Los Angeles Times"Along with detailing her legal strategy in the lower courts, Kaplan weaves her own coming-out story and her personal relationship into the story of her clients Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer…provid[ing] a revealing juxtaposition of how two very different generations of lesbians wrestled with the social attitudes of their times. It’s a timely, well-told story, brimming with observations about the importance of family…. Kaplan’s rallying cry, ‘It’s all about Edie, stupid,’ keeps the stories of two remarkable women at the center of this historic legal and human drama." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred review"This book tells all. Two great love stories (Robbie and Rachel, Thea and Edie), the trial, and all the internal struggles. It was so interesting and well-written that I could not stop reading it." -- Robin Tyler - The Advocate"[A] page-turning, powerful new book." -- Michelangelo Signorile

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Book SynopsisFrom a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's foundingTrade Review"Timely and compelling. American Inheritance relates the vital story of liberty and slavery in Revolutionary America with balance and nuance." -- Susan Dunn, author of Jefferson’s Second Revolution"Larson deftly explores the dramatic lives and revealing words of free and enslaved Americans who sought either to preserve or erase the pervasive tension between liberty and bondage in the Revolutionary era." -- Alan Taylor, author of American Republics"Larson has brought a true historian’s sensibility to the fierce new debate over slavery at the founding. American Inheritance unearths a legacy of unexpected ironies, terrible tragedies, and fateful opportunities—a legacy with which Americans still struggle today" -- John Fabian Witt, author of Lincoln’s Code"Larson makes clear how inseparable were the concepts of freedom and bondage in these early years, and thereby makes understandable why the contradictions they created have vexed us so long." -- H. W. Brands, author of Our First Civil War

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Book SynopsisThe foremost guide to this complex area of the law, The Practitioner's Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights provides an exhaustive reference for practitioners and academics. It offers unrivalled depth of analysis into the case law of the European Court of Human Right. Building on the excellence of previous editions, the 7th edition focuses on the considerable body of new case law that has emerged since the previous edition.

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Book SynopsisA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. As international migration continues to rise, sending states play an integral part in managing their diasporas, in some cases even stepping in to protect their citizens' labor and human rights in receiving states. At the same time, meso-level institutionsincluding labor unions, worker centers, legal aid groups, and other immigrant advocatesare among the most visible actors holding governments of immigrant destinations accountable at the local level.The potential for a functional immigrant worker rights regime, therefore, advocates to imagine a portable, universal system of justice and human rights, while simultaneously leaning on the bureaucratic minutiae of local enforcement. Taking Mexico and the United States as entry points,Scaling Migrant Worker Rightsanalyzes how an array of organizations put tactical pressure

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Book SynopsisSince the early 1960s, incarcerated Muslims have used legal action to establish their rights to religious freedom behind bars and improve the conditions of their incarceration. Inspired by Islamic principles of justice and equality, these efforts have played a critical role in safeguarding the civil rights not only of imprisoned Muslims but of all those confined to carceral settings. In this sweeping bookthe first to examine this history in depthSpearIt writes a missing chapter in the history of Islam in America while illuminating new perspectives on the role of religious expression and experience in the courtroom.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. At the Intersection of Religion and Punishment 2. Islam in American Prisons 3. The Struggle to Be Recognized by Prisons 4. Fighting for Religious Rights 5. Holding Prisons Accountable 6. Muslim Litigiosity 7. Conclusions and Final Thoughts Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSince the early 1960s, incarcerated Muslims have used legal action to establish their rights to religious freedom behind bars and improve the conditions of their incarceration. Inspired by Islamic principles of justice and equality, these efforts have played a critical role in safeguarding the civil rights not only of imprisoned Muslims but of all those confined to carceral settings. In this sweeping bookthe first to examine this history in depthSpearIt writes a missing chapter in the history of Islam in America while illuminating new perspectives on the role of religious expression and experience in the courtroom.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. At the Intersection of Religion and Punishment 2. Islam in American Prisons 3. The Struggle to Be Recognized by Prisons 4. Fighting for Religious Rights 5. Holding Prisons Accountable 6. Muslim Litigiosity 7. Conclusions and Final Thoughts Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA literarymixtape of transformative dialogues on justice with a cast of visionary rebel activists, organizers,artists, culture workers, thought leaders, and movement builders. Rebel Speaksounds the alarm for a global movement to end systemic injustice led by people doing the day-to-day rebel work in the prison capital of the world. Prison activist, artist, and scholarBryonnRolly Bain brings us transformativeoral history ciphers, rooted in the tradition of call-and-response, to lay bare the struggle and sacrifice on the front lines of the fight to abolish the prison industrial complex. Rebel Speakinvestigates themotives that inspire and sustain movements for visionary change. Sparked by a life-changing interview with working-class heroes Dolores Huerta and Harry Belafonte,Bryonninvites us to join conversationswith change-makers whose diverse critical perspectives and firsthand accounts expose the crisis of prisons and policing in our communities.Through dialogues with activists inclTrade Review"Prison activist Bryonn Bain presents a diverse and eye-opening series of discussions on mass incarceration, racial profiling, and other criminal justice issues. Describing the book as a ‘dialogue-centered mixtape,’ Bain pays homage throughout to the hip-hop culture that inspired and informed his activism. . . . A powerful and intimate look at the fight for a more equitable and compassionate justice system." * Publishers Weekly *“Coming at a time when those who benefit from white supremacy are attacking critical race theory and Black perspectives generally, Rebel Speak is an impassioned addition to conversations about how America was designed to harm Black citizens—and how it continues to do so.” * Foreword Reviews *“Rebel Speak: A Justice Movement Mixtape certainly captures the right vibe, from the cover image of a hand-labeled cassette tape, to the tracklist-style table of contents, to the way the author uses each chapter to pass the mic to people he admires. Rebel Speak features the voices of high-profile artists and activists alongside those of formerly incarcerated men and women to highlight the big issues of justice in society.” * KCET-TV Online *"Throughout his book, Bain uses his and his subjects’ personal perspectives to explore more universal ideas of effective alternatives to mass incarceration." * Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *Table of ContentsForeword by Angela Davis Prologue. Criminal Minded: The Hip Hop Roots of the Critical Race Rebellion Track #1. The Blueprint The Radical Solidarity of Dolores Huerta and Harry Belafonte Track #2. Panther Rising How Albert Woodfox Survived Four Decades in Solitary Track #3. 21st Century Harriet Tubman A Dialogue with Susan Burton Track #4. Critical Justice Mass Incarceration, Mental Health, and Trauma Track #5. Beyond the Bars Jennifer Claypool and Wendy Staggs on Life after Lockdown Track #6. Fear of a Black Movement Public Enemy's Chuck D Fights the Power Thirty Years Strong—A Dialogue with Alicia Virani Track #7. Live from Juvi The Artivism of Maya Jupiter and Aloe Blacc—A Dialogue with Rosa M. Rios Track #8. Trap Classics Who's Capitalizing on Cannabis and Incarceration? Track #9. Sing Sing Blues Reflections of a Street Cop Turned Warden Track #10. Homecoming Returning from Prison in a Pandemic—A Dialogue with Cheyenne Michael Simpson Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisBy focusing on specific instances of assertions or violations of human rights during the past century, this volume analyzes the place of human rights in the various arenas of global politics, providing an alternative framework for understanding the political and legal dilemmas that emerged from these conflicts.Trade Review'Human Rights in the Twentieth Century is a landmark in a field of supreme importance. It is enlightening and therefore disenchanting in the most constructive sense. It brings together a fine group of scholars, mainly historians, to provide historical perspective on a topic that is sorely lacking it and shows the contingency of the deployment of human rights as a political language, the varied roots of that language, and the diversity of objects that it can address.' Donald Bloxham, University of Edinburgh'This is an outstanding collection of essays on various aspects of human rights history in the twentieth century. The essays cover a wide range topically - from the intellectual linealogy of the human rights concept to its relationship to states in specific circumstances - chronologically and geographically and are of uniformly high quality. They make exciting reading and together contribute enormously to helping understand one of the most vital and important - but hitherto insufficiently studied - developments in recent history.' Akira Iriye, Harvard University'This is an impressive collection on a timely and important topic. Its strengths are considerable, including both stimulating synthetic 'think-pieces' on the changing meanings of 'human rights' and archivally based studies of how, and with what results, 'rights-talk' was mobilized by different groups and in different situations.' Susan Pedersen, Columbia University'At long last we have a book that takes a critical approach to the history of human rights. Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann has put together a stellar cast of historians whose topics range widely around the globe. His own introduction raises the scholarship on human rights to a new level. This is the book that scholars and practitioners will need to read and debate.' Eric D. Weitz, University of Minnesota'This volume makes an invaluable contribution to the study of human rights by treating them historically, foregoing familiar triumphalist narratives about steady progress in favour of detailed examinations of the contingent usage of human rights as political language and instrument.' Johannes Paulmann, History Workshop JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann; Part I. The Emergence of Human Rights Regimes: 1. The end of civilization and the rise of human rights: the mid-20th century disjuncture Mark Mazower; 2. The 'human rights revolution' at work: displaced persons in post-war Europe G. Daniel Cohen; 3. Legal diplomacy: law, politics, and the genesis of postwar European human rights Mikael Rask Madsen; Part II. Postwar Universalism and Legal Theory: 4. Personalism, community, and the origins of human rights Samuel Moyn; 5. René Cassin: les droit de l'homme and the universality of human rights, 1945–66 Glenda Sluga; 6. Rudolf Laun and the human rights of Germans in occupied and early West Germany Lora Wildenthal; Part III. Human Rights, State Socialism, and Dissent: 7. Embracing and contesting: the Soviet Union and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948–58 Jennifer Amos; 8. Soviet rights-talk in the post-Stalin era Benjamin Nathans; 9. Charter 77 and the Roma: human rights and dissent in socialist Czechoslovakia Celia Donert; Part IV. Genocide, Humanitarianism, and the Limits of Law: 10. Toward world law? Human rights and the failure of the legalist paradigm of war Devin O. Pendas; 11. 'Source of embarrassment': human rights, state of emergency, and the wars of decolonization Fabian Klose; 12. The United Nations, humanitarianism and human rights: war crimes/genocide trials for Pakistani soldiers in Bangladesh, 1971–4 A. Dirk Moses; Part V. Human Rights, Sovereignty, and the Global Condition: 13. African nationalists and human rights, 1940s to 1970s Andreas Eckert; 14. The International Labour Organization and the globalization of rights, 1944–70 Daniel Roger Maul; 15. 'Under a magnifying glass': the international human rights campaign against Chile in the 1970s Jan Eckel.

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Book SynopsisAustralia is less secure than it has ever been, and the greatest threat comes from our elected government. Conspiracy? Paranoia? Read Secret: The Making of Australia's Security State and you decide. Fresh archival material and revealing details of conversations between former CIA, US State Department and Australian officials will make you reconsider the world around you.

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it “This mesmerizing and gut-wrenching book shows the brutal realities that tens of thousands of people have been forced to navigate, and survive, in America’s most notorious jail.”—Piper Kerman, New York Times bestselling author of Orange is the New BlackWhat happens when you pack almost a dozen jails, bulging at the seams with society’s cast-offs, onto a spit of landfill purposefully hidden from public view? Prize-winning journalists Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau have spent two years interviewing more than 130 people comprising a broad cross section of lives touched by New York City''s Rikers Island prison complex—from incarcerated people and their relati

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Book SynopsisUnearthing the legal history of racial identity, Gross’s book examines the paradoxical and often circular relationship of race and the perceived capacity for citizenship in American society.Trade ReviewWhat Blood Won't Tell brings us at long last a brilliant analysis of the changing meanings of race in American law from the colonial era to the present. It will be indispensable for any informed discussions of a subject that lies at the very core of both American history and identity. -- David Brion Davis * author of Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World *This exquisite inquiry into the complex and shifting ways in which the 'black-white' divide has been marked over the last three centuries excavates the deep roots of racial identification. -- Patricia J. Williams, author of The Alchemy of Race and RightsThrough a close reading of racial identity trials in America, this book offers an eloquent contribution to ongoing debates over affirmative action, identity politics and the construction of a "colorblind" society. Historian Gross argues that racial identity trials--court cases in which outcomes turned on determining a person's "race" and their concomitant rights and privileges--provides an excellent basis for viewing the construction of "whiteness" and assessing the volatile category of race in American society. The author rigorously examines select cases including the outcomes of suits for freedom by onetime slaves like Abby Guy, who in 1857 convinced an all-white male jury that she was white and thus deserving of freedom. Upsetting the familiar notion of the "one-drop rule" in determining racial identity, Gross shows that in such cases the notion of what constituted race was itself as much in play as whether a particular individual could be identified (through some unstable combination of expert and "common sense" opinion) as one race or another. The social "performance" of identity is key, and enduringly so, as Gross periodically underscores by reference to various modern debates and trends. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Gross' book, a history of cases in which people have challenged their official racial designation, eloquently demonstrates just how difficult it can be to say what race--mine, yours, anybody's--actually consists of...What Blood Won't Tell is largely a catalog of delusions and the strategies by which Americans tried to prop up those delusions in courts of law...The very fact that some people with African "blood" (not a biologically valid concept, but a common term, then and now) could pass themselves off as white betrayed the reality; blacks, whites and Indians had been marrying, having sex and producing mixed-race children from the very beginning...A book like What Blood Won't Tell--which is, after all, a history, not a prescription--may not offer much that's usable as a guide to the future. But it does provide us with plenty of evidence of how badly we can and have screwed up, and how much imagination and determination it will take to do it better. -- Laura Miller * Salon.com *Argues forcefully that, for all the progress our public life has made toward the formal semblance of racial equality, the history and legal armature of white racism are much more stubborn, institutionalized features of our common life than a single presidential election, no matter how groundbreaking, can wipe away...Gross maps, through countless twists and turns, the extraordinary legal fictions enlisted to keep the formal workings of racial privilege on track. [The book] serves as a bracing reminder that "postracial politics," however captivating it may be as a catchphrase, is very nearly an oxymoron in American life. -- Brian Gilmore * Bookforum *Challenging the presumption of many scholars of the dominance of the "one-drop" rule in conferring black status, Gross argues that despite the rule, in court and by custom, racial boundaries were much more fluid and flexible--yet, primarily in the service of white supremacy...Gross also reflects on how this history of race determination fits into current efforts at a "color-blind" approach that ignores the significance of race in American culture. -- Vernon Ford * Booklist *What Blood Won't Tell chronicles the history of efforts to determine racial identity in the courts. Seldom, if ever, does science enter into the effort; rather, attorneys and others turn their attention to the evidence of skin color, social behavior, cultural customs, and other subjective and changeable evidence. The only thing that remains constant is the underlying assumption that white equals "full social and political citizenship" while anything else is inferior, less-than, and undeserving of Constitutional protection...The overriding opinion was that it's best to be white, but if you can't manage that, just don't be black. This shameful and ignorant American caste system is still as deeply entrenched in the nation's consciousness as ever, it seems...What Blood Won't Tell turns out to be a riveting overview of legal decisions regarding race and freedoms and a dizzying look at the insanity of social hierarchy and its ongoing impact on social development. -- Deborah Adams * Curled Up with a Good Book *Gross [has written] an amazing book that addresses the relationship between race and citizenship in the U.S. Gross's presentation is both detailed and complex. The first half is devoted to establishing the role race and racism have played within the history and law of the U.S., as well as further developing the rich literature within whiteness scholarship. The strength of her argument lies in her ability to inject specific examples, oftentimes cases from the 19th century, into her whiteness discussions. The second half is equally impressive. Here Gross utilizes critical race theory to discuss black Indian identity, race in Hawaii, and other contemporary issues. This book is innovative, accessible, and valuable for undergraduates, graduates, and laypeople interested in a deep conversation on race and history. -- A. R. S. Lorenz * Choice *Table of Contents* A Note on Terminology * Introduction *1. The Common Sense of Race *2. Performing Whiteness *3. Race as Association *4. Citizenship of the "Little Races" *5. Black Indian Identity in the Allotment Era *6. From Nation to Race in Hawai'i *7. Racial Science, Immigration, and the "White Races" *8. Mexican Americans and the "Caucasian Cloak" * Conclusion: The Common Sense of Race Today * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

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Book SynopsisRace is now relevant not only in negative cases of discrimination, but in more positive ways as well. This book examines this emerging strategy in a range of employment situations, including the low-skilled sector, professional and white-collar jobs, and entertainment and media.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2014 Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University Finalist for the 2014 Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change National Book Award, The University of Memphis Honorable Mention for the 2015 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section of the American Sociological Association "After Civil Rights makes a compelling case for the pervasiveness of race-conscious employment practices."--Glenn Altschuler, Florida Courier "John Skrentny, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC-San Diego, gives readers a well-researched, thoroughly documented and provocative work, presenting his theory for how employers view race in the workplace in the USA... Skrentny's chapter on racial realism, and its corollary, immigrant realism, in the low-wage workplace, is one I wish I had written... His account of how the law works in practice and on the ground is a great read for those interested in legal studies, history, political science, sociology or civil rights."--Leticia Saucedo, LSE Review of Books "If you want to explore deeper social policy, it is worth a read."--Barry H. Dyller, Trial "With the book's over 1,300 notes, scores of case law findings, and dozens of studies on race and labor market outcomes, it is impossible not to be impressed by Skrentny's erudition, research prowess, and deft ability to link multiple academic disciplines under one driving question... If you are a race, labor, immigration, or legal scholar you should absolutely read this book. You will never think about Title VII or the intersection of race and employment decisions in the same way again."--Charles A. Gallagher, American Journal of Sociology "Skrentny shows that in many sectors of the labor market, race is used in ways that were unanticipated when the 1964 Civil Rights Act was enacted... [His] account of racial realism in the low-skilled sector is chilling."--Kevin Lang, Journal of Economic Literature "This book skillfully presents comprehensive empirical research and is written in a conversational style accessible to a wide audience."--Nigel Carter, Transfer "[An] important and thought-provoking book."--Anthony S. Chen, Social Service Review "Skrentny has authored a fascinating book that is filled with law, information about how employers operate notwithstanding the law, and empirical evidence that supports and, at times, contradicts some employers' beliefs about the usefulness of employing race as a qualifier for jobs. This empirical research should be useful to lawyers who litigate these cases using Title VII. And Skrentny comes up with a cross-disciplinary approach to solving problems. Not all of his solutions are politically or constitutionally possible, but the legislative solutions he suggests are interesting and innovative, and, perhaps in the future, may be effective."--Ann C. McGinley, Tulsa Law Review "After Civil Rights not only contributes valuably to our understanding of how race figures into employment practices at the contemporary American workplace, it also succeeds in making the case for renewing the debate about where law and public policy should go from here."--Anthony S. Chen, Social Service Review "Sociologist John D. Skrentny has written an important and original book examining the fundamental role played by race in hiring and other personnel decisions in the modern American workplace. The originality of his premise calls attention to a phenomenon that everyone knows about but rarely discusses as he investigates the ways in which racial considerations are taken into account by employers for a wide range of reasons, even though in principle this practice was prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and justly celebrated as a landmark statute of historic importance. Skrentny obtains remarkable mileage by exploring this simple yet apparently paradoxical state of affairs in depth and by avoiding judgmental impulses that frequently arise."--Gavin Wright, Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Chapter 1 Managing Race in the American Workplace 1 Chapter 2 Leverage Racial Realism in the Professions and Business 38 Chapter 3 We the People Racial Realism in Politics and Government 89 Chapter 4 Displaying Race for Dollars Racial Realism in Media and Entertainment 153 Chapter 5 The Jungle Revisited? Racial Realism in the Low-Skilled Sector 216 Chapter 6 Bringing Practice, Law, and Values Together 265 Notes 291 Index 383

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Book SynopsisWhat role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions. In After Civil Rights, John Skrentny contends that after decades of mass immigration, many employerTrade ReviewWinner of the 2014 Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University Finalist for the 2014 Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change National Book Award, The University of Memphis Honorable Mention for the 2015 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section of the American Sociological Association "After Civil Rights makes a compelling case for the pervasiveness of race-conscious employment practices."--Glenn Altschuler, Florida Courier "John Skrentny, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC-San Diego, gives readers a well-researched, thoroughly documented and provocative work, presenting his theory for how employers view race in the workplace in the USA... Skrentny's chapter on racial realism, and its corollary, immigrant realism, in the low-wage workplace, is one I wish I had written... His account of how the law works in practice and on the ground is a great read for those interested in legal studies, history, political science, sociology or civil rights."--Leticia Saucedo, LSE Review of Books "If you want to explore deeper social policy, it is worth a read."--Barry H. Dyller, Trial "With the book's over 1,300 notes, scores of case law findings, and dozens of studies on race and labor market outcomes, it is impossible not to be impressed by Skrentny's erudition, research prowess, and deft ability to link multiple academic disciplines under one driving question... If you are a race, labor, immigration, or legal scholar you should absolutely read this book. You will never think about Title VII or the intersection of race and employment decisions in the same way again."--Charles A. Gallagher, American Journal of Sociology "Skrentny shows that in many sectors of the labor market, race is used in ways that were unanticipated when the 1964 Civil Rights Act was enacted... [His] account of racial realism in the low-skilled sector is chilling."--Kevin Lang, Journal of Economic Literature "This book skillfully presents comprehensive empirical research and is written in a conversational style accessible to a wide audience."--Nigel Carter, Transfer "[An] important and thought-provoking book."--Anthony S. Chen, Social Service Review "Skrentny has authored a fascinating book that is filled with law, information about how employers operate notwithstanding the law, and empirical evidence that supports and, at times, contradicts some employers' beliefs about the usefulness of employing race as a qualifier for jobs. This empirical research should be useful to lawyers who litigate these cases using Title VII. And Skrentny comes up with a cross-disciplinary approach to solving problems. Not all of his solutions are politically or constitutionally possible, but the legislative solutions he suggests are interesting and innovative, and, perhaps in the future, may be effective."--Ann C. McGinley, Tulsa Law Review "After Civil Rights not only contributes valuably to our understanding of how race figures into employment practices at the contemporary American workplace, it also succeeds in making the case for renewing the debate about where law and public policy should go from here."--Anthony S. Chen, Social Service Review "Sociologist John D. Skrentny has written an important and original book examining the fundamental role played by race in hiring and other personnel decisions in the modern American workplace. The originality of his premise calls attention to a phenomenon that everyone knows about but rarely discusses as he investigates the ways in which racial considerations are taken into account by employers for a wide range of reasons, even though in principle this practice was prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and justly celebrated as a landmark statute of historic importance. Skrentny obtains remarkable mileage by exploring this simple yet apparently paradoxical state of affairs in depth and by avoiding judgmental impulses that frequently arise."--Gavin Wright, Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Chapter 1 Managing Race in the American Workplace 1 Chapter 2 Leverage Racial Realism in the Professions and Business 38 Chapter 3 We the People Racial Realism in Politics and Government 89 Chapter 4 Displaying Race for Dollars Racial Realism in Media and Entertainment 153 Chapter 5 The Jungle Revisited? Racial Realism in the Low-Skilled Sector 216 Chapter 6 Bringing Practice, Law, and Values Together 265 Notes 291 Index 383

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Analytical-Descriptive Studies, American Academy of Religion""Finalist for the PROSE Award in Legal Studies and Criminology, Association of American Publishers""An immensely validating book for advocates and community members immersed in Indigenous Peoples’ religious freedom." * Harvard Law Review *"An exemplary model of interdisciplinary scholarship, McNally’s book brings much-needed critical attention to the religious claims of Native peoples and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in securing greater legal protection for Native religious freedom."---N. Bruce Duthu, Native American and Indigenous Studies"Comprehensive and widely accessible. . . . McNally successfully exposes the real breadth of Native American religious freedom discourse, making this text an important read for those working in law and policy on the ground as much as those students and scholars working at the intersections of law, religion, and Indigenous studies."---Nicholas Shrubsole, Religious Studies Review

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Book SynopsisTells the story of how, in Hall v. Decuir, the post-Civil War US Supreme Court took its first step toward perpetuating the subjugation of the non-White population of the United States by actively preventing a Southern state from prohibiting segregation on a riverboat in the coasting trade on the Mississippi River.Trade Review"Beermann puts his expertise to good use while also enriching the story with historical sources and context. He draws on historians’ work to discuss Reconstruction and the place of free people of color in Louisiana."—Journal of Southern History"Beermann’s skillful discussion of the DeCuir litigation provides important insights into the lawyers and jurists who played critical roles in the case."—Journal of Interdisciplinary History"This extensively researched volume should appeal not only to those interested in the judiciary and civil rights but also to anyone curious about life and culture in south Louisiana during the immediate post-Civil War Era."—Journal of Supreme Court History "Racism in the United States dismantled the Civil War’s legal achievements and built the world of continuing and expanding racialized segregation, deprivations, and indignities—but how did this come to pass? It took the particularly effective combination of White resentment, judicial activism, legal abstractions, and political backlash to strip free people of color of rights, wealth, and status as shown in this detailed yet vivid and accessible account by Jack Beermann. Thanks to this book, the little-remembered Supreme Court rejection of state antidiscrimination laws and the valiant but unsuccessful efforts of Josephine Decuir and her lawyers take their rightful place in the crucial reckoning with vigorous federal destruction of equal treatment in the United States. Read this book to understand how ‘technicalities’ of inheritance law practice, the ‘dormant Commerce Clause,’ and Southern transportation policies mixed with White status desires to block equal treatment laws and create the ‘separate but equal’ regime."—Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor and former dean of Harvard Law School, and author of In Brown’s Wake: Legacies of America’s Educational Landmark"It’s about time the much-neglected US Supreme Court ruling Hall v. Decuir (1878) received serious book-length attention, for this ‘long-forgotten’ decision is more than an ironic milestone on the road to Plessy. In Jack Beermann’s telling, it is no less a poignant turning point in the decisive marginalization of nineteenth-century Louisiana’s mixed-race community. We owe him a huge debt for wresting this maddeningly tragic story from history’s hidden shadows."—Lawrence N. Powell, professor emeritus of history, Tulane University, and author of The Accidental City: Improvising New OrleansTable of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Louisiana’s and the Decuir and Dubuclet Families 2. Madame Decuir Returns from France and Hires New Lawyers 3. Madame Decuir’s Journey and Reconstruction 4. Madame Decuir’s Suit against Captain Benson 5. Judge Collum Decides 6. The Louisiana Supreme Court Affirms 7. Captain Benson Takes His Case to the US Supreme Court 8. Louisiana (and the Entire South) Redeemed 9. The Supreme Court Decides 10. The Completion of the Law’s Journey to “Equal, but Separate” Epilogue Appendix: The Commerce Clause Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe first work to introduce Foucault's ideas on lawTrade Review'An inspirational work that will change the way we think about the legal order' -- Professor Pat O'Malley, La Trobe UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface PART 1: Michel Foucault: An Introduction 1. An introduction to Foucault I Meeting Foucault; II Foucault's Themes and Projects; II.1 Conditions of Possibility; II.2 Discourse, Discursive Formation and Episteme; II.3 Truth and Knowledge; II.4 Knowledge and Power; II.5 Power; II.6 The Problem of State Power; II.7 Discipline; II.8 The Problem of Disciplinary Society; II.9 From Discipline to Self-Discipline: From Power to Ethics; II.10 Government and Govermentality; II.11 Strategies, Programmes, Policies and Tactics; II.12 History, Archaeology and Genealogy III Foucault and Marxism IV Conclusion: The Problem of Modernity PART 2: Foucault and Law 2. Law and Modernity; I Introduction ; II Power and Law; III Sovereignty and Right; IV Discipline and Law; V Norms and Normalization; VI Law, Government and Governmentality; VII Foucault's Expulsion of Law; VIII The Destiny of Law 3. Critique of Foucault's Expulsion of Law; I Introduction; II Foucault's Imperative Conception of Law; III Sovereignty and Rights in Monarchical and Liberal States; IV Beyond the Disciplinary Society Conclusion: The Dilemma of Freedom PART 3: Deploying Foucault for a Sociology of Law as Governance 4. Governance and its Principles; I Introduction; II A Basic Definition of Governance; III The Four Principles of Governance; IV Conclusion 5. Law as Governance; I Introduction ; II The Four Principles of Law as Governance; III Conclusion 6. Method Principles for the Sociology of Law as Governance; I Introduction ; II The Four Method Principles of the Sociology of Law as Governance ; III Conclusion 7. Conclusion: The Sociology of Law as Governance at Work ; I Introduction; II The Police as a Topic for the Sociology of Law as Governance References Index

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Book SynopsisDebating cultural studies, media studies, criminology and sociology on the relationship between the media and crime in a postmodern societyTrade Review'An interesting and very readable addition to academic discourses on crime, violence and the media and will be of use to students across a range of disciplines' -- Media, Culture and SocietyTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors Preface 1. Crime and the Media: A Criminological Perspective by David Kidd-Hewitt (London Guildhall University) 2. Crime and the Media: From Media Studies to Postmodernism by Richard Osborne (London Guildhall University) 3. Entertaining the Crisis: Television and Moral Enterprise by Richard Sparks (Keele University) 4. Black Cops and Black Villains in Film and TV Crime Fiction by Jim Pines (University of Luton) 5. Telling Tales: Media Power, Ideology and the Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse in Britain by Paula Skidmore (Nottingham Trent University) 6. Media Reporting of Rape: The 1993 British ‘Date Rape’ Controversy by Sue Lees (University of North London) 7. Through the Looking Glass: Public Images of White Collar Crime by A.E. Stephenson-Burton 8. A Fair Cop?: Viewing the Effects of the Canteen Culture in Prime Suspect and Between the Lines by Mary Eaton (St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill, Middlesex) 9. Prime Time Punishment: The British Prison and Television by Paul Mason 10. Small Crime to Big Time: An Australian Celebrity Self-Abduction by Noel Sanders (UTS, Sydney) 11. From Desire to Deconstruction: Horror Films and Audience Reactions by Rikke Schubart (University of Copenhagen) Notes by Index

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Book SynopsisA radically new critique of the regulation of abortion, drawing on feminist, legal and social theoryTrade Review'A welcome injection of energy into feminist thinking on UK abortion law' -- Women's Health'An excellent text which is essential reading for anyone interested in abortion' -- International Journal of Law, Policy and the FamilyTable of ContentsTable of Cases Table of Statutes Acknowledgments 1. Abortion in Britain: Thirty Years On 2. The Abortion Act (1967): A Permissive and Liberatory Reform? 3. 'Tarts and Tired Housewives': the Abortion Act and the Regulation of Femininity 4. Abortion, Reproduction and the Deployment of Medical Power 5. The Judicial Protection of Medical Discretion 6. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990): Winning the Battles but Losing the War? 7. The Regulation of Antiprogestin Terminations 8. Conclusions Appendix 1: The Abortion Act (1967), unamended Appendix 2: The Abortion Act (1967), as amended in 1990 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn eclectic collection of Chomsky's writings on subjects ranging from East Timor and the Middle East to linguistics and social policyTable of ContentsForeword Preface 1. Language and Thought: Some Reflections on Venerable Themes 2. Language and Nature 3. Writers and Intellectual Responsibility 4. Goals and Visions 5. Democracy and Markets in the New World Order 6. The Middle East Settlement: Its Sources and Contours 7. The Great Powers and Human Rights: The Case of East Timor 8. East Timor and World Order Endnotes Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive history of US-Latin American solidarity from the Haitian Revolution to the present day.Trade Review'A masterful account of US and Latin American solidarity. Exploring multiple strands of 20th century internationalism and incisive in its argumentation, 'Solidarity' pushes us to think about what a radical, left internationalism might look like today' -- Lesley Gill, Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University'An indispensable guide for how to be in a world dominated by a form of capitalism that is fast making its peace with fascism' -- Greg Grandin, New York University, author of 'Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City''A brilliant introduction to the history of Latin American solidarity movement building ... a jargon-free study of the struggle to build solidarity across borders in the Americas' -- Paul Ortiz, author of 'An African American and Latinx History of the United States''An extraordinarily important book. I know no one better equipped or positioned to examine this important stream of US politics' -- Adolph Reed, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. US Empire, Anti-Imperialism, and Revolution 2. The Caribbean under U.S. Occupation 3. The Cuban Revolution and the Cold War 4. South American Dictatorships and the Rise of Human Rights 5. Central American Solidarity in Reagan’s America 6. NAFTA, Fair Trade, and Globalization 7. Zapatistas and Global Justice 8. Corporate Campaigns and Sweatshop Activism Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive history of US-Latin American solidarity from the Haitian Revolution to the present day. Striffler engages with the latest cutting-edge critical literature on the rise of the human rights paradigm. The author is an accomplished Latin-Americanist & US Labour scholar, involved in Latin American solidarity for over two decades.Trade Review'An extraordinarily important book. I know no one better equipped or positioned to examine this important stream of US politics' -- Adolph Reed, University of Pennsylvania 'A brilliant introduction to the history of Latin American solidarity movement building, perfect for classrooms and workshops. Striffler has written a jargon-free study of the struggle to build solidarity across borders in the Americas' -- Paul Ortiz, author of 'An African American and Latinx History of the United States' 'An indispensable guide for how to be in a world dominated by a form of capitalism that is fast making its peace with fascism' -- Greg Grandin, New York University, author of 'Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City' 'A masterful account of US and Latin American solidarity. Exploring multiple strands of 20th century internationalism and incisive in its argumentation, Solidarity pushes us to think about what a radical, left internationalism might look like today' -- Lesley Gill, Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. US Empire, Anti-Imperialism, and Revolution 2. The Caribbean Under US Occupation 3. The Cuban Revolution and the Cold War 4. South American Dictatorships and the Rise of Human Rights 5. Central American Solidarity in Reagan's America 6. NAFTA, Fair Trade, and Globalisation 7. Zapatistas and Global Justice 8. Corporate Campaigns and Sweatshop Activism Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDo national authorities implement Court judgments and what is their impact on national laws, policies and practices? How and why do different and less privileged social actors mobilise the human rights norms contained in the Convention and in the Court's case law? This title deals with these questions.

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Book SynopsisSince the turn of the millennium, the European Court of Human Rights has been the transnational setting for a European-wide 'rights revolution'. This book considers the domestic implementation of ECtHR judgments, and their impact upon national laws, policies and institutions.

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Book SynopsisIf constitutional legitimacy is based on violence, what does this mean for democracy?Almost every state in the world has a written constitution and, for the great majority, the constitution is the law that controls the organs of the state. But is a constitution the best device to rule a country?Western political systems tend to be ''constitutional democracies'', dividing the system into a domain of politics, where the people rule, and a domain of law, set aside for a trained elite. Legal, political and constitutional practices demonstrate that constitutionalism and democracy seem to be irreconcilable. Antoni Abat i Ninet strives to resolve these apparently exclusive public and legal sovereignties, using their various avatars across the globe as case studies. He challenges the American constitutional experience that has dominated western constitutional thought as a quasi-religious doctrine. And he argues that human rights and democracy must strive to deactivate the ''invisible'' but very real violence embedded in our seemingly sacrosanct constitutions.

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Book SynopsisA comparative investigation into the revolution in private law in the era of human rightsTable of ContentsPreface; Contributor List; Chapter 1: Introduction, Elspeth Reid and Daniel Visser; Chapter 2: Private Law in the Age of Rights, Francois Du Bois; Chapter 3: The Politics of Private Law: Sexual Minority Freedom in South Africa and Scotland, Jaco Barnard-Naude; Chapter 4: Child Law: Respecting the Rights of Children, Elaine E Sutherland; Chapter 5: Property Deprivation of an Absentee in Emulation of the Laws of Succession: The Laws of Scotland and South Africa Compared, Roderick R M Paisley; Chapter 6: The Right to Personal Security, Anton Fagan; Chapter 7: Privacy, F D J Brand; Chapter 8: Defamation and Freedom of Expression, Jonathan Burchell; Chapter 9: Strict Liability, Max Loubser; Chapter 10: Liability of Public Authorities and Public Officials, John Blackie; Chapter 11: Nuisance, Hanri Mostert; Chapter 12: Contract Law and Human Rights, Peter Webster; Chapter 13: Principles, Policy and Practice: Human Rights and the Law of Contract, Sheldon Laing and Daniel Visser; Chapter 14: Juristic Persons and Fundamental Rights, Ross Gilbert Anderson; Chapter 15: Examining the Labour Law & Social Dimension of Human Rights: The UK & South Africa, David Cabrelli; Chapter 16: Rights in Security, Andrew J M Steven; Chapter 17: Access to credit, the law of suretyship and unfair suretyships, J T Pretorius; Chapter 18: The Human Right of Property in Land Law: Comparing South Africa and Scotland David Carey Miller; Chapter 19: The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights: Protection of Ownership and the Right to a Home; J M Milo; Chapter 20: Environment and Human Rights: The Right to Water in South Africa and Scotland, Loretta Feris and John Gibson.

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Book SynopsisIn this intimate and extraordinary memoir, Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala, gives a moving account of fatherhood and his lifelong fight for equality proving there are many faces of feminism.Whenever anybody has asked me how Malala became who she is, I have often used the phrase. Ask me not what I did but what I did not do. I did not clip her wings'For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafzai has been fighting for equality first for Malala, his daughter and then for all girls throughout the world living in patriarchal societies. Taught as a young boy in Pakistan to believe that he was inherently better than his sisters, Ziauddin rebelled against inequality at a young age. And when he had a daughter himself he vowed that Malala would have an education, something usually only given to boys, and he founded a school that Malala could attend.Then in 2012, Malala was shot for standing up to the Taliban by continuing to go to her father''Trade ReviewA treatise on progressive parenting and an inspirational tale of a man’s fight to defeat misogyny ... perhaps the first guidebook for fathers – or men in general – who aspire to be feminists * The News on Sunday *A beautiful and emotional read, throwing light on why he is so passionate about equality and education ... I shed a few tears reading it * The Journal.i.e *Let Her Fly is both autobiography and a passionate global entreaty to men… to set their daughters free * The Times *Let Her Fly is Ziauddin’s account of his life and his fight for the rights of all children to receive equal education, opportunities and social and political recognition * The Observer *a biography that reveals a person every bit as inspirational as his daughter * RTE Guide *

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Book SynopsisThe essays this volume provide a framework for analyzing citizenship in an increasingly globalized world by addressing a number of fundamental questions.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction: Thinking about Citizenship and Law in an Era of Change / Jane Jenson2 Exile on Main Street: Popular Discourse and Legal Manoeuvres around Citizenship / Audrey Macklin3 Home and Away: The Construction of Citizenship in an Emigration Context / Kim Barry4 Multinational Citizenship: Practical Implications of a Theoretical Model / Siobhan Harty and Michael Murphy5 The Crisis of the Welfare State and the Demise of Social Citizenship? A Sociolegal Perspective / Michel Coutu6 Dis-citizenship / Richard Devlin and Dianne Pothier7 Connecting Economy, Gender, and Citizenship / Mary Condon and Lisa PhilippsContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThe essays this volume provide a framework for analyzing citizenship in an increasingly globalized world by addressing a number of fundamental questions.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction: Thinking about Citizenship and Law in an Era of Change / Jane Jenson2 Exile on Main Street: Popular Discourse and Legal Manoeuvres around Citizenship / Audrey Macklin3 Home and Away: The Construction of Citizenship in an Emigration Context / Kim Barry4 Multinational Citizenship: Practical Implications of a Theoretical Model / Siobhan Harty and Michael Murphy5 The Crisis of the Welfare State and the Demise of Social Citizenship? A Sociolegal Perspective / Michel Coutu6 Dis-citizenship / Richard Devlin and Dianne Pothier7 Connecting Economy, Gender, and Citizenship / Mary Condon and Lisa PhilippsContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisSince 9/11 and the onset of the war on terror, the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. In Defence of Principles sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making.Although human rights principles are often spoken of in absolute terms, this book reminds us that they are never certain even in countries that have a vibrant civil society, a long tradition of rule of law, and a judiciary that possesses the constitutional authority to engage in judicial review. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.Trade ReviewIn Defence of Principles is a comprehensive survey of three groundbreaking Charter cases and the NGOs that plunged into the heart of these controversies. Thompson’s book ultimately reminds readers of the fragility of NGOs’ gains in the field of human rights, as the experiences of AI Canada in Kindler and of the CCC in Singh both show. Thompson’s work also describes how NGO intervention is not without its costs. The CCLA and AI Canada, for instance, paid a substantial price in the form of adverse publicity and decreased donations, respectively, for being seen to side with odious individuals (whether a virulent racist or two violent criminals). In spite of these setbacks, the persistence of Singh, Keegstra, and Kindler in current debates on refugees, free expression, and capital punishment remains a legacy of the intervention and bold ideas of Canada’s NGOs. -- Stephen Hsia * Osgoode Hall Law Journal Vol 49, No 2 *This is a well-crafted, subtle, and highly relevant though specialized contribution to human rights and security. Summing up: Highly recommended. -- M.D. Crosston, Bellevue University * CHOICE, Vol. 48, No. 09 *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: In Defence of Principles1 My Brother’s Keeper: The Canadian Council of Churches and the Rights of Refugees2 The “Misuse” of Freedom? The Canadian Jewish Congress, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and the Limits of Expression3 Shocking the Conscience? Amnesty International Canada and Abolition of the Death PenaltyConclusion: Principles in the Age of RightsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis exploration of the activities of four Canadian NGOs in advancing and defending human rights principles sheds new light on the fragility and resilience of human rights norms in liberal democracies.Trade ReviewIn Defence of Principles is a comprehensive survey of three groundbreaking Charter cases and the NGOs that plunged into the heart of these controversies. Thompson’s book ultimately reminds readers of the fragility of NGOs’ gains in the field of human rights, as the experiences of AI Canada in Kindler and of the CCC in Singh both show. Thompson’s work also describes how NGO intervention is not without its costs. The CCLA and AI Canada, for instance, paid a substantial price in the form of adverse publicity and decreased donations, respectively, for being seen to side with odious individuals (whether a virulent racist or two violent criminals). In spite of these setbacks, the persistence of Singh, Keegstra, and Kindler in current debates on refugees, free expression, and capital punishment remains a legacy of the intervention and bold ideas of Canada’s NGOs. -- Stephen Hsia * Osgoode Hall Law Journal Vol 49, No 2 *This is a well-crafted, subtle, and highly relevant though specialized contribution to human rights and security. Summing up: Highly recommended. -- M.D. Crosston, Bellevue University * CHOICE, Vol. 48, No. 09 *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: In Defence of Principles1 My Brother’s Keeper: The Canadian Council of Churches and the Rights of Refugees2 The “Misuse” of Freedom? The Canadian Jewish Congress, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and the Limits of Expression3 Shocking the Conscience? Amnesty International Canada and Abolition of the Death PenaltyConclusion: Principles in the Age of RightsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates why economic development is synonymous with institutional development for the furthering of human development issues.Table of ContentsForeword / Pitman B. PotterIntroduction / India and a Human Rights Based Approach to Economic Development / Moshe Hirsch, Ashok Kotwal, and Bharat Ramaswami1 India’s National Food Security Act and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture / Milind Murugkar2 Primary Education in India: Evidence and Practice / Ashok Kotwal, Bharat Ramaswami, and Wilima Wadhwa3 Ensuring the Right to Work through Better Governance / Ashwini Kulkarni4 From Cautious Support to Precautionary Paralysis: The Evolution of India’s Regulatory Regime for Transgenics / Milind Kandlikar5 Child Malnutrition, Infant Feeding Practices, and Nutrition Information: Evidence from India / Nisha Malhotra6 Foreign Direct Investment and Intergroup Disparities in India / Ashwini Deshpande7 Climate Change Mitigation: The Indian Conundrum / Milind Kandlikar and Simon HardingConclusion / Moshe Hirsch, Ashok Kotwal, and Bharat RamaswamiReferences; Index

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Book SynopsisINVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS (IRE) BOOK AWARD WINNER • The story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists—quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans—that made clear the shocking truth that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation.“Impeccably researched, elegantly presented, engaging.”—David Oshinsky, New York Times Book Review • “Riveting and extremely readable. Relevant to today's debates over national security, privacy, and the leaking of government secrets to journalists.”—The Huffington PostIt begins in 1971 in an America being split apart by the Vietnam War . . . A small group of activists set out to use a more active, but nonviolent, method of civil disobedience to provide hard evidence once and for all that the government was operating outside the laws of the land. The would-be burglars—nonpro’s—were ordinary people leading lives of purpose: a professor of religion and former freedom rider; a day-care director; a physicist; a cab driver; an antiwar activist, a lock picker; a graduate student haunted by members of her family lost to the Holocaust and the passivity of German civilians under Nazi rule.Betty Medsger's extraordinary book re-creates in resonant detail how this group scouted out the low-security FBI building in a small town just west of Philadelphia, taking into consideration every possible factor, and how they planned the break-in for the night of the long-anticipated boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, knowing that all would be fixated on their televisions and radios.Medsger writes that the burglars removed all of the FBI files and released them to various journalists and members of Congress, soon upending the public’s perception of the inviolate head of the Bureau and paving the way for the first overhaul of the FBI since Hoover became its director in 1924. And we see how the release of the FBI files to the press set the stage for the sensational release three months later, by Daniel Ellsberg, of the top-secret, seven-thousand-page Pentagon study on U.S. decision-making regarding the Vietnam War, which became known as the Pentagon Papers.The Burglary is an important and gripping book, a portrait of the potential power of non­violent resistance and the destructive power of excessive government secrecy and spying.

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Book SynopsisWhen Your Rugged Constitution was first published, Harry S Truman was President. It quickly became a go-to resource for generations of young Americans (and some older ones too) who wanted to understand the guiding principles of our nation. Now in reissue, this truly rugged and much-admired classic is sure to inform, and also delight readers with its retro 1950s ethos. Your Rugged Constitution proceeds through the text of the Constitution with descriptions that are put in clear, easy-to-understand language, accompanied by commentary and lively drawings so you can easily grasp all the ideas and concepts. Under each section and clause, you (yes, you, fellow American!) learn which powers you give to the federal government, and what you get in return. Your Rugged Constitution helps readers understand that the Constitution is no mere historical document, but an important contract between you and your government.Trade Review"First published in 1950 and last revised in 1969, if offers a thoroughly irresistible introduction to the United States constitution . . . The republication of Your Rugged Constitution presents an opportunity for current generations to familiarize themselves with our nation's founding document in a clear and engaging fashion . . . This is a welcoming, accessible, and, at times, profound book . . . Your Rugged Constitution is a valuable guide to the brilliance and complexity of our constitutional design."—Tara Helfman, The Weekly Standard". . . a real contribution to the current discussion of national life."—Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States"Make[s] easy . . . grasp of the essential features of our Constitution."—Chester William Nimitz, Fleet Admiral and Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet during WWII"No comparable book to aid teacher, parent, or librarian in explaining our blueprint of freedom."—Ralph Adams Brown, The New York Times

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Book SynopsisOffers a richly textured picture of the black-and-white world from which Ada Lois Sipuel and her family emerged. Against this Oklahoma background Wattley shows Sipuel (who married Warren Fisher a year before she filed her suit) struggling against a segregated educational system.Trade ReviewCheryl Wattley has written a carefully researched and very relevant account of the legal and human-relations significance of Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher's trailblazing court case. But her book offers much more, including the many compelling backstories that made Ada Lois a hero to those of us who dared challenge racial segregation and discrimination in Oklahoma and elsewhere. This book should be read by everyone, especially legal scholars, civil rights activists, historians, social scientists, and students."" - George Henderson, author of Race and the University: A Memoir""Cheryl Wattley's book is vital to understanding the forerunners of Brown v. Board of Education, the case that ended legal segregation in America. Wattley concentrates on the legal issues of Sipuel v. Oklahoma State Regents, details not covered, nor meant to be covered, in Dr. Sipuel Fisher's autobiography, A Matter of Black and White. Ada Lois, the 'chic, charming, and poised' plaintiff, was the second choice for this paradigm-shifting case, but turned out to be, as Wattley shows, 'a natural.' The story ends with poetic justice when Sipuel Fisher becomes a regent of the very university that had once denied her admission. Her own summation relied on the holy writ she knew so well, a quotation from Psalm 118:22: 'The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.'"" - Robert Henry, President, Oklahoma City University, and former judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

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Book SynopsisThe landmark story of how interracial love and marriage changed American history—and continues to alter the landscape of American politics When Mildred and Richard Loving wed in 1958, they were ripped from their shared bed and taken to court. Their crime: miscegenation, punished by exile from their home state of Virginia. The resulting landmark decision of Loving v. Virginia ended bans on interracial marriage and remains a signature case—the first to use the words “white supremacy” to describe such racism. Drawing from the earliest chapters in US history, legal scholar Sheryll Cashin reveals the enduring legacy of America’s original sin, tracing how we transformed from a country without an entrenched construction of race to a nation where one drop of nonwhite blood merited exclusion from full citizenship. In vivid detail, she illustrates how the idea of whiteness was created by the planter class of yesterday a

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Book SynopsisThe first major behind-the-scenes account of the history, passage, and impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—the landmark moment for disability rights The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging and most comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the United States, and it has become the model for disability-based laws around the world. Yet the surprising story behind how the bill came to be is little known. In this riveting account, acclaimed disability scholar Lennard J. Davis delivers the first on-the-ground narrative of how a band of leftist Berkeley hippies managed to make an alliance with upper-crust, conservative Republicans to bring about a truly bipartisan bill. Based on extensive interviews with all the major players involved including legislators and activists, Davis recreates the dramatic tension of a story that is anything but a dry account of bills and speeches. Rather, it’s filled wit

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Book SynopsisMost Americans assume that the United States provides a gold standard for human rights—a 2007 survey found that 80 percent of U.S. adults believed that the U.S. does a better job than most countries when it comes to protecting human rights. As well, discussions among scholars and public officials in the United States frame human rights issues as concerning people, policies, or practices over there. By contrast, the contributors to this volume argue that many of the greatest immediate and structural threats to human rights, and some of the most significant efforts to realize human rights in practice, can be found in our own backyard.Human Rights in Our Own Backyard examines the state of human rights and responses to human rights issues, drawing on sociological literature and perspectives to interrogate assumptions of American exceptionalism. How do people in the U.S. address human rights issues? What strategies have they adopted, and how successful have these straTrade Review"This work is a valuable addition to the literature on the human rights studies in international relations and will therefore be of great interest to those who are involved in this area. Overall, the book can be considered a useful source for international relations students and researchers, and it may also be of interest to scholars, policy-makers and strategists in the United States." * Journal of Human Development and Capabilities *"The variety of authors-academics, community organizers, graduate students, human rights advocates-makes for interesting and at times quite compelling reading, and the immediacy of many of the topics (unemployment, food security, housing foreclosures) makes for timely, important contemporary reading." * Choice *"The editors and authors of Human Rights in Our Own Backyard propose to advance our deep understanding of human rights. Even better-they also advance the sort of understanding that will encourage their readers to take action-to lobby, organize, and redirect the path of our communities and the nation. . . . A stunning achievement." * from the Foreword, by Judith Blau *"An accessible and highly readable collection that pulls together a wide range of information and analyzes it through the lens of sociology. The book makes a significant contribution to emerging literature that applies human rights principles to U.S. policy and practice." * Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University *Table of ContentsForeword —Judith Blau Introduction: Human Rights in the United States PART I. ECONOMIC RIGHTS Chapter 1. Sweatshirts and Sweatshops: Labor Rights, Student Activism, and the Challenges of Collegiate Apparel Manufacturing —Julie Elkins and Shareen Hertel Chapter 2. Labor Rights After the Flexible Turn: The Rise of Contingent Employment and the Implications for Worker Rights in the United States —Andrew S. Fullerton and Dwanna L. Robertson Chapter 3. Preying on the American Dream: Predatory Lending, Institutionalized Racism, and Resistance to Economic Injustice —Davita Silfen Glasberg, Angie Beeman, and Colleen Casey PART II. SOCIAL RIGHTS Chapter 4. Food Not Bombs: The Right to Eat —Deric Shannon Chapter 5. The Long Road to Economic and Social Justice —Amanda Ploch Chapter 6. Hurricane Katrina and the Right to Food and Shelter —Barret Katuna Chapter 7. Education, Human Rights, and the State: Toward New Visions —Abraham P. DeLeon Chapter 8. Health and Human Rights —Kathryn Strother Ratcliff PART III. CULTURAL RIGHTS Chapter 9. We Are a People in the World: Native Americans and Human Rights —Barbara Gurr Chapter 10. Reflections on Cultural Human Rights —MihoIwata and Bandana Purkayastha PART IV. POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS Chapter 11. Erosion of Political and Civil Rights: Looking Back to Changes Since 9/11/01: The Patriot Act —Christine Zozula Chapter 12. U.S. Asylum and Refugee Policy: The "Culture of No" —Bill Frelick Chapter 13. The Border Action Network and Human Rights: Community-Based Resistance Against the Militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border —Sang Hea Kil, Jennifer Allen, and Zoe Hammer Chapter 14. Sexual Citizenship: Marriage, Adoption, and Immigration in the United States —Katie Acosta Chapter 15. Do Human Rights Endure Across Nation-State Boundaries? Analyzing the Experiences of Guest Workers —Shweta Majumdar Adur Part V. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Chapter 16. From International Platforms to Local Yards: Standing Up for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in the United States —Bandana Purkayastha, Aheli Purkayastha, and Chandra Waring Chapter 17. Caging Kids of Color: Juvenile Justice and Human Rights in the United States —William T. Armaline PART VI. CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Chapter 18. "What Lies Beneath": Foundations of the U.S. Human Rights Perspective and the Significance for Women —Tola Olu Pearce Chapter 19. Sex Trafficking: In Our Backyard? —Ranita Ray Chapter 20. The U.S. Culture of Violence —Stacy A. Missari PART VII. HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESISTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES Chapter 21. Building U.S. Human Rights Culture from the Ground Up: International Human Rights Implementation at the Local Level —Chivy Sok and Kenneth J. Neubeck Chapter 22. Critical Resistance and the Prison Abolitionist Movement —Zoe Hammer Chapter 23. Human Rights in the United States: The "Gold Standard" and the Human Rights Enterprise —William T. Armaline, Davita Silfen Glasberg, and Bandana Purkayastha Notes References List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThe Breakthrough is the first collection to examine key developments in both Western and non-Western engagement with human rights in the period between the 1960s and the 1980s.Trade Review"A fascinating collection of essays . . . an eclectic set of readings bringing in perspectives from around the globe on human rights developments during the 1970s." * Human Rights Quarterly *"Editors Moyn and Eckel present an impressive European-American research effort to understand the efflorescence of human rights organizations and activity over the past century. . . . the superb essays in this collection make a well-documented and well-argued case." * Stanley N. Katz, Choice *"An outstanding volume that is poised to make a major intervention into the late twentieth-century history of global human rights politics. The Breakthrough brings together some of the most important new work on the history of human rights in the 1970s in ways that will reshape this emergent field. Eckel and Moyn have crafted a rare and welcome collection that will be especially useful for the undergraduate and graduate classroom." * Mark Philip Bradley, University of Chicago *Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Return of the Prodigal: The 1970s as a Turning Point in Human Rights History —Samuel Moyn Chapter 2. The Dystopia of Postcolonial Catastrophe: Self-Determination, the Biafran War of Secession, and the 1970s Human Rights Moment —Lasse Heerten Chapter 3. The Disenchantment of Socialism: Soviet Dissidents, Human Rights, and the New Global Morality —Benjamin Nathans Chapter 4. Dictatorship and Dissent: Human Rights in East Germany in the 1970s —Ned Richardson-Little Chapter 5. Whose Utopia? Gender, Ideology, and Human Rights at the 1975 World Congress of Women in East Berlin —Celia Donert Chapter 6. "Magic Words": The Advent of Transnational Human Rights Activism in Latin America's Southern Cone in the Long 1970s —Patrick William Kelly Chapter 7. Shifting Sites of Argentine Advocacy and the Shape of 1970s Human Rights Debates —Lynsay Skiba Chapter 8. Oasis in the Desert? America's Human Rights Rediscovery —Daniel Sargent Chapter 9. Human Rights and the U.S. Republican Party in the Late 1970s —Carl J. Bon Tempo Chapter 10. The Polish Opposition, the Crisis of the Gierek Era, and the Helsinki Process —Gunter Dehnert Chapter 11. "Human Rights Are Like Coca-Cola": Contested Human Rights Discourses in Suharto's Indonesia, 1968-1980 —Brad Simpson Chapter 12. Why South Africa? The Politics of Anti-Apartheid Activism in Britain in the Long 1970s —Simon Stevens Chapter 13. The Rebirth of Politics from the Spirit of Morality: Explaining the Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s —Jan Eckel Notes List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisEach year, more than half a million migrant children journey from countries around the globe and enter the United States with no lawful immigration status; many of them have no parent or legal guardian to provide care and custody. Yet little is known about their experiences in a nation that may simultaneously shelter children while initiating proceedings to deport them, nor about their safety or well-being if repatriated. Migrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State examines the draconian immigration policies that detain unaccompanied migrant children and draws on U.S. historical, political, legal, and institutional practices to contextualize the lives of children and youth as they move through federal detention facilities, immigration and family courts, federal foster care programs, and their communities across the United States and Central America.Through interviews with children and their families, attorneys, social workers, policy-makers, law enforcement, aTrade Review"This timely study shows the contradictions and complexities of the way children are treated under both immigration and family law, giving serious attention to their agency, and bringing their voices to life." * Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, University of California, Los Angeles *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Jamie Mayerfeld's The Promise of Human Rights is a timely corrective to persistent misconceptions about international human rights law's relationship to United States sovereignty and democracy. At a moment when 'American Exceptionalism' has re-emerged, in a new and crasser form, as a normative challenge to compliance with international legal constraints, Mayerfeld reminds us of American democracy's roots in a Madisonian tradition that emphasizes the complex challenges of self-government and the need for checks on the concentration of power. Mayerfeld correctly notes that national sovereignty, far from precluding international legal obligations, is precisely what is exercised in the undertaking of such obligations." * Human Rights Review *"Jamie Mayerfeld's new book is an important contribution to both scholarly and popular debates about the legitimacy of international human rights law. . . . Mayerfeld's analysis effectively connects the specific strategies designed to limit the influence of international human rights law on US domestic law to how these specific moves were later exploited by Bush administration officials to legitimize torture." * Ethics *"The Promise of Human Rights: Constitutional Government, Democratic Legitimacy, and International Law is a compelling analysis of American exceptionalism and international human rights law. . . . [It] is a rich contribution to literatures on human rights and democratic theory and on America's place in the world, as well as the empirical literature on European institutions." * The Journal of Politics *"This is a remarkable book. . . . [It] offers a valuable and much needed reminder: International human rights law is not only about improving the practices of other countries (an 'outward looking' justification) but also about improving the practices of one's own country (an 'inward looking' justification). . . . A very good read." * Perspectives on Politics *"Carefully researched and clearly written, the book has much relevance to contemporary times." * Choice *"One of the most important of the powerful arguments in this wide-ranging book is its demonstration that the marginalization of international human rights in U.S. legal culture facilitated the 'moral and legal wreckage' and the 'strategic calamity' recently produced by torture." * Henry Shue, University of Oxford *"Jamie Mayerfeld's book is an important contribution to democratic theory and to human rights scholarship. His reasoning is lucid, the research careful, and the breadth impressive." * Michael Goodhart, University of Pittsburgh *"The Promise of Human Rights speaks directly to U.S. debates about the appropriate relationship between international human rights law and domestic law and places the debates firmly within the context of torture in the War on Terror. Jamie Mayerfeld contributes an original addition to the scholarship." * Fiona de Londras, University of Birmingham *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Human Rights Chapter 2. Madison's Compound Republic and the Logic of Checks and Balances Chapter 3. Europe and the Virtues of International Constitutionalism Chapter 4. American Exceptionalism and the Betrayal of Human Rights, Part I: The Torture Memos Chapter 5. American Exceptionalism and the Betrayal of Human Rights, Part II: Enabling Torture Chapter 6. The Democratic Legitimacy of International Human Rights Law Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments

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