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Clarus Press Ltd The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in
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University College Dublin Press Redress: Ireland's Institutions and Transitional
Book SynopsisHow will Ireland redress its legacy of institutional abuse? What constitutes justice? What is Transitional Justice? How might democracy evolve if survivors' experiences and expertise were allowed to lead the response to a century of gender- and family separation-based abuses? REDRESS: Ireland's Institutions and Transitional Justice seeks the answers. This collection explores the ways in which Ireland - North and South - treats those who suffered in Magdalene Laundries, Mother and Baby Homes, County Homes, industrial and reformatory schools, and in a closed and secretive adoption system, over the last 100 years. The essays focus on the structures which perpetuated widespread and systematic abuses in the past and consider how political arrangements continue to exert power over survivors, adopted people and generations of relatives, as well as controlling the remains and memorialisation of the dead. As we mark the centenary of both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, REDRESS: Ireland's Institutions and Transitional Justice forensically examines the two states' so-called 'redress' schemes and investigations, and the statements of apology that accompanied them. With diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives, this collection considers how a Transitional Justice-based, survivor-centred, approach might assist those personally affected, policy makers, the public, and academics to evaluate the complex ways in which both the Republic and Northern Ireland (and other states in a comparative context) have responded to their histories of institutionalisation and family separation. Importantly, the essays collected in REDRESS: Ireland's Institutions and Transitional Justice seek to offer avenues by which to redress this legacy of continuing harms.Trade Review'This truly outstanding academic endeavour convincingly argues for its timeliness. It illustrates continuity of institutional abuse in Ireland, as the state and religious congregations resist accepting responsibility for their roles.' - Review of Irish Studies in Europe 6.1; 'Most chapters are academic in character, but the reader will also find poetry, photography, creative writing, songs, journalism and survivors' testimonies in this profoundly interdisciplinary volume.' - Historical Dialogues, Justice, And Memory Network, April 2023.; 'The collection snaps our mind's eye from the past and handwringing over what we did or did not know, could or should have done differently. These problems confront us with just as much urgency today.' - Critical Social Policy, March 2023.; 'The contributors to this volume offer a different perspective, one that draws on the pain and truth-telling of survivors themselves.' - James M Smith, The Irish Times, June 2022.; 'My mother was given a half hour's notice to get me ready to have me taken from her.' - The Journal, June 2022.; 'Redress should be read by anyone who cares about the vulnerable, & those who can influence how they are treated today.' - Tina Neylon, The Irish Examiner, October 2022.; 'It is a brave, creative, radical and unflinching collection' - Lindsey Earner-Byrne, The Sunday Independent, August 2022.; 'This is a compelling collection of essays, testimonies, analysis & interrogation. From the loss & denial of identity of the survivor, to the empty rhetorical gestures of state & church, to the closure of access to truth' - Christopher Stanley, The Village, August 2022.; 'It is a brave, creative, radical and unflinching collection, rooted in the concept of transitional justice' - ACIS, August 2022.; 'There isn't a book long enough to contain the stories of the suffering endured by all mothers and their children over the last century, but this one at least puts their experiences to the fore.' - Clodagh Finn, Irish Examiner, June 2022.; 'An Ongoing Injustice: State Responses to "Historical" Abuses in Ireland' - Maeve O'Rourke, The Irish Story, July 2022.; 'Lawyer calls for full baby homes inquiry instead of insincere remorse for survivors' - Nicola Byrne, Irish Mail on Sunday, June 2022.; 'The collection snaps our mind's eye from the past and handwringing over what we did or did not know, could or should have done differently. These problems confront us with just as much urgency today. So, what is it we are going to do now? - Louise Brangan, Critical Social Policy, March 2023.
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Walter de Gruyter Hassrede an Der Schnittstelle Von Linguistik Und Justiz
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Kohlhammer Falle Zum Wirtschaftsprivatrecht
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Duncker & Humblot Corona Und Grundgesetz
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Duncker & Humblot Das Schuldprinzip Im Europaischen
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Duncker & Humblot GmbH Ausschluss aus dem Staatsvolk als Sanktion
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Duncker & Humblot GmbH Schutz der Versammlungsfreiheit in Russland im
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Brill Schoningh Direktorium Für Den Hirtendienst Der Bischöfe:
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Peter Lang AG Rechtsnachfolge in die Kommanditistenhaftung: Zur
Book SynopsisDas Buch widmet sich dem Haftungsrisiko des Erwerbers eines Kommanditanteils, wenn der Veräußerer für bestimmte Verbindlichkeiten der Gesellschaft unbegrenzt, wie ein persönlich haftender Gesellschafter, haftet. Im Zentrum der Untersuchung steht die Frage, ob den Erwerber eines Kommanditanteils aufgrund der Rechtsnachfolge in die Rechtsstellung, die der Veräußerer bis zur Übertragung in Bezug auf den Kommanditanteil innehatte, auch die persönliche und ggf. unbeschränkte Haftung des Veräußerers trifft, obgleich eine derartige Haftung des Erwerbers gesetzlich nicht vorgesehen ist.
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Staatsrecht Kompakt: Staatsorganisationsrecht -
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The University of Chicago Press Making Rights Real Activists Bureaucrats and the
Book SynopsisIt's a common complaint: the United States is overrun by rules and procedures that shackle professional judgment, have no valid purpose, and serve only to appease courts and lawyers. This book argues, however, that few Americans would want to return to an era without these legalistic policies.Trade Review"An elegant study that combines historical, comparative, and at times even ethnographic learning, Making Rights Real reveals how fervor for professionalism and fears of lawsuits together shaped police policies and practices in the United States and in Britain as well as responses to sexual harassment and the safety of playgrounds. It will be indispensable for scholars of the law." - William Haltom, coauthor of Distorting the Law"
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The University of Chicago Press Church State Corporation Construing Religion in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sullivan is a distinguished scholar of religious studies and law and religion. Her book, Church State Corporation, turns a humanist’s eye on the evolving law of religious institutions. . . . Sullivan does an excellent job of revealing oddities and inconsistencies in subtle details of the cases on religious institutions, of reading legal sources in creative ways to highlight unspoken assumptions, and of using nonlegal sources to pose questions about the way the law deals with religious institutions. The book is full of learned reflections on church history, religious sociology, and new directions in theology. Scholars of law and religion from any number of disciplinary backgrounds will find the book rich with ideas and provocations." * Marginalia *"[A] careful and nuanced ethnography of the Supreme Court’s political theology." * Constitutional Commentary *"In this polemical yet scholarly tour de force, Sullivan interrogates the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in recent major religious freedom cases on theological and legal grounds." * Journal of American History *"Sullivan examines the deeply ambiguous and often unacknowledged ways in which Christian theology remains alive and at work in the US legal imagination. Through readings of the opinions oft he US Supreme Court and other legal texts, Sullivan argues that 'the church' as a religious collective is granted special privilege in US law." * Law & Social Inquiry *"In Church State Corporation, Sullivan approaches political theology through law, and she takes the intermediary association, shapeshifting between church and corporation, as her primary object of study. . . . While US discussions of law and religion have lazily focused on free exercise and disestablishment, unnecessarily centering imagined sovereigns (state, individual), Sullivan’s work and a growing body of religious studies scholarship pushes in fruitful new directions. . . . Church State Corporation helpfully pushes discussions in the field of political theology to take law seriously and models what that would look like. It also provides an entry point for religious studies scholars to join conversations in political theology without holding their noses." -- Vincent Lloyd * Political Theology Network *“Church State Corporation investigates the current state of the particularly American field of ‘disestablished’ religion, sweeps aside shopworn discussions of secularization, and draws deeply on theological traditions to confidently map the intersections of law and religion that support so many features of collective life. The erudition on display in Sullivan’s work is stunning, the argumentation laser-sharp, and the question being pursued is original and important.” -- Mathew Scherer, author of Beyond Church and State: Democracy, Secularism, and Conversion“Church State Corporation will fundamentally refigure conversations about religious establishment in the US. Sullivan’s argument is both admirably urgent and nonpartisan. Anyone concerned with the legal status of religion in both American and international law needs to read this book.” -- Leora Batnitzky, author of How Judaism Became a Religion: An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought"In trenchant and gripping prose, Sullivan charts how the ambiguous American ideal of ‘religious freedom’ became the jurisprudential ground on which the unholy trinity of contemporary US society—church/state/corporation—was constructed. Each chapter is a revelation, inviting a fundamental rethinking of the fate of religion in the US public sphere. Sullivan’s call for attention to religious practice and imagination beyond the limits of the ‘religion’ that is legally ‘free’ is a powerful challenge to all interested in the intersection of religion and politics." -- Robert Orsi, author of History and PresenceTable of ContentsNote on Capitalization Note to European Readers Introduction. The Definite Article Chapter 1. The Church Makes an Appearance: Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC Chapter 2. “The Mother of Religion”: The Church Property Cases Chapter 3. Hobby Lobby: The Church, the State, and the Corporation Chapter 4. The Body of Christ in Blackface Conclusion. The Church-in-law Otherwise Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Liberal Suppression Section 501c3 and the
Book SynopsisA polemic against the provision of the US tax code that prohibits political speech on the part of nonprofitsand, specifically, in this case, churchesarguing that it is an unconstitutional infringement of speech that has been deliberately used to suppress the views and power of religious activists.Trade Review"While there are many books about the role of religion and politics and a large literature on the constitutional implications of tax exemptions and the regulation of nonprofits, none bring these topics together like Hamburger's sophisticated, original, and compelling arguments. Hamburger persuasively argues that this seemingly modest provision in the tax code actually has important implications for constitutional law, religious freedom, and the development of American liberalism."--Ilya Somin, author of The Grasping Hand: "Kelo v. City of New London" and the Limits of Eminent Domain "Liberal Suppression develops and argues vehemently for a point of view underrepresented in recent literature on the tax topics that it addresses. It will enliven and (in a good way) unsettle those debates."--Daniel N. Shaviro, New York University
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The University of Chicago Press Confronting Torture Essays on the Ethics
Book SynopsisA collection that explores all the current legal, ethical, and cultural thinking about torture and its effects today.
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The University of Chicago Press Confronting Torture Essays on the Ethics Legality
Book SynopsisA collection that explores all the current legal, ethical, and cultural thinking about torture and its effects today.
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The University of Chicago Press Ekklesia Three Inquiries in Church and State
Book SynopsisA Trios volume that addresses the question of church and state in three different contexts: nineteenth-century Brazil, early Canada, and contemporary American courtrooms.
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The University of Chicago Press Ekklesia Three Inquiries in Church and State
Book SynopsisA Trios volume that addresses the question of church and state in three different contexts: nineteenth-century Brazil, early Canada, and contemporary American courtrooms.
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Columbia University Press The Promises of Liberty
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn important addition to the scholarship on an important aspect of America's constitutional heritage... Highly recommended.Choice Choice ...this book is an informative treatment of a depressing subject. -- Helen Knowles H-Law This volume is well edited and the essayists expertly chosen. Alexander Tsesis of Loyola University Chicago School of Law has assembled an unusually compact and cogent collection of the best work on the Thirteenth Amendment. -- Christopher Waldrep Journal of American History A riveting, provocative collection of essays by what can only be described as an all-star team of historians and legal analysts. -- Michael S. Green Journal of the Civil War EraTable of ContentsForeword: The Rocky Road to Freedom-Crucial Barriers to Abolition in the Antebellum Years, by David Brion Davis 1. Introduction: The Thirteenth Amendment's Revolutionary Aims, by Alexander Tsesis Part 1: Historical Settings 2. In Pursuit of Constitutional Abolitionism, by James M. McPherson 3. The Civil War, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment: Understanding Who Freed the Slaves, by Paul Finkelman 4. Citizenship and the Thirteenth Amendment: Understanding the Deafening Silence, by Michael Vorenberg 5. Emancipation and Civic Status: The American Experience, 1865-1915, by William M. Wiecek 6. Convict Labor in the Post-Civil War South: Involuntary Servitude After the Thirteenth Amendment, by David M. Oshinsky 7. The Thirteenth Amendment and a New Deal for Civil Rights, by Risa L. Goluboff 8. The Workers' Freedom of Association Under the Thirteenth Amendment, by James Gray Pope Part 2: Current Legal Landscapes 9. The Badges and Incidents of Slavery and the Power of Congress to Enforce the Thirteenth Amendment, by George A. Rutherglen 10. The Promise of Congressional Enforcement, by Rebecca E. Zietlow 11. Protecting Full and Equal Rights: The Floor and More, by Aviam Soifer 12. Forced Labor Revisited: The Thirteenth Amendment and Abortion, by Andrew Koppelman 13. The Slave Power Undead: Criminal Justice Successes and Failures of the Thirteenth Amendment, by Andrew E. Taslitz 14. Toward a Thirteenth Amendment Exclusionary Rule as a Remedy for Racial Profiling, by William M. Carter 15. Immigrant Workers and the Thirteenth Amendment, by Maria L. Ontiveros 16. A Thirteenth Amendment Agenda for the Twenty-first Century: Of Promises, Power, and Precaution, by Darrell A. H. Miller 17. Epilogue: The Enduring Legacy of the Thirteenth Amendment, by Robert J. Kaczorowski Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index
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Columbia University Press Screening Torture
Book SynopsisTrade Review...adds breath and freshness to the analysis of media representations of state terror and political violence. -- Dr Ruth Kitchen DigitalIcons Thoughtful, insightful, and compelling... Flynn and Salek have gathered together a collection of essays that will have wide appeal to communication scholars, film scholars and graduate students. -- Marita Gronnvoll European Journal of Communication This book is a compelling critique of our dominant political and media discourses. The European LegacyTable of ContentsScreening Torture: An Introduction Part I. Torture and the Implications of Masculinity 1. Countering the Jack Bauer Effect: An Examination of How to Limit the Influence of TV's Most Popular, and Most Brutal, Hero 2. Mel Gibson's Tortured Heroes: From the Symbolic Function of Blood to Spectacles of Pain 3. It's a Perfect World: Torture, Confession, and Sacrifice Part II. Torture and the Sadomasochistic Impulse 4. Lust, Caution: Torture, Sex, and Passion in Chinese Cinema 5. The Art of Photogenic Torture 6. Beyond Susan Sontag: The Seduction of Psychological Torture 7. Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange as Art Against Torture Part III. Confronting the Legacies of Torture and State Terror 8. "Accorded a Place in the Design": Torture in Post-Apartheid Cinema 9. Confessing Without Regret: An Israeli Film Genre Part IV. Torture and the Shortcomings of Film 10. Movies of Modern Torture as Convenient Truths 11. Torture at the Limit of Politics 12. Doing Torture in Film: Confronting Ambiguity and Ambivalence 13. Documenting the Documentaries on Abu Ghraib: Facts Versus Distortion List of Contributors Index
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University of Washington Press A Principled Stand The Story of Hirabayashi v.
Book SynopsisTells the story of Hirabayashi v. United States, the Supreme Court case that in 1943 upheld and on appeal in 1987 vacated his conviction. This book combines author's accounts with family photographs and archival documents as it takes readers through the series of imprisonments and court battles he endured.Trade Review"Hirbayashi's . . . struggle and case have been analyzed every which way—but one. It has not been, until A Principled Stand, The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States, that readers have had access to Hirabayashi's reflections at the time of his resistance." -- Peter Monaghan * The Chronicle of Higher Education *"A long-awaited and richly satisfying memoir that emerges from a dark place in Northwest history. . . . The book puts you there, as a good novel does." -- Mike Dillon * City Living *"A fascinating look into the inner workings of how one man, with the support of his Christian supporters, took on the U.S. government and ultimately won." -- Martha Nakagawa * Rafu Shimpo *"The book successfully reminds us of the struggles needed to secure our freedoms today." * Publishers Weekly *"A Principled Stand proves that boxes of paper hauled from home to home and stored in closets and garages can eventually become the meat of history. . . . A valuable book, highly recommended." -- Paula Becker * HistoryLink.org *"[T]he authors succeed in one of their main goals: letting people get to know Gordon the person, not merely Gordon the plaintiff in a noted legal case. . . .A Principled Stand should be added to the growing number of quality, firsthand accounts of that era." -- Troy Reeves * Oral History Review *"What a treat it is to spend a few hours with three of the finest minds that have ever addressed Japanese American history....[in this] memoir constructed out of the World War II diaries of Gordon Hirabayashi and other documents." -- Paul Spickard * Oregon Historical Quarterly *"A Principled Stand is more than the story of an important wartime incarceration case; it is also the story of a remarkable person…a must read not only for scholars of Asian American history but also for those interested in the relationship between faith and social justice. The book has lessons for us all." -- Stephanie Bangarth * Pacific Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Acronyms Part I. An Issei-Nisei Family 1. Hotaka to Seattle 2. Growing Up in America 3. "You're Going to College" Part II. Challenges and Incarceration 4. World War II 5. Arraignment Summons 6. King County Jail 7. King County Jail Mates 8. Jail Visitations 9. World War II Interracial Marriage 10. Prison Meditations 1 11. Pretrial 12. Seattle Federal District Court 13. U.S. Supreme Court 14. Out on Bail 15. Thumbing to Jail 16. Catalina Federal Honor Camp 17. Federal Prison Again Part III. The Postwar Years and Vindication 18. Early Postwar Experiences 19. Coram Nobis Appendix 1. Major Publications Appendix 2. Professional Positions, Honors, and Awards Glossary of Names Further Reading About the Coauthors Index
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University of Wisconsin Press Correctional
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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WW Norton & Co American Inheritance
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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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Congressional Black Caucus Minority Voting
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University of California Press Scaling Migrant Worker Rights
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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University of California Press Muslim Prisoner Litigation
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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University of California Press Muslim Prisoner Litigation
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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MP-MEL Melbourne University Secret The Making of Australias Security State
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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Harvard University Press What Blood Wont Tell
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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Princeton University Press After Civil Rights
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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Princeton University Press After Civil Rights Racial Realism in the New
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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Princeton University Press Defend the Sacred
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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University Press of Kansas Race Sex and the Freedom to Marry Loving v.
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Journey to Separate but Equal Madame Decuirs
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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Pluto Press Foucault and Law Towards a Sociology of Law As
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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Pluto Press Solidarity
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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Pluto Press Solidarity Latin America and the US Left in the
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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University of British Columbia Press Law and Citizenship
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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University of British Columbia Press In Defence of Principles
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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University of British Columbia Press In Defence of Principles NGOs and Human Rights
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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MN - University of British Columbia Press Reasonable Accommodation Managing Religious Diversity
Book SynopsisReasonable Accommodation is a collection of essays examining the meaning of reasonable accommodation of religious diversity through law and public discourse in Canada and abroad.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Exploring Reasonable Accommodation / Lori G. Beaman1 Religion and Immigration in a Changing Canada: The Reasonable Accommodation of “Reasonable Accommodation”? / Peter Beyer2 Religion in Court, Between an Objective and a Subjective Definition / Solange Lefebvre3 Identity Quietism and Political Exclusion / Avigail Eisenberg4 Veiled Objections: Facing Public Opposition to the Niqab / Natasha Bakht5 Public Responses to Religious Diversity in Britain and France / James A. Beckford6 Beyond Reasonable Accommodation: The Case of Australia / Gary D. Bouma7 One of These Things Is Not like the Other: Sexual Diversity and Accommodation / Heather Shipley8 Religion as a Multicultural Marker in Advanced Modern Society / Ole RiisConclusion: Alternatives to Reasonable Accommodation / Lori G. BeamanList of ContributorsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press A Human Rights Based Approach to Development in
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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Stanford University Press Your Rugged Constitution
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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University of Pennsylvania Press Human Rights in Our Own Backyard
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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University of Pennsylvania Press The Breakthrough
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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University of Pennsylvania Press Migrant Youth Transnational Families and the State
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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University of Pennsylvania Press The Promise of Human Rights Constitutional
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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University of Pennsylvania Press Democracy Without Justice in Spain
Book SynopsisSpain is a notable exception to the implicit rules of late twentieth-century democratization: after the death of General Francisco Franco in 1975, the recovering nation began to consolidate democracy without enacting any of the mechanisms promoted by the international transitional justice movement. There were no political trials, no truth and reconciliation commissions, no formal attributions of blame, and no apologies. Instead, Spain''s national parties negotiated the Pact of Forgetting, an agreement intended to place the bloody Spanish Civil War and the authoritarian excesses of the Franco dictatorship firmly in the past, not to be revisited even in conversation. Formalized by an amnesty law in 1977, this agreement defies the conventional wisdom that considers retribution and reconciliation vital to rebuilding a stable nation. Although not without its dark side, such as the silence imposed upon the victims of the Civil War and the dictatorship, the Pact of Forgetting allowed for tTrade Review"Omar Encarnación has written a learned, thoughtful, and indeed humane critique of those who believe that there are universal solutions to the problem of nations coping with a recent history of conflict and oppression. His book should find readers well beyond Iberian specialists. He raises some of the most important questions of our time, and they concern us all." * Ian Buruma, author of Year Zero: A History of 1945 *"A first-rate piece of scholarship that undertakes a detailed empirical analysis of a controversial and important issue, leading to a well-founded conclusion that challenges the conventional wisdom." * Richard Gunther, Ohio State University *
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