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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Collaborations for Social Justice
Book SynopsisThe importance of community empowerment in advancing public policy cannot be underestimated. Collaborations for Social Justice provides powerful examples of how professionals have successfully mobilized the public. Written primarily for students, academics, and lawyers, this book bridges the widely publicized gap between professional advocates and grassroots organizations. The authors demonstrate that participation on the part of professionals in the process of empowerment of low-income communities is transformative and enriching for everyone affected.Trade ReviewAcademics who want their work to be useful in public policy debates would do well to use the case studies in this book as a reference manual. Barlow’s contributors provide real life examples of the way social science research can frame issues and validate community demands for change—without giving up the methodological rigor, creativity, and objectivity scientific inquiry requires. The book provides refreshingly clear-eyed accounts of the tensions and rewards of working with community-based groups, while consistently reminding us of the power dynamics that underlay the production of knowledge and its use in political debates. Collaborations for Social Justice should be required reading for introductory and graduate courses in the social sciences, schools of law, education, and environmental studies, and for new grantmakers. It is a little gem of a book, full of nuggets of insight and wisdom about social change work in contemporary America. -- Katherine McFate, The Ford FoundationCollaborations for Social Justice addresses some of the most critical and most overlooked questions in the fight for social justice in this country today. By so doing it offers us an exciting vision of the impact low income communities can have on issues of importance to us all. I thank the authors for both their commitment and their contribution to the struggle. -- Barbara Lee, U.S. CongresswomanThis book offers lawyers and other professionals a powerful vision of a career in service to social justice. The authors include a number of prominent academics, educators, and lawyers who have been on the front lines of California's historic battles for equality for many years. Collaborations for Social Justice will inspire a generation of students and young professionals with its fresh ideas and compelling call to action. -- Eva Paterson, president, Equal Justice SocietyTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Transformative Collaborations: Professionals and Minority Community Power Chapter 3 Creating a New World: Transformative Lawyering for Social Change Chapter 4 Organizing Education: Academic Research and Community Organizing for Social Reform Chapter 5 LULUs of the Field: Research and Activism for Environmental Justice Chapter 6 The Production of Knowledge and Community Empowerment: Organizing and Research on Youth Violence Chapter 7 Private Troubles and Public Issues
£79.20
Rlpg/Galleys Collaborations for Social Justice
Book SynopsisThe importance of community empowerment in advancing public policy cannot be underestimated. Collaborations for Social Justice provides powerful examples of how professionals have successfully mobilized the public. Written primarily for students, academics, and lawyers, this book bridges the widely publicized gap between professional advocates and grassroots organizations. The authors demonstrate that participation on the part of professionals in the process of empowerment of low-income communities is transformative and enriching for everyone affected.Trade ReviewAcademics who want their work to be useful in public policy debates would do well to use the case studies in this book as a reference manual. Barlow’s contributors provide real life examples of the way social science research can frame issues and validate community demands for change—without giving up the methodological rigor, creativity, and objectivity scientific inquiry requires. The book provides refreshingly clear-eyed accounts of the tensions and rewards of working with community-based groups, while consistently reminding us of the power dynamics that underlay the production of knowledge and its use in political debates. Collaborations for Social Justice should be required reading for introductory and graduate courses in the social sciences, schools of law, education, and environmental studies, and for new grantmakers. It is a little gem of a book, full of nuggets of insight and wisdom about social change work in contemporary America. -- Katherine McFate, The Ford FoundationCollaborations for Social Justice addresses some of the most critical and most overlooked questions in the fight for social justice in this country today. By so doing it offers us an exciting vision of the impact low income communities can have on issues of importance to us all. I thank the authors for both their commitment and their contribution to the struggle. -- Barbara Lee, U.S. CongresswomanThis book offers lawyers and other professionals a powerful vision of a career in service to social justice. The authors include a number of prominent academics, educators, and lawyers who have been on the front lines of California's historic battles for equality for many years. Collaborations for Social Justice will inspire a generation of students and young professionals with its fresh ideas and compelling call to action. -- Eva Paterson, president, Equal Justice SocietyTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Transformative Collaborations: Professionals and Minority Community Power Chapter 3 Creating a New World: Transformative Lawyering for Social Change Chapter 4 Organizing Education: Academic Research and Community Organizing for Social Reform Chapter 5 LULUs of the Field: Research and Activism for Environmental Justice Chapter 6 The Production of Knowledge and Community Empowerment: Organizing and Research on Youth Violence Chapter 7 Private Troubles and Public Issues
£27.00
Rlpg/Galleys Noncitizen Voting and American Democracy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMost Americans today take it for granted that immigrants should be required to reside in the U.S. for several years and to learn English and the basics of American history before they are allowed the right to vote. But this traditional understanding has recently been challenged by immigrant advocates, and a few communities have abandoned citizenship requirements in certain elections. In this brief, lucid, and lively book, Stanley Renshon provides a powerful critique of these radical proposals, and enriches our understanding of what American citizenship is (and should continue to be) all about. -- Stephan Thernstrom, Harvard UniversityMost Americans would be surprised to learn that there's a case for allowing non-citizens to vote. Political scientist and psychologist Stanley Renshon takes that case seriously and shows that it has disturbing implications for the definition of what it means to be an American. -- Michael Barone, American Enterprise Institute and The Washington Examiner
£81.00
Rowman & Littlefield Race Wrongs and Remedies Group Justice in the
Book SynopsisTrade Review(Amy Wax) reviews a great deal of social science data showing the pallid or perverse effects of policies aimed at teenage pregnancy, education, job training, prison rehabilitation, and many more. * American Lawyer, October 1, 2009 *Amy Wax's Race, Wrongs, and Remedies is a provocative discussion of policies to close the race gap in America. Using the insightful legal distinction between liability and remedy, she shows that self-help can be a powerful force for remediating social wrongs. This book will help change the dialogue of race in America from a discussion about passive victims, guilt, and reparations to a more active embrace of individual responsibility and human agency. Its message is bold and clear. -- James J. Heckman, professor of economics, The University of ChicagoProfessor Wax's book is the quintessence of cool, clean, and unassailable good sense. One is to be pardoned for wondering whether the most important book on race of the year could be one by a white female law professor. Well, one need wonder no more—it is. * The New Republic *Amy L. Wax combines conceptual insights from the law of torts and remedies with a thorough reading of the scholarship on racial disparities to bring much-needed clarity to the discussion of the black man's burden. * Claremont Review of Books *Wax combines conceptual insights from the law of torts and remedies with a thorough reading of the scholarship on racial disparities to bring much-needed clarity to the discussion of the black man's burden.Every officer in the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs should read this book. Indeed, every federal or state public servant delivering services to, and/or making policy for Aborigines should think deeply about the applicability to Aborigines of Amy Wax's insights into the plight of black Americans. * Public Administration *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. The Remedial Ideal and the Demand for Racial Justice Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Group Disadvantage and the Case of Race Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Racial Disparities and Human Capital Deficits Chapter 5 Chapter 4. The Psychology of Victimization Chapter 6 Is Self-Help Possible? Chapter 7 Reparations, Affirmative Action, and the Relationship of Race and Class Chapter 8 Notes Chapter 9 Index
£43.20
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers SameSex Marriage and Religious Liberty Emerging
Book SynopsisSame-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples. It represents the only comprehensive, scholarly appraisal to date of the church-state conflicts virtually certain to arise in many spheres of law as a result of the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.Trade ReviewDetailed analyses. . . . Instructive and provocative. . . . Essays in this book promote thoughtfulness. * Journal of Law & Politics, February 2009 *These smart and wise essays map and illustrate the main battle lines between two of our most cherished rights—the right to worship the God we fear and the right to marry the one we love. Drawing on the best constitutional, comparative, historical, and social science lore, the authors work hard to define the hard issues, to defuse the false charges, and to discern the best methods for bringing religious liberties and marital rights into greater concordance. Specialists and novices alike will much learn from these pages. -- John Witte Jr.Governments cannot be neutral in the coming clashes between those whose religious beliefs deem homosexual conduct immoral and those who believe that gay and lesbian people deserve to live openly and safely with the same regard and protections accorded others. The fair-minded authors in this volume identify emerging legal and policy choices as governments negotiate these clashes and in so doing, illuminate contrasting visions of liberty and equality embedded in current and potential legal doctrines. Each chapter and the judicious afterword by Douglas Laycock deserve close attention by policy-makers, advocates for religious communities, advocates for lesbian-gay-bi-sexual-transgender communities—and lovers of liberty anywhere. -- Martha Minow, Harvard Law SchoolA scholarly, thoughtful, and well-written collection of essays from leading thinkers in the field—a must for anyone interested in religious liberty, gay rights law, or both. Coeditor Doug Laycock, one of the top religious freedom scholars in the nation, characterizes the essays well in his afterword: they are an "oasis of reasoned discourse amidst all the conflict," and people on all sides of the same-sex marriage debate have much to learn from them. -- Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of LawWill the recognition of same-sex marriage create serious burdens on the religious liberty of those who object to such marriages? Can those burdens be avoided by reasonable rules of law? This book offers the first sustained exploration of these important questions and reveals the diversity of views on how to balance these two powerful concerns. -- Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University School of LawSame-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts, a thought-provoking book of six chapters by as many authors, examines likely and potential conflicts facing faithful Christians and Jews if (or as several authors believe, when) same-sex 'marriage' becomes legal. Very good book. * National Catholic Register, August 2009 *Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty is an indispensable new book . . . Eventually, proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage will need to have a conversation about their shared interest in a society that ensures room for dissent from majoritiarian norms. Consider this book the conversation-starter. * Commonweal Magazine, October 2009 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Gay Marriage and the Churches Chapter 3 Chapter 2. An Unholy Union: Same Sex Marriage and the Use of Governmental Programs to Penalize Religious Groups with Unpopular Practices Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Matters of Conscience: Lessons for Same-Sex Marriage from the Healthcare Context Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Same-Sex Marriage & the Coming Anti-Discrimination Campaigns Against Religion Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Moral Conflict and Conflicting Liberties Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Marriage: Its Relationship to Religion, Law, and the State Chapter 8 Afterword
£101.70
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers SameSex Marriage and Religious Liberty
Book SynopsisSame-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples. It represents the only comprehensive, scholarly appraisal to date of the church-state conflicts virtually certain to arise from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. It explores two principal questions. First, exactly what kind of religious freedom conflicts are likely to emerge if society embraces same-sex marriage? A redefinition of marriage would impact a host of laws where marital status affects legal rights_in housing, employment, health-care, education, public accommodations, and property, in addition to family law. These laws, in turn, regulate a host of religious institutions_schools, hospitals, and social service providers, to name a few_that often embrace a different definition of marriage. As a result, church-state conflicts will follow. This volume anticipates where and how these manifold disputes will arise. Second, how might these conflicts be resolved? If the disputes spark litigation under the Free Speech, Free Exercise, or Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment, who will prevail and why? When, if ever, should claims of religious liberty prevail over claims of sexual liberty? Drawing on experience in analogous areas of law, the volume explores whether it is possible to avoid these constitutional conflicts by statutory accommodation, or by separating religious marriage from civil marriage.Trade ReviewDetailed analyses. . . . Instructive and provocative. . . . Essays in this book promote thoughtfulness. * Journal of Law & Politics, February 2009 *These smart and wise essays map and illustrate the main battle lines between two of our most cherished rights—the right to worship the God we fear and the right to marry the one we love. Drawing on the best constitutional, comparative, historical, and social science lore, the authors work hard to define the hard issues, to defuse the false charges, and to discern the best methods for bringing religious liberties and marital rights into greater concordance. Specialists and novices alike will much learn from these pages. -- John Witte Jr.Governments cannot be neutral in the coming clashes between those whose religious beliefs deem homosexual conduct immoral and those who believe that gay and lesbian people deserve to live openly and safely with the same regard and protections accorded others. The fair-minded authors in this volume identify emerging legal and policy choices as governments negotiate these clashes and in so doing, illuminate contrasting visions of liberty and equality embedded in current and potential legal doctrines. Each chapter and the judicious afterword by Douglas Laycock deserve close attention by policy-makers, advocates for religious communities, advocates for lesbian-gay-bi-sexual-transgender communities—and lovers of liberty anywhere. -- Martha Minow, Harvard Law SchoolA scholarly, thoughtful, and well-written collection of essays from leading thinkers in the field—a must for anyone interested in religious liberty, gay rights law, or both. Coeditor Doug Laycock, one of the top religious freedom scholars in the nation, characterizes the essays well in his afterword: they are an "oasis of reasoned discourse amidst all the conflict," and people on all sides of the same-sex marriage debate have much to learn from them. -- Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of LawWill the recognition of same-sex marriage create serious burdens on the religious liberty of those who object to such marriages? Can those burdens be avoided by reasonable rules of law? This book offers the first sustained exploration of these important questions and reveals the diversity of views on how to balance these two powerful concerns. -- Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University School of LawSame-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts, a thought-provoking book of six chapters by as many authors, examines likely and potential conflicts facing faithful Christians and Jews if (or as several authors believe, when) same-sex 'marriage' becomes legal. Very good book. * National Catholic Register, August 2009 *Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty is an indispensable new book . . . Eventually, proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage will need to have a conversation about their shared interest in a society that ensures room for dissent from majoritiarian norms. Consider this book the conversation-starter. * Commonweal Magazine, October 2009 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Gay Marriage and the Churches Chapter 3 Chapter 2. An Unholy Union: Same Sex Marriage and the Use of Governmental Programs to Penalize Religious Groups with Unpopular Practices Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Matters of Conscience: Lessons for Same-Sex Marriage from the Healthcare Context Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Same-Sex Marriage & the Coming Anti-Discrimination Campaigns Against Religion Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Moral Conflict and Conflicting Liberties Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Marriage: Its Relationship to Religion, Law, and the State Chapter 8 Afterword
£43.20
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
£26.99
Pluto Press Crime and the Media
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
£25.19
Pluto Press Beyond Control
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
£25.19
Pluto Press The Bloody Sunday Inquiry
Book SynopsisThe story of the longest legal proceedings in British history in the raw words of those most intimately involved.Table of ContentsChronology Leading lawyers Introduction 1 Campaign 2 Saville 3 Lawyers 4 Media 5 Heath 6 Soldiers 7 Neighbours 8 IRA 9 London 10 Conclusion Afterword
£22.49
Pluto Press Powers and Prospects
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
£18.99
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
£18.99
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
£68.00
Edinburgh University Press The European Court of Human Rights
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.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press The European Court of Human Rights
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.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Constitutional Violence
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.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Private Law and Human Rights
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.
£121.50
Ebury Publishing Let Her Fly
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 *
£9.49
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Transitional Justice in Poland Memory and the
Book SynopsisFrances Millard is Professor Emerita in the Department of Government, Member of the Human Rights Centre and former Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Essex. She is twice winner of the George Blazyca Prize of the British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies for the best book on Central and Eastern Europe.Trade ReviewIn this insightful and detailed account Frances Millard deftly charts and explains the twists and turns of Poland’s three decades of debates about transitional justice. The book deserves to be on the shelves of all scholars and students concerned with how states and societies deal with difficult pasts, but also those interested in the consequences that decisions to punish, prosecute or draw lines have on the health and fate of democracy. * Tim Haughton, University of Birmingham, UK *This is an extremely detailed and wide-ranging account of attempts to achieve transitional justice since the collapse of the Polish communist regime in 1989. It is a meticulously-researched piece of history writing, which explains the chequered progress of transitional justice with reference to developing political circumstances and without recourse to simplistic, one-sided explanations. Millard provides a thorough analysis of the legislation regarding each separate strand of transitional justice. * Anne White, UCL, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Approaches to the Study of Transitional Justice 2. The Politics of Transitional Justice in Poland 3. The Prosecution of Past Crimes 4. Reparation through Rehabilitation and Compensation 5. The Restitution of Property 6. Lustration 1989-2005 7. Lustration after the fall of the SLD: The Return of the Right 8. Transitional Justice and the Role of the Constitutional Tribunal 9. The Role of the Institute of National Remembrance: The Politics of History and Memory 10. PiS: The End of Transitional Justice and the New Project of Social Transformation Index
£85.50
University Press of America Affirmative Action Supreme CB
Book SynopsisAffirmative Action, The Supreme Court, and Political Power in the Old ConfederacyTable of Contentschapter 1 Introduction chapter 2 The Origin of Affirmative Action chapter 3 History of Inequality chapter 4 The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action: 1971-1988 chapter 5 The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action: 1989-1996 chapter 6 Methodology chapter 7 Data Analysis chapter 8 Summary chapter 9 Bibliography chapter 10 Index
£96.90
University Press of America A Second Appeal A Consideration of Freedom and
Book SynopsisThis book engages in an analysis of the ideals of freedom and social justice. Rolle examines and questions Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World by David Walker, which encourages slaves to embrace a theologically-based understanding of freedom and participate in insurrectionist activities to overthrow slavery.Trade ReviewDr. Rolle's passion for philosophers to move beyond platitudes and esoteric debates is inspiring and contagious. My deep hope is that her colleagues will take seriously their role in effecting positive, lasting change in the larger society. -- Larry Smith, director, Millennium Initiative, The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana UniversityRolle uncovers Walker's concept of freedom - not one based on liberal individual free will but one based on freedom from insult and race-based oppression. Rolle also uncovers Walker's justification for insurrection, his biblical basis, and his rejection of pacifism or moral suasion. Walker's 'identity theology,' similar to 'liberation theology' is made explicit - God is a God that makes 'distinctions' and thereby favors one social category over another. Here is where Rolle enters…making values central; foregrounding concepts such as salvation, responsibility, reciprocity; and Rolle argues for a concept of freedom that is neither contingent on romanticizing individual freedom of the will nor social liberation. Occasionally speaking in the same collective voice as Walker, (We), Rolle's "we" is different than Walker's. Rolle's literary strategy works. It creates a 'Second' Appeal and thereby contributes a fascinating, albeit controversial, intellectual dialogue on a classical text. -- Leonard Harris, Ph.D., director, Philosophy and Literature Ph.D. Program, Purdue UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Article I: Analysis of David Walker's Appeal Chapter 3 Article II: Against Identity Theology Chapter 4 Article III: The Essence of Freedom Chapter 5 Article IV: On Values Chapter 6 Index Chapter 7 Author Bio
£27.00
University of British Columbia Press Law and Citizenship Legal Dimensions
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 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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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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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Justice for the Past SUNY series in American
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Random House USA Inc The Burglary
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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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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John Wiley & Sons A Step toward Brown v. Board of Education Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and Her Fight to End Segregation
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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Beacon Press Loving Interracial Intimacy in America and the
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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Beacon Press Enabling Acts The Hidden Story of How the
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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Beacon Press Gideons Promise A Public Defender Movement to
Book SynopsisA blueprint for criminal justice reform that lays the foundation for how model public defense programs should work to end mass incarceration.Combining wisdom drawn from over a dozen years as a public defender and cutting-edge research in the fields of organizational and cultural psychology, Jonathan Rapping proposes a radical cultural shift to a “fiercely client-based ethos” driven by values-based recruitment training, awakening defenders to their role in upholding an unjust status quo, and a renewed pride in the essential role of moral lawyering in a democratic society.Public defenders represent over 80% of those who interact with the court system, a disproportionate number of whom are poor, non-white citizens who rely on them to navigate the law on their behalf. More often than not, even the most well-meaning of those defenders are over-worked, under-funded, and incentivized to put the interests of judges and politicians above those of their clients
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Scarecrow Press The Police Card Discord Studies in Jazz 15
Book SynopsisCohen records a historic conflict ending in the 1960s between musicians and the police in New York. Important social issues dominated several trials, detailed in this book. Ultimately, the musicians and entertainers won.Trade Review...an interesting story of 'Human Rights'. * Big Bands International *...thorough and illuminating book...Cohen's meticulous landmark book on the cabaret card system documents a deplorable procedure in the 1940-1969 period during which the basic rights of large numbers of musicians were ruthlessly ignored by law enforcement...invaluable as the definitive resource on a previously unexamined aspect of the use of the drug problem to deprive a significant group of people of their rights... * Addiction Research *...well-written and well-documented....recommended to both public and academic libraries at all levels. * CHOICE *
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Rlpg/Galleys The Voting Rights War
Book SynopsisThe Voting Rights War tells the story of the courageous struggle to achieve voting equality through more than one hundred years of work by the NAACP at the Supreme Court. Readers take the journey for voting rights from slavery to the Plessy v. Ferguson case that legalized segregation in 1896 through today's con?icts around voter suppression. The NAACP brought important cases to the Supreme Court that challenged obstacles to voting: grandfather clauses, all-White primaries, literacy tests, gerrymandering, vote dilution, felony disenfranchisement, and photo identi?cation laws.This book highlights the challenges facing American voters, especially African Americans, the brave work of NAACP members, and the often contentious relationship between the NAACP and the Supreme Court. This book shows the human price paid for the right to vote and the intellectual stamina needed for each legal battle. The Voting Rights War follows con?icts on the ground and in the courtroom, from post-slavery voting rights and the formation of the NAACP to its ongoing work to gain a basic right guaranteed to every citizen.Whether through litigation, lobbying, or protest, the NAACP continues to play an unprecedented role in the battle for voting equality in America, ?ghting against prison gerrymandering, racial redistricting, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and more. The Voting Rights War highlights the NAACP's powerful contribution and legacy.Trade ReviewBrowne-Marshall, an associate constitutional law professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, delivers a passionate, comprehensive history of the NAACP and its crucial role in the still ongoing battle for voting rights. Founded in response to the Springfield (Ill.) Riot of 1908 and initially led by white liberals, the NAACP, as Browne-Marshall shows, focused on voter rights from the start. She highlights how the NAACP’s involvement in nearly every voting rights case argued before the Supreme Court speaks to its effective tripartite strategy of 'litigation, legislation, and protest.' With considerable insight, Browne-Marshall guides readers through a century of pivotal legal struggles: 1896’s Plessy v. Ferguson; poll taxes and literacy tests; whites-only primaries; the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965; and the present-day photo ID laws, voter dilution efforts, and gutting of certain voter protections in the 2013 Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder decision. She also shows the Supreme Court’s changing makeup through the decades and resurrects the people—Moorfield Storey, Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, Mary White Ovington—who struggled on the NAACP’s behalf. With vivid descriptions of voter intimidation, murders, riots, and lynchings, this work emphasizes that 'freedom is not free.' * Publishers Weekly *Riveting, captivating, and awakening. The Voting Rights War depicts the arduous journey of the nation’s oldest, largest, and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization and its masterful use of the legislative and judicial systems to eradicate barriers that impeded an individual’s fundamental right to vote. This book is a must-read. Every chapter demonstrates the power of the vote and the importance of people of color exercising that power to achieve progress and justice. -- Pamela Meanes, 76th President of the National Bar Association; Partner, Thompson Coburn LLPThe Voting Rights War is an accessible and penetrating history of the NAACP and the struggle for African American voting rights in the United States. The book takes the reader on a journey from the insurgence of White supremacist denials of basic African American rights, to the evolutionary development of the NAACP, and to its strategy to use the vote as the primary weapon to attack racism. While the study elucidates the past, it also opens a window for understanding contemporary racial politics. This book is essential reading for those interested in the subject and a great primer for further study. -- James Conyers, Kean UniversityAmerica’s troubled relationship with voting rights is a long-standing and contentious one. Gloria Browne-Marshall’s excellent new book presents a key part of our evolving battle on voting rights. She discusses, with considerable passion and insight, the role that the NAACP has played in its efforts to move the United States toward a system of full and effective voting rights. The many battle scars suffered, lives lost, and hopes dashed are important parts of the story. But so are the courage, hope, and beginnings of progress that Browne-Marshall’s book chronicles. She makes our checkered history on voting rights come alive and honors the many heroes and heroines the NAACP brought to the struggle. -- James R. Silkenat, President (2013-2014), American Bar AssociationGloria Browne-Marshall offers a thoroughly researched and insightful account of this nation’s persistent struggle with race, politics, and equality. Browne-Marshall reminds us that there are many unsung heroes—Black and White—who risked their lives, and their families’ lives, to fight for racial equality in this country. This book is a necessary read at a time when this country is once again embroiled in a racially charged debate about our future. -- Cornelius 'Neil' Foote, Jr., University of North Texas, editor of PoliticsInColor.comGloria Browne-Marshall’s The Voting Rights War speaks to the frontline contribution of America’s oldest civil rights organization—the NAACP. Her book tells the story from historic grandfather clauses to contemporary voter suppression. The Voting Rights War is a crucial reminder of battles won and lost, and of the many NAACP members who paid the ultimate price for every citizens’ right to vote. It is an important story told by a gifted writer. -- Jerome L. Reide, NAACP Regional Field DirectorTable of ContentsDedication Acknowledgments Introduction Time-line of Selected Events and Cases One. Born of Bloodshed Two. Earning the Vote Three. Our First Victory: The Grandfather Clause Four. White-Only Primaries Five. Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests Six. The Voting Rights Act Seven. Vote Dilution and Photo Identification Laws Appendix. References. Index.
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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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University of Pennsylvania Press The Human Right to Citizenship
Book SynopsisIn principle, no human individual should be rendered stateless: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that the right to have or change citizenship cannot be denied. In practice, the legal claim of citizenship is a slippery concept that can be manipulated to serve state interests. On a spectrum from those who enjoy the legal and social benefits of citizenship to those whose right to nationality is outright refused, people with many kinds of status live in various degrees of precariousness within states that cannot or will not protect them. These include documented and undocumented migrants as well as conventional refugees and asylum seekers living in various degrees of uncertainty. Vulnerable populations such as ethnic minorities and women and children may find that de jure citizenship rights are undermined by de facto restrictions on their access, mobility, or security.The Human Right to Citizenship provides an accessible overview of citizenship regimes aTrade Review"An empirically rich, diverse, and informative contribution to sociological citizenship studies." * Karolina S. Follis, Lancaster University *Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Human Right to Citizenship —Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann PART I. THE LEGAL CONTEXT Chapter 1. Human Rights of Noncitizens —David Weissbrodt Chapter 2. Statelessness: A Matter of Human Rights —Kristy A. Belton PART II. GROUP STATLESSNESS Chapter 3. The Palestinian People: Ambiguities of Citizenship —Michal Baer Chapter 4. State of Stateless People: The Plight of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh —Nassir Uddin Chapter 5. Mobilizing Against Statelessness: The Case of Brazilian Emigrant Communities —Carolina Moulin PART III. LEGISLATED LIMBO Chapter 6. Natives, Subjects, and Wannabes: Internal Citizenship Problems in Postcolonial Nigeria —Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Chapter 7. Capricious Citizenship: Identity, Identification, and Banglo-Indians —Sujata Ramachandran Chapter 8. Are Children's Rights to Citizenship Slippery or Slimy? —Jacqueline Bhabha and Margareta Matache Chapter 9. How Citizenship Laws Leave the Roma in Europe's Hinterland —Helen O'Nions PART IV. LABOR MIGRANTS Chapter 10. Slippery Slopes into Illegality and the Erosion of Citizenship in the United States —Nancy Ann Hiemstra and Alison Mountz Chapter 11. Managed into the Margins: Examining Citizenship and Human Rights of Migrant Workers in Canada —Janet McLaughlin and Jenna Hennebry PART V. EMERGING ISSUES AND MODELS Chapter 12. Shapeshifting Citizenship in Germany: Expansion, Erosion, and Extension —Thomas Faist Chapter 13. Multiple Citizenships and Slippery Statecraft —Kim Rygiel and Margaret Walton-Roberts Chapter 14. Sticky Citizenship —Audrey Macklin Conclusion: Slippery Citizenship and Retrenching Rights —Margaret Walton-Roberts Notes List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Promise of Human Rights Constitutional
Book SynopsisJamie Mayerfeld defends international human rights law as an extension of domestic checks and balances and therefore necessary to constitutional government. The book combines theoretical reflections on democracy and constitutionalism with a case study of the contrasting human rights policies of Europe and the United States.Trade 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 Beyond Virtue and Vice
Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, human rights as legal doctrine and practice has shifted its engagement with criminal law from a near exclusive condemnation of it as a source of harm toward increasingly invoking it as a necessary remedy for abuses. These shifts are most visible in the context of sexuality, reproduction, and gender. Criminal law appears in modern states as a tool for societies to define forbidden acts (crimes) and prescribe punishments. It authorizes the state to use force as an aspect of expressing and establishing norms—societal expectations for acceptable behavior which when breached permit individuals to be excluded and stigmatized as unfit for inclusion. But the core principles of human rights oppose exclusion and stigma and embrace the equality and dignity of all. Therefore there is an insuperable tension when human rights actors invoke criminal law to protect and vindicate human rights violations.Beyond Virtue and Vice examines the ways in which r
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Random House USA Inc I Cant Breathe
Book SynopsisA work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police—from the bestselling author of The DivideNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST On July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old black man named Eric Garner died on a Staten Island sidewalk after a police officer put him in what has been described as an illegal chokehold during an arrest for selling bootleg cigarettes. The final moments of Garner’s life were captured on video and seen by millions. His agonized last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a rallying cry for the nascent Black Lives Matter protest movement. A grand jury ultimately declined to indict the officer who wrestled Garner to the pavement. Matt Taibbi’s deeply reported retelling of these events liberates Eric Garner from the abstractions of newspaper accounts and
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The Catholic University of America Press The Myth of Liberalism
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Rutgers University Press Jersey Justice The Story of the Trenton Six
Book SynopsisThe case of the Trenton Six attracted international attention in its time (1946–1952) Yet, there is no memory of it. The shame of racism evident in the case has been nearly erased from the public record. Now, historian Cathy D. Knepper takes us back to the courtroom to make us aware of this shocking chapter in American history.Trade Review"The story of the Trenton Six parallels the ordeal of the Alabama defendants known as the 'Scottsboro Boys.' Unlike the Scottsboro case, however, the Trenton case has largely faded from public view. Knepper has performed an important service by bringing the story of the six Trenton defendants back to light. She convincingly demonstrates that in all likelihood innocent men came close to losing their lives for a crime committed by others." -- Richard A. Rosen * Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina School of Law *"In 1949 six African-American men in Trenton, New Jersey were sentenced to death by electrocution on the basis of coerced confessions and manipulated eyewitness testimony. Historian Cathy Knepper lays out the intriguing story of their struggle for exoneration. Starting virtually alone, Bessie Mitchell, sister of one of the six, garnered popular support in what became a world-wide campaign to free the men, involving the likes of Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall. The author clearly shows that in the United States innocent people can, and do, get sentenced to death, a problem of great concern to the present day." -- Sister Helen Prejean"Jersey Justice is an important book that brings to light a forgotten case of racial injustice while reinforcing the ubiquity of such events in American history and ultimately offering an effective critique of the death penalty. [A] riveting work." * Historian *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The Crime and the Trenton Six2. The Trial, Prosecution3. The Trial, Defense4. Bessie Mitchell Finds Help5. Second Trial, Prosecution6. Second Trial, Defense7. Two Men LeftList of PrincipalsNotesIndex
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Ohio State University Press Obscenity and the Limits of Liberalism
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New York University Press The Rodrigo Chronicles Conversations About
Book SynopsisDiscusses the American racial scene, touching on such issues as the role of minorities in an age of global markets and competition, the black left, the rise of the black right, black crime, feminism, law reform, and the economics of racial discrimination.Trade Review"Richard Delgado is a triple pioneer. He was the first to question free speech ideology; he and a few others invented Critical Race Theory, and he is both a theorist and an exemplar of the importance of story-telling to the workings of the law. This volume brings all of Delgado's strengths together in a stunning performance." -- Stanley Fish,author of There's No Such Thing as Free Speech; and It's a Good Thing, Too"An excellent starting place for the national discussion about race we so desperately need." * The Washington Post Book World *"A probing, thoughtful explication of the unexamined myths and assumptions that condition so many current U.S. public policy debates." * Booklist *"A novel in which two 'intellectuals of color'—the narrator, a middle-aged law professor, and his protege, Rodrigo Crenshaw—sit down and hash out the issues of our time. . . Intellectually exuberant" * Los Angeles Times *
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