Public international law, human rights: labour and social Books
Cambridge University Press Mind and Rights
Book SynopsisA uniquely comprehensive analysis of human rights, that combines historical, philosophical, and legal perspectives with cutting edge research from psychology and the cognitive sciences. Provides accessible resources to understand the deep ethical point of human rights and to criticize deficiencies in current human rights theory and practice.Trade Review'Jurists, philosophers, historians, and (more recently) behavioral researchers have extensively studied the concept of human rights. In his thought-provoking book, Matthias Mahlmann masterfully draws all the threads together in order to gain a deeper understanding of the pertinent debates. This book offers a fresh, fascinating, and insightful analysis of this vital topic.' Eyal Zamir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem'The term, magisterial, is often used promiscuously to characterize a book, but not in this case. It is deserved because it is a successful blend of immense interdisciplinary erudition applied to a vitally important topic. Fueled by passion for human rights, Minds and Rights is beautifully written and deep, requiring the reader's attention and engagement. It is worth it.' Stephen J. Morse, University of Pennsylvania School of Law'This book reaches the summit of the ambitions and promises of the title. Relying on state-of-the-art cognitive science and combining it with anthropology and moral philosophy it provides a compelling defense of human rights in a world of fashionable human rights skepticism.' András Sajó, Central European University, former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights'Mahlmann offers us a passionately argued, deeply humane manifesto in support of human rights at a time when we need it most. It deserves a wide readership across the disciplines and should become one of the most influential books on the theory of human rights.' Christopher McCrudden, Queen's University, Belfast; University of Michigan Law School'Mind and Rights is a spectacular contribution to our understanding of ethics, cognitive science, and human rights. Mahlmann's deep, systematic, and wide-ranging account takes issue with many influential trends in the study of mind, brain, and behavior, while also reviving and strengthening the case for universal human rights. A remarkably ambitious and provocative synthesis, which will shape and guide future reflection on these important topics.' John Mikhail, Georgetown University Law CenterTable of ContentsIntroduction: Navigating deep waters: the problems of human rights and new perspectives of enquiry; Part I. The Concept of Human Rights and the Global History of an Idea: 1. The concept of human rights; 2. The truth of human rights: a mortal daughter of time?; 3. Down the deeper wells of time; Part II. Justification: 4. Far from obvious: the quest for the justification of human rights; 5. A castle of sand?; Part III. Rights and Moral Cognition: 6. Which kind of mind, which kind of morals, which kind of rights?; 7. Where did it all come from?: Morality and the evolution of the mind; 8. The mentalist theory of ethics and law; Epilogue. The tilted scales of justice; Bibliography; Index.
£34.19
Berghahn Books Defeating Impunity: Attempts at International
Book Synopsis Over the course of the long and violent twentieth century, only a minority of international crime perpetrators ever stood trial, and a central challenge of this era was the effort to ensure that not all these crimes remained unpunished. This required not only establishing a legal record but also courage, determination, and inventiveness in realizing justice. Defeating Impunity moves from the little-known trials of the 1920s to the Yugoslavia tribunal in the 2000s, from Belgium in 1914 to Ukraine in 1943, and to Stuttgart and Düsseldorf in 1975. It illustrates the extent to which the language of law drew an international horizon of justice.Trade Review “Defeating Impunity collects strong, substantial new research, often providing the main (or only) English-language presentation of the underlying research in the history of war crimes trials. The editors achieve nuance in a sober and balanced assessment of ‘international justice,’ a topic which previously has inspired cynical dismissal.” • Devin Pendas, Boston CollegeTable of Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chronology Introduction: Defeating Impunity in Twentieth-Century Europe Ornella Rovetta and Pieter Lagrou Chapter 1. The Law of Military Occupation and the Belgian Trials after 1918 Thomas Graditzky Chapter 2. The Claims of Belgian Deported Workers at the Paris Mixed Arbitral Tribunal in 1924 Arnaud Charon Chapter 3. Coining Postwar Justice from the Margins: Exile Lawyers in London, 1941–1945 Kerstin von Lingen Chapter 4. The Treasure Trove of the United Nations War Crimes Commission Archives, 1943—1949 Wolfgang Form Chapter 5. Legal Imagination and Legal Realism: ‘Crimes against Humanity’ and the US Racial Question in 1945 Guillaume Mouralis Chapter 6. Filling the Legal Void: Jewish Victims, German Offenders and Belgian Judges, 1942–1951 Marie-Anne Weisers Chapter 7. Soviet Footage of War Crimes, 1941–1946: Between Propaganda and Judicial Evidence Vanessa Voisin Appendix 7.1: Circular Sent to the Chiefs of Cinema Front Groups by Fedor Vasilchenko, the Director of Newsreel Production, 8 September 1943 (Excepts) Appendix 7.2: Circular Sent to the Chiefs of Cinema Front Groups by the Director of Newsreel Production Fedor Vasilchenko, 3 December 1943 (Excerpts) Chapter 8. From Majdanek to Demjanjuk: Failures of Justice in Postwar Germany, 1958–2009 Rebecca Wittmann Chapter 9. Force of Fact: Municipal Authorities, Victim Associations and Forensic Science at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Isabelle Delpla Chapter 10. International Law in Action: The Role of the Legal Advisor in Operations in the Twenty-First Century Chris De Cock Conclusion Ornella Rovetta and Pieter Lagrou Index
£94.05
Intersentia Ltd International Handbook on Child Participation in
Book SynopsisThis topical and timely book considers children's participation rights in the context of family law proceedings, and how their operation can be improved for the benefit of children and family justice systems globally. In doing so, it provides the pedagogical reasoning for child participation, as well as a thorough analysis of the relevant human rights instruments in this area, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This comprehensive book examines the way in which private international law instruments deal with child participation in separation/divorce, parental responsibility and child abduction proceedings. In addition, the book includes individual contributions from renowned family law experts from 17 countries who describe and analyse the local laws and exercise of child participation rights in their own jurisdictions. These insightful texts include the authors' views on the improvements needed to ensure that child participation rights are fully respected and implemented in the countries under review. A detailed comparative analysis follows which helpfully pinpoints both the key commonalities and differences in these global processes. Finally, the concluding chapter draws together the different perspectives revealed across the handbook, and identifies several key issues requiring further reflection from scholars, policy makers and family justice professionals. The International Handbook on Child Participation in Family Law is a rich source of information and essential reading for all those working in this important and evolving field.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the International Handbook (p. 1) Nicola Taylor, Marilyn Freeman, Marielle Bruning, Wendy Schrama PART I. CHILD PARTICIPATION: AN EVALUATIVE FRAMEWORK Child Participation in International and Regional Human Rights Instruments (p. 11) Child Participation in Family Law Proceedings: Pedagogical Insights on Why and How to Involve Children (p. 41) PART II. CHILD PARTICIPATION IN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW The Hague Conventions and EU Instruments in Private International Law (p. 67) PART III. NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Australia (p. 87) Belgium (p. 103) Canada (p. 121) China (p. 133) Croatia (p. 143) Denmark (p. 157) England and Wales (p. 171) Germany (p. 185) Israel (p. 205) Italy (p. 219) The Netherlands (p. 231) New Zealand (p. 245) Norway (p. 259) Romania (p. 273) Scotland (p. 287) South Africa (p. 303) United States of America (p. 317) PART IV. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Child Participation in Family Law Proceedings Compared (p. 333) Conclusion (p. 359)
£89.30
De Gruyter International Human Resource Management and
Book SynopsisIn globally managed companies International Human Resource Management is more and more understood as coordination instrument, which uses finance oriented instruments as the International Remuneration Management System with stock option programs and the Berlin Human Capital Evaluation Model for the assessment of performance and remuneration of branch managers and leading positions.
£32.40
Peter Lang AG Women, Children and (Other) Vulnerable Groups:
Book SynopsisIn an era of almost boundless individual opportunities, vulnerability, paradoxically, has gained significant attention. Undoubtedly this book significantly contributes to the debates on this very complex phenomenon, dealing with both the specific aspects of vulnerable individuals and groups’ legal positions, as well as presenting the concept of vulnerability in international law. This book brings together scholars engaging with legal and actual positions of women, children and other vulnerable persons. Authors in detail discuss – among others - such issues as: political violence, motherhood in prison, age assessing of foreigners, infanticide or exclusion of the elderly. It will be of interest for academics in the fields of law and sociology, as well as vulnerability-oriented practitioners.Table of ContentsThe book deals with both the specific aspects of vulnerable individuals and groups’ legal positions, as well as presents the concept of vulnerability in international law. It consists of four parts: (1) The concept of vulnerability (2) Women as a particularly vulnerable group (3) Children’s (and mothers’) vulnerability (4) Other facets of vulnerability.
£61.11
