Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties

The end of the last century witnessed two major events in the field of civil justice: the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) came into force and the Human Rights Act (HRA) gave effect to the European Convention on Human Rights. This volume assesses the effect of the Act and attempts to reconcile the expedi..

This book shares accounts of public and private discrimination involving turbaned Sikhs in America since September 11, 2001, investigates the American legal remedies available to those affected by discriminatory conduct, and compares these remedies to those in other Western societies. It offers a sh..

This book shares accounts of public and private discrimination involving turbaned Sikhs in America since September 11, 2001, investigates the American legal remedies available to those affected by discriminatory conduct, and compares these remedies to those in other Western societies. It offers a sh..

This book provides a comparative constitutional analysis of executive clemency, with a focus on death penalty cases. Comparative executive clemency has never been the subject of a full-length comparative constitutional analysis, and the breadth of jurisdictions contained in this book—encompassing th..

This book provides a comparative constitutional analysis of executive clemency, with a focus on death penalty cases. Comparative executive clemency has never been the subject of a full-length comparative constitutional analysis, and the breadth of jurisdictions contained in this book—encompassing th..

This much-needed analysis focuses on the two different but very similar campaigns of state-sponsored violence that have engulfed the people of the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, first between late 1989 and the mid 1990s and more recently in the 2010s. The book examines the two crises in detail and provide..

This much-needed analysis focuses on the two different but very similar campaigns of state-sponsored violence that have engulfed the people of the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, first between late 1989 and the mid 1990s and more recently in the 2010s. The book examines the two crises in detail and provide..

This book sets out to critically examine the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluate its impact from a multi-disciplinary perspective in the ten or so years since the HRA came into force. It includes both a domestic and international analysis of the effectiveness of the HRA as well as considering f..

This book puts the current demand for new legal mechanisms to hold corporations accountable for violations of human rights in its historical, political and legal context. In so doing, it deepens our understanding of the challenges facing international human rights law in addressing corporate violati..

What effect does corporate power have on human rights? This is the question that this book seeks address by robustly challenging the current status quo of business approaches to human rights in order to develop meaningful alternatives in an attempt to breech the gap between the realities of business..

Providing a thorough analysis of relevant literature and covering numerous key issues, Patrick Hayden deftly examines the connections between accounts of cosmopolitanism and the part they play in contemporary global politics. He explores how cosmopolitan theories can function positively in processe..

Providing a thorough analysis of relevant literature and covering numerous key issues, Patrick Hayden deftly examines the connections between accounts of cosmopolitanism and the part they play in contemporary global politics. He explores how cosmopolitan theories can function positively in processe..