Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties

Gender and Rights..

Gender equality and the importance of the law in combating discrimination are issues explored by this insightful work. Gender Injustice allows readers a better understanding of the issue of inequality and helps to increase the likelihood of achieving gender justice in the future...

Gender equality and the importance of the law in combating discrimination are issues explored by this insightful work. Gender Injustice allows readers a better understanding of the issue of inequality and helps to increase the likelihood of achieving gender justice in the future...

Genocide and Human Rights..

The philosophy of Hans Jonas was widely influential in the late twentieth century, warning of the potential dangers of technological progress and its negative effect on humanity and nature. Jonas advocated greater moral responsibility and taking this as a starting point, leading international schola..

Our Voices, Our Stories provides insights into how diverse legal systems around the world respond to, and/or require reform to meet, the challenges of recognising universal capacity for people with cognitive disabilities. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest bo..

An interdisciplinary overview of indigenous peoples’ rights examining legal, philosophical, sociological and political issues, addressing themes centre to debates on the rights of indigenous peoples...

As the population becomes more diverse internationally, Religious Discrimination has become increasingly important as an area of law around the world. Heaven Forbid provides a detailed examination of the relationship between religious issues and the law and will be an important read for all those co..

As the population becomes more diverse internationally, Religious Discrimination has become increasingly important as an area of law around the world. Heaven Forbid provides a detailed examination of the relationship between religious issues and the law and will be an important read for all those co..

The connection between environment and health has been well studied and documented, particularly by the World Health Organization. This volume makes the connection explicit in a broad review of human rights and legal issues. The book integrates perspectives from a wide range of disciplines...

The connection between environment and health has been well studied and documented, particularly by the World Health Organization. This volume makes the connection explicit in a broad review of human rights and legal issues. The book integrates perspectives from a wide range of disciplines...

This book is aimed at what is a growing cross-disciplinary field of study and provides a comprehensive overview of human rights and related issues from a social science perspective. The text does more than discuss theory: it uses case studies and personal testimonies in the debate...