Civil Rights And Liberties

Author : Yves Haeck,Eva Brems
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789400775992

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Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the 21st Century by Yves Haeck,Eva Brems Pdf

This volume contributes to the on-going legal discussion on pressing procedural and substantial law issues in the ambit of international human rights and civil liberties. While the 20th century has seen the true awakening of human rights, the 21st century poses new challenges to this ever-unfolding area of law. Not only do international tribunals and quasi-tribunals worldwide and domestic US and European continental courts have to deal with increasing numbers of complaints and petitions from individuals and groups on a vast array of societal problems, the legal issues put to them are sometimes extremely difficult to resolve as they relate to very sensitive issues. This book examines issues ranging from the status of human rights under US law to the status of the ECHR in the broader context of international law. It looks at the role of positive obligations in the case law of the Strasbourg Court, as well the impact of its case-law on childbirth and push-back operation towards boat people, but also at the growing unwillingness of ECHR member states to cooperate with the Strasbourg Court. It explores the new frontiers in US Capital punishment litigation, the first case before the International Criminal Court and the legal effect of judgments of the European Court on third states.​

Author : Harold J Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317349495

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Civil Rights and Liberties by Harold J Sullivan Pdf

For undergraduate courses in Constitutional Law, Civil Rights & Liberties, Introduction to American Government,Introduction to Law and Legal Process, and Judicial Process & Politics. Examining contemporary and perennial constitutional issues in civil liberties and rights, this text engages students in an exploration of how and why U.S. Supreme Court Justices have interpreted the provisions of the U.S. Constitution relating to freedom of expression and religion, and equal protection and privacy.

Author : Kara E. Stooksbury,John M. Scheb II,Otis H. Stephens Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1454 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781440841101

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Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [4 volumes] by Kara E. Stooksbury,John M. Scheb II,Otis H. Stephens Jr. Pdf

Thoroughly updated and featuring 75 new entries, this monumental four-volume work illuminates past and present events associated with civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. This revised and expanded four-volume encyclopedia is unequaled for both the depth and breadth of its coverage. Some 650 entries address the full range of civil rights and liberties in America from the Colonial Era to the present. In addition to many updates of material from the first edition, the work offers 75 new entries about recent issues and events; among them, dozens of topics that are the subject of close scrutiny and heated debate in America today. There is coverage of controversial issues such as voter ID laws, the use of drones, transgender issues, immigration, human rights, and government surveillance. There is also expanded coverage of women's rights, gay rights/gay marriage, and Native American rights. Entries are enhanced by 42 primary documents that have shaped modern understanding of the extent and limitations of civil liberties in the United States, including landmark statutes, speeches, essays, court decisions, and founding documents of influential civil rights organizations. Designed as an up-to-date reference for students, scholars, and others interested in the expansive array of topics covered, the work will broaden readers' understanding of—and appreciation for—the people and events that secured civil rights guarantees and concepts in this country. At the same time, it will help readers better grasp the reasoning behind and ramifications of 21st-century developments like changing applications of Miranda Rights and government access to private Internet data. Maintaining an impartial stance throughout, the entries objectively explain the varied perspectives on these hot-button issues, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.

Author : Corey L. Brettschneider
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 0735579865

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Civil Rights and Liberties by Corey L. Brettschneider Pdf

An engaging conceptualizing chapter opens Civil Rights and Liberties: Cases and Readings in Constitutional Law and American Democracy, introducing civil liberties within their constitutional framework, illuminating their nature and sources through enlightening Supreme Court deliberations that show the underlying debates about constitutional interpretation. A distinctive approach to themes and principles encourages students to develop their own views on civil liberties in general and on the specific controversies such as abortion, gay rights, and hate speech. Extensive, intriguing excerpts from a highly focused set of cases and other readings from contemporary theory highlight conflicting opinions among the justices. They provide depth of understanding of the Constitution and of the disputes that have shaped its meaning, including the basis and nature of judicial authority. The text's thematic organization reveals the structural and normative features of the Constitution and constitutional law by linking them to contemporary issues and controversies. Key historical elements lend context and depth. A logical chapter structure offers probing overviews of the topics, constitutional arguments, and chapter readings followed by a broad range of theoretical and historical writings leading up to the cases. This multidimensional perspective draws on a wide array of resources such as case excerpts, concurring and dissenting opinions, law journal and articles, general publications, published letters, and other documents. Probing case comprehension, discussion, and synthesis questions punctuate and reinforce content. Features: an engaging conceptualizing opening chapter introduces civil liberties within constitutional framework illuminates their nature and sources through enlightening Supreme Court disputes shows underlying debates about constitutional interpretation a distinctive approach to themes and principles encourages students to develop their own views on civil liberties engages students in specific controversies--abortion, gay rights, and hate speech, etc. intriguing excerpts from a highly focused set of cases and other readings highlight disputes among the justices provide depth of understanding of the Constitution and interpretive disputes explore the basis and nature of judicial authority thematic organization shows structural and normative features of the Constitution and constitutional law links the Constitution to contemporary issues and controversies provides key historical elements for context logical chapter structure author's overviews of topics, constitutional arguments, and chapter readings a broad range of theoretical and historical writings key cases a multidimensional perspective draws on a wide array of resources case excerpts concurring and dissenting opinions law journal articles general publications published letters and other documents probing case comprehension, discussion, and synthesis questions reinforce content

Author : Robin West
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108486019

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Civil Rights by Robin West Pdf

All of us are entitled to the protections of law against violence, to a high quality education, to decent employment that respects our dignity, and to necessary assistance with our caregiving. Our civil rights are our rights to the protections of ordinary law - not constitutional law, and not only antidiscrimination law - that will ensure that we can participate in civil society, and hence lead flourishing lives. In this innovative work, Robin L. West looks back to nineteenth-century Civil Rights Acts to argue that the point of civil rights law is not only non-discrimination, but also to assure that all of us receive the protection of legal rights that promote human flourishing. Since the 1960s, Supreme Court decisions on civil rights issues have focused on non-discrimination and thus have 'hollowed out' this broader meaning of civil rights law. This book reconceives civil rights as a set of legal guarantees that all will be included in the legal, political, economic and social projects central to civil society.

Author : Kara E. Stooksbury,John M. Scheb II,Otis H. Stephens Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1922 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9798216045519

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Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [4 volumes] by Kara E. Stooksbury,John M. Scheb II,Otis H. Stephens Jr. Pdf

Thoroughly updated and featuring 75 new entries, this monumental four-volume work illuminates past and present events associated with civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. This revised and expanded four-volume encyclopedia is unequaled for both the depth and breadth of its coverage. Some 650 entries address the full range of civil rights and liberties in America from the Colonial Era to the present. In addition to many updates of material from the first edition, the work offers 75 new entries about recent issues and events; among them, dozens of topics that are the subject of close scrutiny and heated debate in America today. There is coverage of controversial issues such as voter ID laws, the use of drones, transgender issues, immigration, human rights, and government surveillance. There is also expanded coverage of women's rights, gay rights/gay marriage, and Native American rights. Entries are enhanced by 42 primary documents that have shaped modern understanding of the extent and limitations of civil liberties in the United States, including landmark statutes, speeches, essays, court decisions, and founding documents of influential civil rights organizations. Designed as an up-to-date reference for students, scholars, and others interested in the expansive array of topics covered, the work will broaden readers' understanding of—and appreciation for—the people and events that secured civil rights guarantees and concepts in this country. At the same time, it will help readers better grasp the reasoning behind and ramifications of 21st-century developments like changing applications of Miranda Rights and government access to private Internet data. Maintaining an impartial stance throughout, the entries objectively explain the varied perspectives on these hot-button issues, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.

Author : Helen Fenwick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1725 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135329228

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Civil Liberties and Human Rights by Helen Fenwick Pdf

More than merely describing developments in the field of civil liberties and human rights, this comprehensive and challenging textbook provides students with detailed and thought-provoking coverage and analysis of the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 in an era in which human rights are coming increasingly under pressure. Extensively re-written and updated since the last edition, here Helen Fenwick considers the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998, paying particular attention to Labour legislation, especially in the fields of criminal justice and terrorism. This book: considers recent key domestic decisions in the post-Human Rights Act era, including Campbell, A and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Dept, Ghaidan v Mendoza, R(Gillan) v Commisioner of Police of the Metropolis contains a new chapter on important developments in counter-terrorism law – covering the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 and the Terrorism Acts 2005 and 2006 analyzes key developments in the sphere of media freedom, including the impact of the Communications Act 2003, Pro-life Alliance and Campbell explores new developments in criminal justice, including the Serious and Organized Crime Act 2005 addresses the changes in the field of anti-discrimination law, including the Sexual Orientation Regulations 2003 and Equality Act 2006. This textbook is an essential resource for students studying the development of human rights and civil liberties in the early years of the twenty-first century.

Author : Chris Moores
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107088610

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Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Twentieth-Century Britain by Chris Moores Pdf

The first comprehensive account of civil liberties activism throughout twentieth-century Britain, focusing primarily on the National Council for Civil Liberties.

Author : Marian Botsford Fraser
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781927583500

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Acting for Freedom by Marian Botsford Fraser Pdf

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with this overview of its activities--sometimes quiet and sometimes strident--as a watchdog and safeguard for Canadians and their rights as citizens. Through a series of discussions and interviews, a picture of Canada over the last half-century evolves.

Author : Henry Julian Abraham,Barbara Ann Perry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4590863

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Freedom and the Court by Henry Julian Abraham,Barbara Ann Perry Pdf

This classic study, now completely updated, remains the basic work in the field. Freedom and the Court is the best and most comprehensive textual summary of the Supreme Court's work on civil liberties and civil rights. The new edition includes all new court decisions on civil liberties throughJanuary of 1997. Lucid, lively, impeccably researched and enormously readable, it is indispensable to the teaching of civil liberties and the Supreme Court.

Author : Henry Julian Abraham
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036922511

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Freedom and the Court by Henry Julian Abraham Pdf

Author : David Feldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198765037

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Civil Liberties and Human Rights in England and Wales by David Feldman Pdf

This new edition of the successful and authoritative textbook has been extensively updated. It discusses developments such as the growing importance of the ECHR, the increased commitment of the EC to human rights, and the election of a Labour government in the UK which is determined to increase respect for rights and civil liberties. A new section on equality and discrimination law has been added.

Author : Michael C. LeMay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216061199

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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in America by Michael C. LeMay Pdf

This book covers civil rights and civil liberties politics in the United States from the ratification of the Bill of Rights to current-day controversies, such as the travel ban and proposals to end birthright citizenship. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough overview of civil rights in U.S. history, detailing all the relevant amendments to the Constitution and reviewing key Supreme Court decisions and landmark cases on the topic. Aimed at general readers as well as high school, college, and university students, it focuses on the role of federal courts in civil rights and civil liberties politics. It also profiles the primary actors in civil rights and civil liberties, both organizations and people. The volume comprises seven chapters. Chapter 1 presents the history and background of the topic, and Chapter 2 discusses problems, controversies, and solutions. Chapter 3 consists of essays by contributors that round out the coauthors' expertise. Chapter 4 profiles important organizations and people, while Chapter 5 offers relevant data and documents. Chapter 6 is composed of an annotated list of important resources. Finally, Chapter 7 offers a useful chronology citing and describing the major events related to the topic from the nation's founding until 2019.

Author : Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : OCLC:49089791

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The Constitution Act, 1982 by Canada Pdf

Author : Lucius Jefferson Barker,Twiley Wendell Barker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017383071

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Civil Liberties and the Constitution by Lucius Jefferson Barker,Twiley Wendell Barker Pdf

This time-honored text/casebook explores civil liberty problems through a study of leading judicial decisions drawn mostly from the U.S. Supreme Court. Civil Liberties and the Constitution: Cases and Commentaries, Seventh Edition, provides readers with an overall assessment of the political-social context in which the formulation and implementation of civil liberties policies take place. In addition, the authors work to promote a general rather than technically legal understanding of the issues involved in an effort to make the material accessible to everyone, especially those with limited knowledge of the legal system. Content Highlights: allows readers to examine significant portions of court opinions, including major arguments from majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions; expands the introductory chapter to paint a fuller picture of various factors and forums that constitute the overall contextual framework in which ongoing battles over civil rights and liberties are fought; includes a new section on the nature and operation of the Supreme Court, with particular emphasis on the nature and dynamics of judicial election and judicial decision making; and introduces groups of featured cases with in-depth commentaries that set specific historical-legal contexts and demonstrate clearly the changes and continuity in legal doctrines, particularly judicial policies.