Civil Rights category: 2079 books
Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty
Emerging Conflicts
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2008
Same-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....
International Justice and Impunity
The Case of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
This book reflects a primary response by international civil society to US disregard for international law. It is a damning indictment of the Hiroshimas of our time. It provides a cogent elaboration of the international legal values to be defended, for humanity to triumph over the new wave of global...
The Global Public Square
Religious Freedom and the Making of a World Safe for Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Logos Bookstores' 2014 Best Book in Christianity and Culture How do we live with our deepest differences? In a world torn by religious conflict, the threats to human dignity are terrifyingly real. Some societies face harsh government repression and brutal sectarian violence, while others are divided...
Genetic Privacy and Discrimmination
An Overview of Selected Major Issues
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Like advances in many fields, those involving genetics bring both benefits and dangers to society. Among the promised benefits is the ability to identify health issues earlier than is now the case and the improve the prospects of successful prevention and treatment. In addition, forensic applications...
Democracy and Violence
Global Debates and Local Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Illustrated most dramatically by the events of 9/11 and the subsequent ‘war on terror’, violence represents a challenge to democratic politics and to the establishment of liberal-democratic regimes. Liberal-democracies have themselves not hesitated to use violence and restrict civil liberties...
A Staple in the Granola
A Short Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Jorge goes on another adventure which will introduce him to the inefficient legal system in Mexico.
Live through real life events of a simple conflict taken to the civil courts.
Meet up close and personal the haughtiness, discrimination, and lobbying of the rich in Mexico, also known as the Bourgeoisie class.
Ten Dollars to Hate
The Texas Man Who Fought the Klan
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Ten Dollars to Hate tells the story of the massive Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s—by far the most “successful” incarnation since its inception in the ashes of the Civil War—and the first prosecutor in the nation to successfully convict and jail Klan members. Dan Moody, a twenty-nine-year-old Texas...
by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Bernadette N. Jaworsky
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
What is the source of Obama’s power? How is it that, after suffering a humiliating defeat in the 2010 mid-term elections, Obama was able to turn the situation around, deftly outmaneuvering his opponent and achieving a decisive victory in the November 2012 presidential election?
In this short...
Government Control of News
A Constitutional Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
Because of the overwhelming changes in media within the past twenty years, First Amendment values are more vital than ever to this countrys freedom. This thorough study brings to the forefront the reasons that government regulation of news content violates the public interest and the fundamental principles...
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
One Man's Battle with the Gun Industry
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
This inspiring book, Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Carol X. Vinzant, recounts the heroic efforts of Tom McDermott, a lawyer and victim of the infamous Colin Ferguson rampage on the Long Island Railroad, to take on the gun industry. He is among the leaders of an innovative and promising strategy to circumvent...
Today, 60% of American Women Are Graduating with College Degrees versus 40% of American Men.
SHORT STORY # 27. Nonfiction series #1- #60.
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
Even the Civil Right Act of 1964 gave an equal opportunity to women and minorities, discrimination and prejudice continue even today. Brilliant and pioneering women in these generations sacrificed, endured, and overcome monumental problems. They took a risk—millions entered the labor force and colleges...
by Richard Stone
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
In recent years, the law relating to entry, search and seizure has undergone major change. Significant legislation, including the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, has led to the amendment and abolition of powers, creating a complex and dynamic legal landscape. What powers are available? Who may use...
Officious
Rise of the Busybody State
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
In Anglo-Saxon countries there is a new and distinctive form of state: the busybody state. This state is defined by an attachment to bureaucratic procedures for their own sake: the rule for the sake of a rule; the form for the sake of a form. Its insignias are the badge, the policy, the code and the...
Reintegrating Armed Groups After Conflict
Politics, Violence and Transition
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
This book looks at the political reintegration of armed groups after civil wars and the challenges of transforming ‘rebel’, ‘insurgent’ or other non-state armed groups into viable political entities.
Drawing on eight case studies, the definition of ‘armed groups’ here ranges from...