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Civil Disobedience in Focusby Hugo Adam Bedau
Routledge 1991; US$ 45.95An assessment of the philosophical arguments on the issues surrounding civil disobedience. The contributions include classic essays from Rawls, Raz and Singer. more...
Global Governance, Economy and Lawby Errol P. Mendes; Ozay Mehmet
Routledge 2003; US$ 175.00Using history, political science, law and economics, this book examines important institutions of global governance including the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. more...
A World Made Newby Mary Ann Glendon
Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 11.99A World Made New tells the dramatic story of the struggle to build, out of the trauma and wreckage of World War II, a document that would ensure it would never happen again. There was an almost religious intensity to the project, championed by Eleanor Roosevelt under the aegis of the newly formed United nations and brought into being by an extraordinary group of men and women who knew, like the framers of the Declaration of Independence, that they were making history. They worked against the clock, the brief window between the end of World War II and the deep freeze of the cold war, to forget the founding document of the modern rights movement. A distinguished professor of international law, Mary Ann Glendon was given exclusive access... more...
Human Rights Obligations Of The World Bank And The IMFby Sigrun Skogly
Routledge-Cavendish 2001; US$ 150.00Explores the human rights obligations of two of the largest international financial institutions: the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, addressing the two in public international law. The core of the text examines the institutions as legal subjects rather than as a collective. more...
Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policyby Peter R. Baehr; Dr Monique Castermans-Holleman
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003; US$ 109.00Governments use human rights both as a tool and as an objective of foreign policy. The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy analyses conflicting policy goals such as peace and security, economic relations and development co-operation. The use of diplomatic, economic and military means is discussed, together with the role of state actors, intergovernmental organizations and non-state actors. more...
Rethinking Human Rightsby Dr David Chandler
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 140.00Rethinking Human Rights brings together a team of authors from fields as diverse as political theory, peace studies, international law and media studies - concerned with a new international agenda of human rights promotion. The collection presents an original and tightly argued critique of current trends and deals with a range of questions concerning the implication of human rights approaches for humanitarian aid, state sovereignty, international law, democracy and political autonomy. more...
European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoplesby Paul Keal; Steve Smith; Thomas Biersteker; Chris Brown; Phil Cerny; Joseph Grieco; A. J. R. Groom
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 29.00Paul Keal argues for the recognition of indigenous peoples as 'peoples' with the right of self-determination in constitutional and international law. Questioning the moral legitimacy of international society, and examining notions of collective guilt and responsibility, Keal's accessible study provides an important insight into contemporary international society. more...
Immigration as a Democratic Challengeby Ruth Rubio-Marín
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 38.00Immigration raises a number of important moral issues regarding access to the rights and privileges of citizenship. Examining the constitutional practice of Germany and the United States, this book argues that immigration policy in most Western democracies is unjust and undemocratic, and that policy should be far more inclusive. more...
The Judicial Application of Human Rights Lawby Nihal Jayawickrama
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 236.00Jayawickrama explores the judicial interpretation of human rights law, incorporating case law from over eighty countries, and the UN, European, and Inter-American human rights monitoring systems. A definitive compendium essential for legal practitioners, government and non-governmental officials, academics and students of constitutional law and the international law of human rights. more...
Refugee Rights and Realitiesby Frances Nicholson; Patrick Twomey
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 110.00This collection examines the evolving refugee definition, the contrast of the rights of refugees as set out in international law with the often contrasting realities of state practice. It also assesses the role of UNHCR, states and the EU in developing the evolving international refugee regime. more...