International human rights law books

With contributions from activists and scholars across Africa, this study focusses on understanding the legal framework...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the abuse of idealism with particular reference to China's Cultural Revolution. The work examines...  Read More >>

This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today’s globalized housing systems....  Read More >>

First published in 1999, this volume examines how the challenge of defining and developing an effective structure...  Read More >>

Pregnant Pause provides readers with a better understanding of the issue of maternity discrimination and inequality...  Read More >>

In recent years, a conservative majority of the US Supreme Court, over vigorous dissent, has developed circumventions...  Read More >>

Presenting a comparative study of the UK and Germany, this volume increases our knowledge of a broad spectrum of...  Read More >>

The author argues here that there is no absolute food shortage and that distorted agricultural trade which undermines...  Read More >>

Addressing the crucial issue of why people choose to make Convention refugee claims, this original book also explores...  Read More >>

This book examines the smuggling of migrants and trafficking of human beings in the EU with a comparative analysis...  Read More >>

This volume provides a timely assessment on the progress made towards the achievement of a constitutional democracy...  Read More >>

This collection brings together legal scholars, canonists and political scientists to focus on the issue of public...  Read More >>

This volume examines key decisions of the ECHR concerning minority faiths, and offers an assessment of the impact...  Read More >>

As one of the pioneers of the discipline of medical law, Sheila McLean inspired a revolution in the ways in which...  Read More >>

When does the exercise of an interest constitute a human right? The contributors to Menuge’s edited collection offer...  Read More >>

’Inquisitorial processes’ refers to the inquiry powers of administrative governance and this book examines the use...  Read More >>

This volume presents an interdisciplinary perspective on end-of-life matters, covering themes such as patients’...  Read More >>

Leading experts in law, criminology and human rights combine theory and empirical research to further our understanding...  Read More >>

Migratory flows to Italy offer a unique perspective showing not only the way migration has changed specific features...  Read More >>

This book brings together work across a wide range of criminological perspectives united by its critical application...  Read More >>

In this book Kerry O’Halloran analyses a subject of international interest – religion – and examines related contemporary...  Read More >>

This book addresses the legal issues raised by the interaction between human rights and development in contemporary...  Read More >>

What is the place assigned to religion in the constitutions of contemporary States? What role is religion expected...  Read More >>

This book examines the diverse use of indigenous customary rights in modern landscapes. Part I deals with Sámi customary...  Read More >>

This book explores the extent to which those suffering from forced cross-border displacement as a result of environmental...  Read More >>