Download or read book Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights written by Christina Binder and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 3500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights is the most comprehensive reference work in the field of international human rights protection. Comprising over 340 entries, presented alphabetically, and available online and in print, the Encyclopedia addresses the full range of themes associated with the study and practice of human rights in the modern world. The topics range from substantive human rights to the relevant institutions, legal documents, conceptual and procedural issues of international law and a wide variety of thematic entries. The Encyclopedia has a distinct focus on international human rights law but at the same time is enriched by approaches from the broader social, sciences making it a truly unique and multi-disciplinary resource.
Download or read book Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law written by Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer and published by . This book was released on 2025-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded Encyclopedia is the new benchmark and flagship reference work for the study of international economic law. A comprehensive resource, its pages present the breadth of the field in a real-world context. Organized thematically rather than alphabetically, the Encyclopedia includes four significant thematic sections: the foundations, architecture and principles of international economic law; regulatory framework; regulatory areas; and regulatory challenges. Including updated and new entries, traditional international economic law topics are now supplemented by coverage of critical perspectives and a broader range of newly developing areas such as taxation, sustainability, and digitalization. Concepts and rules of trade, investment, finance, competition, and international tax law are found alongside entries examining how international economic law impacts on environmental protection, labor standards, development, and human rights. Embedded within its own legal context, each concise entry presents an accessible and condensed understanding of what it means and why it is significant. Contributors offer insight into how institutions interact with each other and other legal systems, in addition to providing individual overviews of their history, structure, principles and procedures. Entries are followed by selected references suggesting directions for further study. Completely new to this edition is an entire section of extended entries on specific jurisdictions focusing on how these contribute to and engage with international economic law. These longer pieces describe the national legal frameworks responsible for developing international policies on trade investment, financial regulation, and tax, offering insight into how international rules actually work at the national level. Key Features: Concise, structured entries from top experts and new voices in the field Organised thematically, covering newly developing areas of international economic law Selected references for further study
Download or read book Can We Still Afford Human Rights written by Jan Wouters and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book offers a critical reflection on the sustainability and effectiveness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and its legacy over the last 70 years. Exploring the problems surrounding universality, proliferation and costs, it asks the provocative question, can we still afford human rights?
Download or read book Gender and Human Rights written by Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book analyses the impact of international human rights on the concept of gender, demonstrating that gender emerged in the medical study of sexuality and has a complex and broad meaning beyond the sex and gender binaries often assumed by human rights law. The book illustrates which dynamics within the field of human rights hinder the expansion of the concept of gender beyond binaries and which strategies and mechanisms allow and facilitate such an expansion.
Download or read book Human Rights written by David Kinley and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encouraging new thinking about conventional understandings of human rights, this book will strongly appeal to international lawyers, legal and political philosophers, as well as graduate students and upper-level undergraduate students in law and philos
Download or read book Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law Second Edition written by J. M. Smits and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaim for the first edition: ïThis is a very important and immense book. . . The Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law is a treasure-trove of honed knowledge of the laws of many countries. It is a reference book for dipping into, time and time again. It is worth every penny and there is not another as comprehensive in its coverage as ElgarÍs. I highly recommend the Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law to all English chambers. This is a very important book that should be sitting in every university law school library.Í _ Sally Ramage, The Criminal Lawyer Containing newly updated versions of existing entries and adding several important new entries, this second edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law takes stock of present-day comparative law scholarship. Written by leading authorities in their respective fields, the contributions in this accessible book cover and combine not only questions regarding the methodology of comparative law, but also specific areas of law (such as administrative law and criminal law) and specific topics (such as accident compensation and consideration). In addition, the Encyclopedia contains reports on a selected set of countriesÍ legal systems and, as a whole, presents an overview of the current state of affairs. Providing its readers with a unique point of reference, as well as stimulus for further research, this volume is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in comparative law, especially academics, students and practitioners.
Download or read book Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law written by Sarah Joseph and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook brings together the work of 25 leading human rights scholars from all over the world, covering a broad range of human rights topics.
Download or read book Research Handbook on Human Rights and Poverty written by Martha F. Davis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important Research Handbook explores the nexus between human rights, poverty and inequality as a critical lens for understanding and addressing key challenges of the coming decades, including the objectives set out in the Sustainable Development Goals. The Research Handbook starts from the premise that poverty is not solely an issue of minimum income and explores the profound ways that deprivation and distributive inequality of power and capability relate to economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights.
Download or read book The Human Right to Health written by Eduardo Arenas Catalán and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book offers a fresh perspective on how to effectively address the issue of unequal access to healthcare. It analyses the human right to health from the underexplored legal principle of solidarity, proposing a non-commercial understanding of the positive obligations inherent in the right to health.
Download or read book Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business written by Surya Deva and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative Research Handbook brings together leading international scholars and practitioners to provide in-depth analysis of some of the most hotly debated topics and issues concerning the interface of human rights and business. Offering critical insights on prominent strands of research within the field of business and human rights, this comprehensive Research Handbook examines key challenges and potential solutions in the field.
Download or read book Research Handbook on Economic Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights written by Jackie Dugard and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting Research Handbook combines practitioner and academic perspectives to provide a comprehensive, cutting edge analysis of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), as well as the connection between ESCR and other rights. Offering an authoritative analysis of standards and jurisprudence, it argues for an expansive and inclusive approach to ESCR as human rights.
Download or read book Contracting Human Rights written by Alison Brysk and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By chronicling the continuing contest over the reach, range, and regime of rights, Contracting Human Rights analyzes the way forward in an era of many challenges. This multidisciplinary book contributes to building understanding of the maturation of human rights, from a dissident doctrine to a dynamic parameter of global governance and civil society. Through an examination of both global and local challenges to human rights, including loopholes, backlash, accountability, and new opportunities to move forward, this book analyzes trends across multiple-issue areas.
Download or read book Advanced Introduction to International Human Rights Law written by Dinah L. Shelton and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its second edition, Dinah Shelton’s pioneering book provides a uniquely accessible introduction to the history and the latest developments in international human rights law. Exploring the origins, customs and institutions that have emerged globally and regionally in the last two centuries, this incisive book guides readers through the major treaties and declarations that form the foundations of the discipline today.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Law and Development written by Koen De Feyter and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource in the area of law and development. Bringing together more than 80 entries, the Encyclopedia spans a variety of approaches, contextualised histories, recent developments and forward-looking insights into the role of law in development. It is an invaluable reference point for scholars seeking to engage with issues at the intersection of law and development from both within and outside of the legal field, as well as a thorough but succinct overview for post-graduate students.
Download or read book Research Handbook on Human Rights and Investment written by Yannick Radi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interplay between human rights and investments is a key and complex issue in today’s world. To take stock of this importance and to tackle this complexity, this Research Handbook offers a unique multi-faceted approach. It gathers in-depth contributions which focus on the interplay between human rights and investments in various international legal regimes, economic sectors and regions. It also provides thorough analyses of the various types of accountability that may result from the activities of multinational corporations in relation to human rights. This Research Handbook is intended for practitioners, policy-makers, academics and students eager to understand the interaction between human rights and investments in all its dimensions.
Download or read book Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessment written by Nora Götzmann and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights impact assessment (HRIA) has increasingly gained traction among state, business and civil society actors since the endorsement of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the Human Rights Council in 2011. This timely and insightful Handbook addresses HRIA in the context of business and human rights.
Download or read book Human Rights and Tobacco Control written by Marie E. Gispen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large-scale adverse health and developmental outcomes related to tobacco affect millions of people across the world, raising serious questions from a human rights perspective. In response to this crisis, this timely book provides a comprehensive analysis of the promotion and enforcement of human rights protection in tobacco control law and policy at international, regional, and domestic levels.
