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Book Jacobs and White

    Book Details:
  • Author : Clare Ovey
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 664 pages

Download or read book Jacobs and White written by Clare Ovey and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4. The right to life.

Book Jacobs  White  and Ovey  the European Convention on Human Rights

Download or read book Jacobs White and Ovey the European Convention on Human Rights written by Bernadette Rainey and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the key principles underpinning the decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights, and provides a guide to the pivotal cases in each area.

Book When Humans Become Migrants

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marie-Bénédicte Dembour
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 0199667837
  • Pages : 577 pages

Download or read book When Humans Become Migrants written by Marie-Bénédicte Dembour and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The treatment of migrants is one of the most challenging issues that human rights jurisprudence faces today, as the controversies surrounding immigration often lead to practices that are at odds with the ethics of treating migrants as individuals worthy of human rights. This book examines the opposing ways in which the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights treat claims lodged by migrants. It combines legal, sociological, and historical analysis to show that the two courts were the product of different backgrounds, which led to differing attitudes towards migrants in their founding texts, and that these differences were reinforced in their developing case law. the book assesses the case law of both courts in detail to argue that they approach migrant cases from fundamentally different perspectives. It asserts that the European Court of Human Rights treats migrants first as aliens, and then - but only as a second step in its reasoning - as human beings. By contrast, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights approaches migrants as human beings in the first instance. When Humans Become Migrants argues that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights takes a fundamentally more human rights-driven approach to migration. It shows how these trends formed at the courts, and assesses whether their approaches have changed over time. Ultimately it asks whether the divergence in the case law of the two courts is likely to continue, and what avenues exist in order to produce a more progressive case law at Strasbourg"--Unedited summary from book jacket.

Book The European Court of Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion or Belief

Download or read book The European Court of Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion or Belief written by Jeroen Temperman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Court of Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion or Belief is the first systematic analyis of the Court's first twenty-five years of jurisprudence on one of the most hotly contested areas of human rights.

Book Disinformation and You

Download or read book Disinformation and You written by Marie D. Jones and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They provoke you with anger because fear-filled people are easier to manipulate. The tricks, tools and tactics used to influence you and your loved ones—along with the history of propaganda—explained and explored. We live in an age of disinformation, misinformation, and outright lies. The modern world blasts us with information, talking points, spin, advertising, and attempts to persuade. But what are we to believe and whom should we trust? Examining the history of propaganda and disinformation in war, politics, polling, media, entertainment, cults, advertising, science, medicine, today’s media landscape, and even in our personal interactions, Disinformation and You: Identify Propaganda and Manipulation helps you spot and counter the seductive and deceptive tactics to influence individual behavior. It provides helpful suggestions and tips for identifying disinformation and fighting back against manipulation and censorship. Engaging and useful, this book’s helpful topics include ... the money behind politics and the media predictive programming as a form of social engineering advertising sales tactics how things go viral the power of memes and hashtags to push a story or idea censorship in the media and on social media networks sponsored news, fake news, and the mainstream media cult mentality and groupthink disinformation campaigns and false flags how conspiracy theories work how to identify fake news and propaganda Disinformation and You shows you the tricks used to influence your behavior. So, get on the bandwagon with the rest of us decent folk and stop listening to fools. After all, two out of three people have seen their IQ scores rise by buying this book! Really, buy this book and be smarter (in recognizing propaganda, that is). With many photos, illustrations, and other graphics, this tome is richly illustrated, and its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.

Book The Right to Life Under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Download or read book The Right to Life Under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights written by Lawrence Early and published by Wolf Legal Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback! On February 13, 2015, a Seminar took place in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg titled "The Right to Life: Twenty Years of Legal Developments since McCann v. the United Kingdom." The Seminar celebrated the work and achievements of the Court's Deputy Registrar, Michael O'Boyle, on the occasion of his retirement. This volume contains the submissions made during and after the Seminar. The order of inclusion of the submissions is based on the three working sessions of the Seminar. [Subject: Human Rights Law, European Law]

Book The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Download or read book The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction written by Alan Jacobs and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a recent NEA survey reveals an actual uptick in the reading of literary fiction. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible. In contrast to the more methodical approach of Mortimer Adler's classic How to Read a Book (1940), Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices. Invitingly written, with equal measures of wit and erudition, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction will appeal to all readers, whether they be novices looking for direction or old hands seeking to recapture the pleasures of reading they first experienced as children.

Book Children and the European Court of Human Rights

Download or read book Children and the European Court of Human Rights written by Claire Fenton-Glynn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights as it relates to children. It includes detailed analysis of the Court's key decisions on children's rights, highlighting its achievements as well as offering informed critique of its ongoing weaknesses.

Book Jacobs  White   Ovey  The European Convention on Human Rights

Download or read book Jacobs White Ovey The European Convention on Human Rights written by Robin C A White and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The highly experienced and respected authors select the most important case law and give a highly authoritative, concise account of the European Convention on Human Rights. Focuses on the European Convention itself rather than its implementation in any one member state, and so is essential reading for human rights students across Europe. Examines each Convention right in turn, with a newly revised structure to map even more closely to human rights courses. As a lecturer and a practitioner, the authors are perfectly placed to provide up-to-date coverage of Strasbourg case law and explain it in a lively, straightforward manner" -- From publisher's website.

Book Scanned

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nick Corbishley
  • Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
  • Release : 2022-03-17
  • ISBN : 1645021637
  • Pages : 168 pages

Download or read book Scanned written by Nick Corbishley and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unprecedented levels of government surveillance; loss of privacy through corporate data mining; centralized digital currency; behavioral tracking and control: Is this the digital future we’ve been sleepwalking towards? “Nick Corbishley has the frenetic energy of someone who has seen too much. His book is fantastic.”—Russell Brand, “Under the Skin” podcast Untold millions of people in “democracies” all over the world were barred from accessing basic services in 2021—from earning a living or traveling within their own country—because they lacked proper digital identification surrounding the vaccine. For many, 2021 will be remembered as the year that basic, long-standing bioethical principles such as bodily autonomy, bodily integrity, and the informed consent of the patient ended. In Scanned, investigative journalist Nick Corbishley examines and exposes the lies and overreach that underpin the wholesale erosion of personal freedoms that is continuing to happen at an alarming rate. In clear language supported by rigorous research, Corbishley uncovers how the rollout of vaccine passports, digital IDs and centralized digital currency not only represents an unprecedented violation of privacy and bodily autonomy, but how it perpetuates the idea that a “small” collective sacrifice will allow us to return to normality. Today, digital “health” IDs threaten to go totally global, with the World Health Organization’s tacit endorsement. On all five continents governments and corporations are quietly but quickly rolling out digital ID programs. At the same time, 90% of the world’s central banks are exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with half of them already developing an electronic version of their fiat money. These interlocking initiatives threaten to radically reconfigure the way societies and economies function. If successful, they will facilitate the single largest expansion of totalitarian power in history, exposing citizens to unprecedented levels of government and corporate surveillance, data mining, and behavioral control. The stakes could not be higher. And if things continue on the current path, Corbishley makes clear, getting back to “normal” is never happening. Put simply, instead of a return to normality, we will see the creation of a starkly different form of existence in which most of us will have virtually no agency over our own lives.

Book Philosophy of Human Rights

Download or read book Philosophy of Human Rights written by Patrick Hayden and published by Paragon Issues in Philosophy. This book was released on 2001-02-13 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick Hayden brings together an extensive collection of classical and contemporary writings on the topic of human rights, providing an exceptionally comprehensive introduction to the subject.

Book The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine and the Principle of Proportionality in the Jurisprudence of the ECHR

Download or read book The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine and the Principle of Proportionality in the Jurisprudence of the ECHR written by Yutaka Arai-Takahashi and published by Intersentia nv. This book was released on 2002 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5.2.3. Burden of Proof

Book Human Rights in the Council of Europe and the European Union

Download or read book Human Rights in the Council of Europe and the European Union written by Steven Greer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confusion about the differences between the Council of Europe (the parent body of the European Court of Human Rights) and the European Union is commonplace amongst the general public. It even affects some lawyers, jurists, social scientists and students. This book will enable the reader to distinguish clearly between those human rights norms which originate in the Council of Europe and those which derive from the EU, vital for anyone interested in human rights in Europe and in the UK as it prepares to leave the EU. The main achievements of relevant institutions include securing minimum standards across the continent as they deal with increasing expansion, complexity, multidimensionality, and interpenetration of their human rights activities. The authors also identify the central challenges, particularly for the UK in the post-Brexit era, where the components of each system need to be carefully distinguished and disentangled.

Book Today Hong Kong  Tomorrow the World

Download or read book Today Hong Kong Tomorrow the World written by Mark L. Clifford and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world. For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong was a beacon of prosperity where people, money, and technology flowed freely, and residents enjoyed many civil liberties. In preparation for handing the territory over to China in 1997, Deng Xiaoping promised that it would remain highly autonomous for fifty years. An international treaty established a Special Administrative Region (SAR) with a far freer political system than that of Communist China—one with its own currency and government administration, a common-law legal system, and freedoms of press, speech, and religion. But as the halfway mark of the SAR’s lifespan approaches in 2022, it is clear that China has not kept its word. Universal suffrage and free elections have not been instituted, harassment and brutality have become normalized, and activists are being jailed en masse. To make matters worse, a national security law that further crimps Hong Kong’s freedoms has recently been decreed in Beijing. This tragic backslide has dire worldwide implications—as China continues to expand its global influence, Hong Kong serves as a chilling preview of how dissenters could be treated in regions that fall under the emerging superpower’s control. Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World tells the complete story of how a city once famed for protests so peaceful that toddlers joined grandparents in millions-strong rallies became a place where police have fired more than 10,000 rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and even live ammunition at their neighbors, while pro-government hooligans attack demonstrators in the streets. A Hong Kong resident from 1992 to 2021, author Mark L. Clifford has witnessed this transformation firsthand. As a celebrated publisher and journalist, he has unrivaled access to the full range of the city’s society, from student protestors and political prisoners to aristocrats and senior government officials. A powerful and dramatic mix of history and on-the-ground reporting, this book is the definitive account of one of the most important geopolitical standoffs of our time.

Book Environmental Law Dimensions of Human Rights

Download or read book Environmental Law Dimensions of Human Rights written by Ben Boer and published by Collected Courses of the Acade. This book was released on 2015 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high quality environment is coming to be regarded as a necessary prerequisite for the enjoyment of some of the most fundamental human rights, including the rights to life and health. However, the precise recognition of a 'right to environment' has not yet been settled. The essays collected here address this and related questions from different perspectives.

Book Jacobs  White and Ovey

Download or read book Jacobs White and Ovey written by Robin C. A. White and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The European Convention on Human Rights' protects human rights in nearly 50 European countries. If States fail to meet the standards required by the Convention, victims of violations can complain to the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights. This book examines both the substance and procedure under the Convention.

Book Five Miles Away  A World Apart

Download or read book Five Miles Away A World Apart written by James E. Ryan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones? In his important new book, Five Miles Away, A World Apart, James E. Ryan answers this question by tracing the fortunes of two schools in Richmond, Virginia--one in the city and the other in the suburbs. Ryan shows how court rulings in the 1970s, limiting the scope of desegregation, laid the groundwork for the sharp disparities between urban and suburban public schools that persist to this day. The Supreme Court, in accord with the wishes of the Nixon administration, allowed the suburbs to lock nonresidents out of their school systems. City schools, whose student bodies were becoming increasingly poor and black, simply received more funding, a measure that has proven largely ineffective, while the independence (and superiority) of suburban schools remained sacrosanct. Weaving together court opinions, social science research, and compelling interviews with students, teachers, and principals, Ryan explains why all the major education reforms since the 1970s--including school finance litigation, school choice, and the No Child Left Behind Act--have failed to bridge the gap between urban and suburban schools and have unintentionally entrenched segregation by race and class. As long as that segregation continues, Ryan forcefully argues, so too will educational inequality. Ryan closes by suggesting innovative ways to promote school integration, which would take advantage of unprecedented demographic shifts and an embrace of diversity among young adults. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written by one of the nation's leading education law scholars, Five Miles Away, A World Apart ties together, like no other book, a half-century's worth of education law and politics into a coherent, if disturbing, whole. It will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered why our schools are so unequal and whether there is anything to be done about it.