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Women's Rights and Religious Law

Domestic and International Perspectives

Edited by Fareda Banda, Lisa Fishbayn Joffe ...

Series series Law and Religion
The three Abrahamic faiths have dominated religious conversations for millennia but the relations between state and religion are in a constant state of flux. This relationship may be configured in a number of ways. Religious norms may be enforced by the state as part of a regime of personal law or, conversely, religious norms may be formally relegated to the private sphere but can be brought into ... Read more

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The three Abrahamic faiths have dominated religious conversations for millennia but the relations between state and religion are in a constant state of flux. This relationship may be configured in a number of ways. Religious norms may be enforced by the state as part of a regime of personal law or, conversely, religious norms may be formally relegated to the private sphere but can be brought into
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Social Justice and Adequate Housing

Rights, Roma Inclusion and the Feeling of Home

by Silvia Cittadini ...

This book presents a critical analysis of the concept of ‘adequate housing’.While the concept of adequate housing is used largely as a normative standard in the protection of housing rights and in the implementation of housing policies, its apparent objectivity and universality have never been questioned by political and legal theory. This book analyses and challenges the understanding of this ... Read more

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This book presents a critical analysis of the concept of ‘adequate housing’.While the concept of adequate housing is used largely as a normative standard in the protection of housing rights and in the implementation of housing policies, its apparent objectivity and universality have never been questioned by political and legal theory. This book analyses and challenges the understanding of this
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Race in the Shadow of Law

State Violence in Contemporary Europe

by Eddie Bruce-Jones ...

Race in the Shadow of Law offers a critical legal analysis of European responses to institutional racism. It draws connections between contemporary legal knowledge practices and colonial systems of thought, arguing that many people of colour experience the law as a part of a racial problem, rather than a solution, to racial injustice. Based on a critical legal ethnography of anti-racism work in ... Read more

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Race in the Shadow of Law offers a critical legal analysis of European responses to institutional racism. It draws connections between contemporary legal knowledge practices and colonial systems of thought, arguing that many people of colour experience the law as a part of a racial problem, rather than a solution, to racial injustice. Based on a critical legal ethnography of anti-racism work in
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Life as a Convicted Sex Offender

by T.J. Brewer ...

Expirience the injustice of the Department of Justice through the tales of many Sex Offenders, and how one small mistake can ruin the rest of your life. ... Read more

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Expirience the injustice of the Department of Justice through the tales of many Sex Offenders, and how one small mistake can ruin the rest of your life.
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The Making of Reverse Discrimination

How DeFunis and Bakke Bleached Racism from Equal Protection

by Ellen Messer-Davidow ...

In The Making of Reverse Discrimination Ellen Messer-Davidow offers a fresh and incisive analysis of the legal-judicial discourse of DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974) and Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), the first two cases challenging race-conscious admissions to professional schools to reach the US Supreme Court. While the voluminous literature on DeFunis and Bakke has focused ... Read more

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In The Making of Reverse Discrimination Ellen Messer-Davidow offers a fresh and incisive analysis of the legal-judicial discourse of DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974) and Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), the first two cases challenging race-conscious admissions to professional schools to reach the US Supreme Court. While the voluminous literature on DeFunis and Bakke has focused
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A Second Reckoning

Race, Injustice, and the Last Hanging in Annapolis

by Scott D. Seligman ...

*2021-22 Reader Views Literary Awards Silver Medal Winner2021 Best Book Awards Finalist in US History sponsored by American Book FestA Second Reckoning* tells the story of John Snowden, a Black man accused of the murder of a pregnant white woman in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917. He refused to confess despite undergoing torture, was tried - through legal shenanigans - by an all-white jury, and was ... Read more

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*2021-22 Reader Views Literary Awards Silver Medal Winner2021 Best Book Awards Finalist in US History sponsored by American Book FestA Second Reckoning* tells the story of John Snowden, a Black man accused of the murder of a pregnant white woman in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917. He refused to confess despite undergoing torture, was tried - through legal shenanigans - by an all-white jury, and was
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Direito ao aborto

Reflexões disruptivas em busca do protagonismo feminino sobre o direito ao próprio corpo

by Josiene Souza ...

A obra parte da indagação de como auferir a autodeterminação das mulheres e pensar no direito ao aborto como corolário do direito de decidir a partir de uma perspectiva feminista que visa ressignificar os conceitos de autodeterminação, liberdade e dignidade da pessoa humana. Analisa-se as repercussões sócio-jurídicas do aborto no Brasil, partindo da compreensão de que o sistema penal em face de ... Read more

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A obra parte da indagação de como auferir a autodeterminação das mulheres e pensar no direito ao aborto como corolário do direito de decidir a partir de uma perspectiva feminista que visa ressignificar os conceitos de autodeterminação, liberdade e dignidade da pessoa humana. Analisa-se as repercussões sócio-jurídicas do aborto no Brasil, partindo da compreensão de que o sistema penal em face de
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Free Exercise of Religion and the United States Constitution

The Supreme Court’s Challenge

by Mark P. Strasser ...

Series series ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with law as a matter of conscience. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the free exercise of religion and the United States Supreme Court has issued many decisions exploring the depth and breadth of those protections. This book ... Read more

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The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with law as a matter of conscience. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the free exercise of religion and the United States Supreme Court has issued many decisions exploring the depth and breadth of those protections. This book
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UNCASTE

by Karl Marx Siddharthar ...

'Uncaste' is the stellar outcome of the Author's 8 years of patient and persistent research on India's Caste System and the mystery of how it survives. The book is stellar not only in the sense of decoding the sustaining mechanism of Caste but also in constructing a clear pathway to annihilate it. Hence, what begins as a scholarly exposition passionately progresses in issuing a manifesto to perish ... Read more

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'Uncaste' is the stellar outcome of the Author's 8 years of patient and persistent research on India's Caste System and the mystery of how it survives. The book is stellar not only in the sense of decoding the sustaining mechanism of Caste but also in constructing a clear pathway to annihilate it. Hence, what begins as a scholarly exposition passionately progresses in issuing a manifesto to perish
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Protect Your People

How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration

by Raj Jayadev ...

Shortlisted, 2025 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAn eye-opening look at “participatory defense,” the innovative practice that allows the loved ones of those charged with crimes to help influence the outcome of court cases, by the MacArthur Award–winning activistThe courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a ... Read more

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Shortlisted, 2025 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAn eye-opening look at “participatory defense,” the innovative practice that allows the loved ones of those charged with crimes to help influence the outcome of court cases, by the MacArthur Award–winning activistThe courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a
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Kontrolle der Stiftung nach deutschem und koreanischem Recht

by Ju-Hee Yoon ...

Series Book 19 - Bochumer Studien zum Stiftungswesen
Im Mittelpunkt der stiftungsrechtlichen Gesetzgebung in beiden Ländern steht wesentlich die gemeinsame Absicht, zur Förderung des Stiftungswesens beizutragen und vor allem die Transparenz der Stiftung zu erhöhen. Dies zeigt sich besonders deutlich in der grundlegenden Reform des deutschen Stiftungsrechts aus dem Jahr 2021. Hierbei spielt die Kontrolle der Stiftung eine wichtige Rolle. In dieser ... Read more

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Im Mittelpunkt der stiftungsrechtlichen Gesetzgebung in beiden Ländern steht wesentlich die gemeinsame Absicht, zur Förderung des Stiftungswesens beizutragen und vor allem die Transparenz der Stiftung zu erhöhen. Dies zeigt sich besonders deutlich in der grundlegenden Reform des deutschen Stiftungsrechts aus dem Jahr 2021. Hierbei spielt die Kontrolle der Stiftung eine wichtige Rolle. In dieser
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The Fifth Freedom

Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972

by Anthony S. Chen ...

Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
Where did affirmative action in employment come from? The conventional wisdom is that it was instituted during the Johnson and Nixon years through the backroom machinations of federal bureaucrats and judges. The Fifth Freedom presents a new perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan conflicts over fair employment practices (FEP) legislation from the 1940s to the 1970s. Drawing on ... Read more

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Where did affirmative action in employment come from? The conventional wisdom is that it was instituted during the Johnson and Nixon years through the backroom machinations of federal bureaucrats and judges. The Fifth Freedom presents a new perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan conflicts over fair employment practices (FEP) legislation from the 1940s to the 1970s. Drawing on
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Suspect by Default

by Fazal Abubakkar Esaf ...

In theory, the Constitution recognizes individuals.In practice, security regimes often recognize identities.Suspect by Default is an inquiry into how terror narratives, once introduced as emergency responses, become normalized tools of governance. It explores how Muslim citizens—particularly those from marginalized backgrounds—are disproportionately drawn into the machinery of suspicion, often ... Read more

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In theory, the Constitution recognizes individuals.In practice, security regimes often recognize identities.Suspect by Default is an inquiry into how terror narratives, once introduced as emergency responses, become normalized tools of governance. It explores how Muslim citizens—particularly those from marginalized backgrounds—are disproportionately drawn into the machinery of suspicion, often
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Direito Antidiscriminação

Uma perspetiva europeia e comparada

by Bruno Mestre ...

Na presente monografia o autor procura abordar as principais temáticas sobre o Direito Antidiscriminação no âmbito das relações laborais. O principal enfoque da obra incide sobre as fontes (com particular incidência nas europeias), a identificação de uma situação discriminatória, os principais fundamentos de discriminação (sexo, idade, deficiência, religião ou convicções, orientação sexual, raça ... Read more

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Na presente monografia o autor procura abordar as principais temáticas sobre o Direito Antidiscriminação no âmbito das relações laborais. O principal enfoque da obra incide sobre as fontes (com particular incidência nas europeias), a identificação de uma situação discriminatória, os principais fundamentos de discriminação (sexo, idade, deficiência, religião ou convicções, orientação sexual, raça
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Ferguson's Fault Lines

by Kimberly Jade Norwood ...

In almost every highly publicized case of police using deadly force and killing unarmed individuals, the person killed was an African American male. These incidents have caused dramatic erosion in public confidence in the justice system and America’s promise of equal treatment under the law. Minority communities need assurance that our justice system is fair and balanced and is for the protection ... Read more

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In almost every highly publicized case of police using deadly force and killing unarmed individuals, the person killed was an African American male. These incidents have caused dramatic erosion in public confidence in the justice system and America’s promise of equal treatment under the law. Minority communities need assurance that our justice system is fair and balanced and is for the protection
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They Don't Want Her There

Fighting Sexual and Racial Harassment in the American University

by Carolyn Chalmers ...

Before the nation learned about workplace sexual harassment from Anita Hill, and decades before the #MeToo movement, Chinese American professor Jean Jew M.D. brought a lawsuit against the University of Iowa, alleging a sexually hostile work environment within the university’s College of Medicine.As Jew gained accolades and advanced through the ranks at Iowa, she was met with increasingly vicious ... Read more

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Before the nation learned about workplace sexual harassment from Anita Hill, and decades before the #MeToo movement, Chinese American professor Jean Jew M.D. brought a lawsuit against the University of Iowa, alleging a sexually hostile work environment within the university’s College of Medicine.As Jew gained accolades and advanced through the ranks at Iowa, she was met with increasingly vicious
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Intercultura: dalla pedagogia dell'incontro alla transitività cognitiva

Quaderni didattici Percorsi per l'inclusione-2/2021

by Paola Cavallo ...

Si vuole iniziare questo excursus affrontando una problematica molto diffusa che si incrocia fortemente con le logiche discriminatorie che si tenta di avversare. 1. Globalizzazione Immigrazione Scuola Nel nuovo secolo ci si trova a dover affrontare in modo sempre più urgente la sfida della multiculturalità: negli ultimi decenni il susseguirsi dei flussi d'immigrazione ci ha portato a ripensare le ... Read more

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Si vuole iniziare questo excursus affrontando una problematica molto diffusa che si incrocia fortemente con le logiche discriminatorie che si tenta di avversare. 1. Globalizzazione Immigrazione Scuola Nel nuovo secolo ci si trova a dover affrontare in modo sempre più urgente la sfida della multiculturalità: negli ultimi decenni il susseguirsi dei flussi d'immigrazione ci ha portato a ripensare le
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Gower Handbook of Discrimination at Work

by Hazel Conley ...

Workplace discrimination is an experience that, despite four decades of equality legislation, continues to blight the lives of thousands every year. Discrimination persists on the protected grounds of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief and gender reassignment, as well as where no legal protection exists such as in relation to class background or migration status. ... Read more

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Workplace discrimination is an experience that, despite four decades of equality legislation, continues to blight the lives of thousands every year. Discrimination persists on the protected grounds of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief and gender reassignment, as well as where no legal protection exists such as in relation to class background or migration status.
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Property Rites

The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness

by Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor ...

In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a “colored” cabman. After being married only one month, Rhinelander pressed for the dissolution of his marriage on the grounds that his wife had lied to him about her racial background. The subsequent marital annulment trial ... Read more

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In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a “colored” cabman. After being married only one month, Rhinelander pressed for the dissolution of his marriage on the grounds that his wife had lied to him about her racial background. The subsequent marital annulment trial
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Racial Capitalism and International Tax Law

The Story of Global Jim Crow

by Steven A. Dean ...

Global tax policy has long determined which states can access the resources necessary to flourish. Today, even the wealthiest states struggle to tax rich individuals and multinationals. Anti-Black racism has enriched affluent states at the expense of marginalized ones and undermined the taxing power of all nations. In a compelling narrative interwoven with personal storytelling, Racial Capitalism ... Read more

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Global tax policy has long determined which states can access the resources necessary to flourish. Today, even the wealthiest states struggle to tax rich individuals and multinationals. Anti-Black racism has enriched affluent states at the expense of marginalized ones and undermined the taxing power of all nations. In a compelling narrative interwoven with personal storytelling, Racial Capitalism
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Gender Sensitive Lawmaking in Theory and Practice

Edited by Maria Mousmouti ...

This book addresses key questions around gender-sensitive legislation as a key output of gender sensitive Parliaments and explores practical ways to promote gender-sensitive ex-ante scrutiny of legislation, improve implementation through gender responsive budgeting, assess the gender impact of legislation ex post and express laws in gender inclusive ways.All laws have a gender, and the gender of ... Read more

54,23 €

This book addresses key questions around gender-sensitive legislation as a key output of gender sensitive Parliaments and explores practical ways to promote gender-sensitive ex-ante scrutiny of legislation, improve implementation through gender responsive budgeting, assess the gender impact of legislation ex post and express laws in gender inclusive ways.All laws have a gender, and the gender of
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Preconceito contra a filiação adotiva

by Carmem Lucia Eiterer, Ceris Salete Ribas da Silva, Walter Ude Marques ...

Este livro apresenta o polêmico tema das restrições e preconceitos presentes nos processos de adoção de crianças, abordando: o papel da família em nossa sociedade e de como o preconceito está associado à noção de família, que variáveis constitutivas dos processos de adoção de crianças e adolescentes abandonados no país contribuem para o surgimento de expectativas negativas e rejeições em relação à ... Read more

6,49 €

Este livro apresenta o polêmico tema das restrições e preconceitos presentes nos processos de adoção de crianças, abordando: o papel da família em nossa sociedade e de como o preconceito está associado à noção de família, que variáveis constitutivas dos processos de adoção de crianças e adolescentes abandonados no país contribuem para o surgimento de expectativas negativas e rejeições em relação à
... Read more
Vestindo a Farda e um Paradoxo: E aí, Policial, o Racismo Existe?

by Pedro Novoa ...

Como se forma o olhar de um policial? E quando esse olhar encontra, todos os dias, o reflexo da cor da própria pele? Vestindo a farda e um paradoxo: e aí, policial, racismo existe? parte de uma pergunta simples, mas incômoda: o racismo influencia a forma como o policial militar percebe o mundo, age nas ruas e enxerga a si mesmo? Valendo-se de uma entrevista em grupo, com conversas francas, entre ... Read more

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Como se forma o olhar de um policial? E quando esse olhar encontra, todos os dias, o reflexo da cor da própria pele? Vestindo a farda e um paradoxo: e aí, policial, racismo existe? parte de uma pergunta simples, mas incômoda: o racismo influencia a forma como o policial militar percebe o mundo, age nas ruas e enxerga a si mesmo? Valendo-se de uma entrevista em grupo, com conversas francas, entre
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Race and Reproduction in Cuba

by Bonnie A. Lucero ...

Series Book 42 - Race in the Atlantic World
Women’s reproduction, including conception, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and other physical acts of motherhood (as well as the rejection of those roles), played a critical role in the evolution and management of Cuba’s population. While existing scholarship has approached Cuba’s demographic history through the lens of migration, both forced and voluntary, Race and Reproduction in Cuba ... Read more

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Women’s reproduction, including conception, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and other physical acts of motherhood (as well as the rejection of those roles), played a critical role in the evolution and management of Cuba’s population. While existing scholarship has approached Cuba’s demographic history through the lens of migration, both forced and voluntary, Race and Reproduction in Cuba
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