An Analysis of Rights
Author: Samuel J. Stoljar
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1984-10-15
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1349176079
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A Rights-Based Approach to Social Policy Analysis
Author: Shirley Gatenio Gabel
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-03-23
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 3319244124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis brief resource sets out a rights-based framework for policy analysis that allows social workers to enhance their long-term vision as well as their current practice. It introduces the emerging P.A.N.E. (Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination, Equity) model for evaluating social policy, comparing it with the traditional needs-based charity model in terms of not only effectiveness and efficiency but also inclusion and justice. Recognized standards for human rights are used to identify values crucial to informing policy goals. Exercises, key documents, and an extended example illustrate both the processes of creating empowering social policy and its best and most meaningful outcomes. Included in the coverage: Rights-based and needs-based approaches to social policy analysis. Regional and international human rights instruments. Grounding social policies in legal and institutional frameworks. Conceptualizing social issues from a human rights frame. Measuring progress on the realization of human rights. Rights-based analysis of maternity, paternity, and parental leaves in the United States. For social workers and social work researchers, A Rights-Based Approach to Social Policy Analysis gives readers a modern platform for achieving the highest goals of the field. It also makes a worthwhile class text for social work programs.
Exhausting Intellectual Property Rights
Author: Shubha Ghosh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-11-08
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 110711585X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an in-depth assessment of the exhaustion doctrine and explores how its various implementations have shaped international trade issues.
Economic Analysis of Property Rights
Author: Yoram Barzel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-04-13
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780521597135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a study of the way individuals organise the use of resources in order to maximise the value of their economic rights over these resources.
Post-Liberal Religious Liberty
Author: Joel Harrison
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-07-09
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 110883650X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA radically theological-political account of religious liberty, challenging secularisation narratives and liberal egalitarian arguments.
The Logic of Liberal Rights
Author: Eric Heinze
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-02-24
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 113441983X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Logic of Liberal Rights uses basic logic to develop a model of argument presupposed in all disputes about civil rights and liberties. No prior training in logic is required, as each step is explained. This analysis does not merely apply general logic to legal arguments but is also specifically tailored to the issues of civil rights and liberties. It shows that all arguments about civil rights and liberties presuppose one fixed structure and that there can be no original argument in rights disputes, except within the confines of that structure. Concepts arising in disputes about rights, like 'liberal' or 'democratic', are not mere abstractions but have a fixed and precise character. This book integrates themes in legal theory, political science and moral philosophy, as well as the philosophy of logic and language. For the advanced scholar, the book provides a model presupposed by leading theoretical schools (liberal and critical, positivist and naturalist). For the student it provides a systematic theory of civil rights and liberties. Examples are drawn from the European Convention in Human Rights but no special knowledge of the Convention is assumed, as the issues analysed arise throughout the world. Such issues include problems of free speech, religious freedom, privacy, torture, unlawful detention and private property.
Advancing Equality
Author: Jody Heymann
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2020-01-14
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0520309634
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a world where basic human rights are under attack and discrimination is widespread, Advancing Equality reminds us of the critical role of constitutions in creating and protecting equal rights. Combining a comparative analysis of equal rights in the constitutions of all 193 United Nations member countries with inspiring stories of activism and powerful court cases from around the globe, the book traces the trends in constitution drafting over the past half century and examines how stronger protections against discrimination have transformed lives. Looking at equal rights across gender, race and ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, social class, and migration status, the authors uncover which groups are increasingly guaranteed equal rights in constitutions, whether or not these rights on paper have been translated into practice, and which nations lag behind. Serving as a comprehensive call to action for anyone who cares about their country’s future, Advancing Equality challenges us to remember how far we all still must go for equal rights for all.
Courting Gender Justice
Author: Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-02-01
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 0190932856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen and the LGBT community in Russia and Turkey face pervasive discrimination. Only a small percentage dare to challenge their mistreatment in court. Facing domestic police and judges who often refuse to recognize discrimination, a small minority of activists have exhausted their domestic appeals and then turned to their last hope: the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The ECtHR, located in Strasbourg, France, is widely regarded as the most effective international human rights court in existence. Russian citizens whose rights have been violated at home have brought tens of thousands of cases to the ECtHR over the past two decades. But only one of these cases resulted in a finding of gender discrimination by the ECtHR-and that case was brought by a man. By comparison, the Court has found gender discrimination more frequently in decisions on Turkish cases. Courting Gender Justice explores the obstacles that confront citizens, activists, and lawyers who try to bring gender discrimination cases to court. To shed light on the factors that make rare victories possible in discrimination cases, the book draws comparisons among forms of discrimination faced by women and LGBT people in Russia and Turkey. Based on interviews with human rights and feminist activists and lawyers in Russia and Turkey, this engaging book grounds the law in the personal experiences of individual people fighting to defend their rights.
Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
Author: Alfredo Narváez Medécigo
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-11-07
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 3319245627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, which originated from the broadly held view that there is a lack of Rule-of-law in Mexico, and from the emphasis of traditional academia on cultural elements as the main explanation, explores the question of whether there is any relationship between the system of constitutional review ― and thus the ‘law’ as such ― and the level of Rule-of-law in a given state. To do so, it elaborates a theoretical model for achieving Rule-of-law and compares it to the constitutional review systems of the United States, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Mexico. The study concludes that the two former states correspond to the model, while the latter does not. This is fundamentally due to the role each legal system assigns to ordinary jurisdiction in carrying out constitutional review. Whereas the US and Germany have fostered the policy that constitutional review regarding the enforcement of basic rights is the responsibility of ordinary courts, Mexico has relied too heavily on the specialized constitutional jurisdiction.
WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation
Author: Melvyn Freeman
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9789241562829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication highlights key issues and principles to be considered in the drafting, adoption and implementation of mental health legislation and best practice in mental health services. It contains examples of diverse experiences and practices, as well as extracts of laws and other legal documents from a range of different countries, and a checklist of key policy components. Three main elements of effective mental health legislation are identified, relating to context, content and process.
