The Struggle Against Enforced Disappearance and the 2007 United Nations Convention
The Struggle Against Enforced Disappearance and the 2007 United Nations Convention

Author: Tullio Scovazzi

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 900416149X

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Enforced disappearance is one of the most serious human rights violations. It constitutes an autonomous offence and a crime under international law on account of its multiple and continuing character. It is not a phenomenon of the past, nor is it geographically limited to Latin America: such scourge is widespread today and on the increase in other continents. For more than twenty-five years, relatives of disappeared people worldwide have insisted on the pressing need for an international legally binding instrument against enforced disappearances. 2006 is the year of the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, which represents the result of several legislative and jurisprudential developments that are duly analyzed in this book. The Convention has been opened for signature in February 2007.

Asian America
Asian America

Author: Cathy J. Schlund-Vials

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2017-01-10

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0300225199

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An essential collection that brings together the core primary texts of the Asian American experience in one volume An essential volume for the growing academic discipline of Asian American studies, this collection of core primary texts draws from a wide range of fields, from law to visual culture to politics, covering key historical and cultural developments that enable students to engage directly with the Asian American experience over the past century. The primary sources, organized around keywords, often concern multiple hemispheres and movements, making this compendium valuable for a number of historical, ethnic, and cultural study undergraduate programs.

Lincoln's Constitution
Lincoln's Constitution

Author: Daniel A. Farber

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2011-04-08

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0226237958

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In Lincoln's Constitution Daniel Farber leads the reader to understand exactly how Abraham Lincoln faced the inevitable constitutional issues brought on by the Civil War. Examining what arguments Lincoln made in defense of his actions and how his words and deeds fit into the context of the times, Farber illuminates Lincoln's actions by placing them squarely within their historical moment. The answers here are crucial not only for a better understanding of the Civil War but also for shedding light on issues-state sovereignty, presidential power, and limitations on civil liberties in the name of national security-that continue to test the limits of constitutional law even today.

All the Laws but One
All the Laws but One

Author: William H. Rehnquist

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0307424693

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William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, provides an insightful and fascinating account of the history of civil liberties during wartime and illuminates the cases where presidents have suspended the law in the name of national security. "A highly original account of the proper role of the Supreme Court, a role that makes most sense in times of war, but that has its attractions whenever the Court is embroiled in great social controversies." --The New Republic Abraham Lincoln, champion of freedom and the rights of man, suspended the writ of habeas corpus early in the Civil War--later in the war he also imposed limits upon freedom of speech and the press and demanded that political criminals be tried in military courts. During World War II, the government forced 100,000 U.S. residents of Japanese descent, including many citizens, into detainment camps. Through these and other incidents Chief Justice Rehnquist brilliantly probes the issues at stake in the balance between the national interest and personal freedoms. With All the Laws but One he significantly enlarges our understanding of how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution during past periods of national crisis--and draws guidelines for how it should do so in the future.

FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation
FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation

Author: Department of Department of the Army

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-12-13

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781978322677

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The 1992 edition of the FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation Field Manual.