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  • The International Law of Migrant Smuggling

    by Anne T. Gallagher, Fiona David ...
    Whether forced into relocation by fear of persecution, civil war, or humanitarian crisis, or pulled toward the prospect of better economic opportunities, more people are on the move than ever before. Opportunities for lawful entry into preferred destinations are decreasing rapidly, creating demand that is increasingly being met by migrant smugglers. This companion volume to the award-winning The ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

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  • My Fellow Prisoners

    by Mikhail Khodorkovsky ...
    The Russian oil mogul and activist offers reflections on his decades-long incarceration under Putin in this "illuminating and brave" prison memoir ( The Washington Post).Mikhail Khodorkovsky was Russia's most successful businessman—and an outspoken critic of the Kremlin. As his oil company Yukos revived the Russian oil industry, Khodorkovsky began sponsoring programs to encourage civil society and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Viral Hate

    Containing Its Spread on the Internet

    by Abraham H. Foxman, Christopher Wolf ...
    Emboldened by anonymity, individuals and organizations from both left and right are freely spewing hateful vitriol on the Internet without worrying about repercussions.Lies, bullying, conspiracy theories, bigoted and racist rants, and calls for violence targeting the most vulnerable circulate openly on the web.And thanks to the guarantees of the First Amendment and the borderless nature of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Path to Hope

    by Edgar Morin, Stephane Hessel ...
    An incisive political tract that calls for a return to humanist values: equality, liberty, a return to community, mutual respect, freedom from poverty, and an end to theocracy and fundamentalism. The authors argue that a return to these values constitutes “a path to hope,” leading the way out of the present worldwide malaise brought on by economic collapse, moral failure, and an ignorance of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Unraveling Somalia

    Race, Class, and the Legacy of Slavery

    by Catherine Besteman ...
    Series series The Ethnography of Political Violence
    In 1991 the Somali state collapsed. Once heralded as the only true nation-state in Africa, the Somalia of the 1990s suffered brutal internecine warfare. At the same time a politically created famine caused the deaths of a half a million people and the flight of a million refugees.During the civil war, scholarly and popular analyses explained Somalia's disintegration as the result of ancestral ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Speaking Out on Human Rights

    Debating Canada's Human Rights System

    by Pearl Eliadis ...
    Canadians like to see themselves as champions of human rights in the international community. Closer to home, however, the human rights system in Canada - particularly its public institutions such as commissions and tribunals - has been the object of sustained debate and vehement criticism, based largely on widespread myths about how it works.In Speaking Out on Human Rights, Pearl Eliadis explodes ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Aspects of Law Reform

    An Insider's Perspective

    by Jack Straw ...
    Series series The Hamlyn Lectures
    The British justice system is an ancient one that has continually evolved to meet modern needs. In this set of three essays, originally presented as the Hamlyn lectures in 2012, Jack Straw reviews some of the most important recent reforms to the system of British justice and suggests key areas in need of further reform. He focuses in particular on the criminal courts, human rights, judicial ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • International Maritime Labour Law

    by Laura Carballo Piñeiro ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book focuses on maritime employment from a private international law perspective. The first chapter analyzes the background against which international jurisdiction and conflict of laws rules are drawn up and examines uniform law in this context, in particular the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention and the 2007 ILO Convention No. 188 on Work in Fishing. The second chapter addresses international ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Preventing Political Violence Against Civilians

    Nationalist Militant Conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel And Palestine

    by Palgrave Macmillan ...
    The increased targeting of civilians by militants raises serious and profound questions for policy-makers. Examining conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, this book focuses on ethno-nationalist militant groups and formulates a model to constrain violence against civilians. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Politics of Conflict Economies

    Miners, merchants and warriors in the African borderland

    by Morten Bøås ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    Conflict economies cannot be approached in isolation but must instead be contextualised socially and historically. These economies did not emerge in vacuum, but are part and parcel of the history of people and place.This book explores the informal and illicit extraction and trade of minerals and other types of natural resources that takes place in the 'borderlands' during periods of conflict. This ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment

    Edited by Andreas Follesdal, Ola Mestad, Gro Nystuen ...
    How can businesses and their shareholders avoid moral and legal complicity in human rights violations? This central and contemporary issue in the field of ethics, politics and law is of concern to intergovernmental organizations such as the UN and to many NGOs, as well as investors and employees. In this volume legal scholars and political philosophers identify and address the intertwined issues ... Read more

    $103.39 USD

  • The European Court of Human Rights as a Pathway to Impunity for International Crimes

    by Sonja C. Grover ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Introductory Remarks on the Perspective and Intent of the Author in Writing This Monograph The European Court of Human Rights comments in the judgment Korbely v. Hungary that: However, clearly drafted a legal provision may be, in any system of law, including criminal law, there is an inevitable element of judicial interpretation. There will always be a need for elucidation of doubtful points and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD