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International disability law : a practical approach to the united nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities / by Pyaneandee, Coomara

Table of Contents: “…part PART I General provisions -- chapter 1 Functions of the CRPD Committee -- chapter 2 Pillars of the CRPD -- chapter 3 Women and girls with disabilities -- part PART II Civil and political rights -- chapter 4 Legal capacity and access to justice -- chapter 5 Security of the person -- chapter 6 Right to life -- chapter 7 Participation in political and public life -- part PART III Economic, social and cultural rights -- chapter 8 Accessibility -- chapter 9 Right to education -- chapter 10 Right to work and employment -- chapter 11 Inclusive independent living.…”
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Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court /

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Contemporary Issues in Human Rights Law Europe and Asia /

Table of Contents: “…A Framework-Oriented View on the Binding Force of International Human Rights Law on Constitutional Law (Shu-Perng Hwang) -- 6 The Asian Region and the International Criminal Court (Hitomi Takemura) -- Part III Special Topics of Human Rights in Europe and Asia -- 7 The Principle of Non-discrimination under the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter on Fundamental Freedoms (Niels Petersen) -- 8 Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Europe and Asia (Sara De Vido) -- 9 Guarantee of the Right to Freedom of Speech in Japan-Comparison with Doctrines in Germany (Takashi Jitsuhara) -- 10 China’s Development Banks in Asia: A Human Rights Perspective (Matthias Vanhullebusch) -- Index.…”
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International human rights and their enforcement in Africa / by Mbondenyi, Morris Kiwinda

Table of Contents: “…A review of the concept and philosophy of human rights -- Human rights in Africa -- Historical dimensions of the African system on human and people's rights -- The Consultative Act of the African Union -- The African Charter on Human and People's Rights -- The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child -- The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peopl'es Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa -- The African Union and its organ -- The African Commission on Human and People's Rights -- The African Court on Human and People's Rights -- African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child -- Normative challenges and reforms to Africa's regional human rights system -- Institutional challenges and reforms under the African human rights system -- Mainstreaming and rationalising the African human rights system.…”
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An introduction to international human rights law

Table of Contents: “…The historical development of international human rights / Michelo Hausungule -- Civil and political rights / Joshua Castellino -- An introduction to economic, social and cultural rights : overcoming the constraints of categorization through implementation / Vinodh Jaichand -- Women's rights in international law / Mmatsie Mooki, Rita Ozoemana, Michelo Hansungule -- Globalization and human rights / Heli Askola -- Role of the UN in the promotion and protection of human rights / Elvira Domínguez-Redondo -- Attributes of successful human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) : sixty years after the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights / George E. …”
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Be good, sweet maid the trials of Dorothy Joudrie / by Andrews, Audrey, 1935-

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Restrictive practices in health care and disability settings : legal, policy and practical responses /

Table of Contents: “…-- A rights-based approach to safeguarding the rights to liberty and security -- A rights-based approach to equality: moving beyond 'legalism' -- Applying a rights-based approach to equality in the regulation of restrictive practices -- Conclusion -- 5 Beyond restraint: gender-sensitive regulation of the control of women's behaviour in Australian mental health and disability services -- Introduction -- A note on terminology -- Research on the gendered dimensions of restraint…”
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Security a multidisciplinary normative approach /

Table of Contents: “…Bailliet -- Democratic security / Christopher Kutz -- Global procedural rights and security / Larry May -- Women's security/state security / Naomi Cahn -- Security in a "warming world" : competences of the UN Security Council for preventing dangerous climate change / Christina Voigt -- Environmental security and the UN Security Council / Jo Stigen & Ole Kristian Fauchald -- Pragmatic law for international security / Sean Kanuck.…”
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HISTORY OF DIVORCE LAW reform in england from the victorian to interwar years. by Kha, Henry

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Affirmative action and the law : efficacy of national and international approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard -- Universalism or fragmentation : United Nations Treaty bodies and affirmative actions in Latin-America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, China, and India / Elvira Dominguez Redondo -- Unravelling history and undermining law through politics : the erosion of diversity protection and emerging existential threats to India and China / Joshua Castellino and Sayantani Sen -- Efficacy of affirmative action measures in the United Kingdom and South Africa / Erica Howard -- Effectiveness of affirmative action measures in Brazil / Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez -- The implementation process of affirmative action measures in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru / Iván Obando Camino, Gustavo Rayo-Urrutia, Alberto Olivares-Gallardo, Rodrigo Hernández-Fernandez -- Affirmative actions in Central America : influence of the international legislation and jurisprudence of the inter-American system / Amalia Patricia Cobos Campos -- Women on corporate boards of public listed companies -- a UK and EU gender diversity conundrum / Hamiisi Junior Nsubuga -- Persons with disabilities and access to higher education in Brazil / Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet and Gabrielle Bezerra Sales Sarlet -- Achieving substantive equality : mainstreaming duties to complement affirmative action measures / Erica Howard -- Conclusion / Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard.…”
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Criminal law reform and transitional justice human rights perspectives for Sudan /

Table of Contents: “…Schwikkard -- The prosecution of international crimes under Sudan's criminal and military laws : developments, gaps and limitations / Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker -- The implementation of international criminal law in Arab states : the Jordanian experience / Ibrahim Aljazy -- Lessons from a state of flux : the international justice laboratory of the Great Lakes Pact / Deirdre Clancy -- Gendered justice : women and the application of penal laws in the Sudan / Asma Abdel Halim -- Through the looking glass : the emergence, confused application and demise of Pakistan's Hudood rape laws / Sohail Akbar Warraich -- Sexual violence and the law : comparative legislative experiences in selected Southern African countries / Rashida Manjoo, Gift Kweka and Suzzie Onyeka Ofuani -- Future perspectives : debating criminal law reform and human rights in Sudan (kampala, 1-3 March 2010) / Lutz Oette.…”
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Children's rights law in the global human rights landscape : isolation, inspiration, integration? /

Table of Contents: “…Distinctive characteristics of children's human rights law / Wouter Vandenhole -- The broader relevance of features of children's rights law : the best interests of the child principle / Helen Stalford -- The four general principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child : the potential value of the approach in other areas of human rights law / Laura Lundy and Bronagh Byrne -- The inclusion of "third parties" : the status of parenthood in the Convention on the Rights of the Child / Roberta Ruggiero, Diana Volonakis, and Karl Hanson -- Lessons for children's rights from women's rights? emancipation rights as a distinct category of human rights / Eva Brems -- Lessons for children's rights from disability rights? …”
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Law and empire : ideas, practices, actors /

Table of Contents: “…Law, authority and legitimacy in the Athenian empire / Polly Low -- Roman law from city state to world empire / Jill Harries -- Laws, bureaucrats, and imperial women in China's early empires / Karen Gottschang Turner -- The ruler and law making in the Ottoman Empire / Engin Deniz Akarli -- The early modern Holy Roman Empire of the German nation, (1495-1806) : a multi-layered legal system / Karl Harter -- The contribution of early Islamic rulers to adjudication and legislation : the case of the Mazalim tribunals / Nimrod Hurvitz -- Charlemagne and the government of the Frankish countryside / Carine van Rhijn -- The law factor in Ottoman- Crimean Tatar relations in the early modern period / Natalia Krolikowska -- Qing imperial justice? …”
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Nordic health law in a European context welfare state perspectives on patients' rights and biomedicine /

Table of Contents: “…Roscam Abbing -- Right to health as a human right in Europe / Matti Mikkola -- The raison d'être of Nordic health law / Mette Hartlev -- The right to health from a constitutional perspective : the example of the Nordic countries / Anna-Sara Lind -- Health law as a legal discipline / Helle Bødker Madsen -- The Nordic Committee on Bioethics / Sirpa Soini -- The development of patients' rights in Norway / Asbjørn Kjønstad -- Still no patients' act in Sweden : reasons and implications / Elisabeth Rynning -- Human rights, health care, and coercion in Norwegian health law / Aslak Syse -- Detention of pregnant women to protect the foetus : Nordiv [i.e. Nordic] perspectives / Karl Harald Søvig -- Cultural accommodation in health services and European human rights / Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir -- Female genital mutilation and the right to privacy : a double-edged sword / Henriettte Sindig Aasen -- Infant male circumcision : Finnish Supreme Court ruling on a multicultural legal protection / Raimo Lahti -- Mutual recognition within the EU of the concepts of sickness and incapacity for work in a rehabilitative situation / Lotta Vahlne Westerhäll -- Human dignity as a legal argument in the era of modern biomedicine / Laura Walin -- European integration : a case example from European biomedical research law / Sigmund Simonsen -- The human body and Norwegian property law : ancient and modern / Marit Halvorsen -- Biobank regulation in Finland and the Nordic countries / Salla Sivola -- Genetic privacy : autonomy or solidarity? …”
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