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  • The Death Penalty

    A Worldwide Perspective

    The fifth edition of this highly praised study charts and explains the progress that continues to be made towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty. The majority of nations have now abolished the death penalty and the number of executions has dropped in almost all countries where abolition has not yet taken place. Emphasising the impact of international human rights principles ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Los Derechos Humanos como sustento de la ley justa: Una propuesta pensada desde John Rawls

    Series series Biblioteca Jurídica Porrúa
    El autor, al tiempo de terminar la redacción de este libro, desempeña el cargo de Magistrado del Tribunal Superior de Justicia en el Estado de México, y día tras día dicta sentencias. El razonamiento jurídico combina con el filosófico. Dedicarse al estudio del pensamiento de John Rawls y enfocar el tema siempre actual de los derechos humanos produce un resultado sugerente y rico. Plantea que para ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Showdown

    Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

    by Wil Haygood ...
    Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional impact of his inspiring best seller The Butler to detail the life and career of one of the most ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Covering

    The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights

    by Kenji Yoshino ...
    A lyrical memoir that identifies the pressure to conform as a hidden threat to our civil rights, drawing on the author’s life as a gay Asian American man and his career as an acclaimed legal scholar.“[Kenji] Yoshino offers his personal search for authenticity as an encouragement for everyone to think deeply about the ways in which all of us have covered our true selves. . . . We really do feel ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Emergence of Indigenous Peoples

    Series Book 3 - SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
    This is the second part of a trilogy published in the Springer Briefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, a distinguished Mexican sociologist and professor emeritus of El Colegio de Mexico. Rodolfo Stavenhagen wrote this collection of six essays on The Emergence of Indigenous Peoples between 1965 and 2009. These widely discussed classic ... Read more

    $62.99 USD $49.99 USD

  • Discurso sobre la dignidad del hombre

    Series series Pequeños Grandes Ensayos
    En pleno auge del Renacimiento publicó en Roma sus célebres novecientas tesis intituladas Conclusiones philosophicae, cabalisticae et theologicae, trabajo que fue combatido duramente por la curia romana.El texto preliminar de la obra máxima de Pico della Mirandola se intitula "Discurso sobre la dignidad del hombre" -ensayo que a continuación reproducimos- en el cual el autor italiano aborda el ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • After Life

    My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom

    Foreword by Kim Kardashian WestThe true-life story of the woman whose life sentence for non-violent drug trafficking was commuted by President Donald Trump thanks to the efforts of Kim Kardashian West—an inspiring memoir of faith, hope, mercy, and gratitude.How do you hold on to hope after more than twenty years of imprisonment? For Alice Marie Johnson the answer lies with God.For years, Alice ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Race to Incarcerate

    A Graphic Retelling

    "Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands."—Michelle AlexanderMore than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world. How did this happen? As the director of The Sentencing Project, Marc Mauer has long been one of the country's foremost experts on sentencing policy, race, and the criminal justice ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Speak Now

    Marriage Equality on Trial

    by Kenji Yoshino ...
    A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that stands as the most potent argument for marriage equalitySpeak Now tells the story of a watershed trial that unfolded over twelve tense days in California in 2010. A trial that legalized same-sex marriage in our most populous state. A trial that interrogated the nature of marriage, the political status of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA

    A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2015: “A riveting account of a watershed moment in our history.”—President Bill ClintonRenowned litigator Roberta Kaplan knew from the beginning that it was the perfect case to bring down the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer had been together as a couple, in sickness and in health, for more than forty years—enduring society’s ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • El remate: Su naturaleza jurídica y consecuencias legales

    Series series Biblioteca Jurídica Porrúa
    Capítulo I. La diferencia sustancial entre la compraventa y el remate: la no concurrencia de la voluntad del ejecutadoCapítulo II. Elementos del remateoCapítulo III. Naturaleza jurídica del remateoCapítulo IV. Efectos del remateoCapítulo V. Procedimiento de subastaoCapítulo VI. ConclusionesoCapítulo VII. Ejecutorias y tesis jurisprudenciales adicionales en relación al remateo ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • How To Fight A Pig

    1983 Excessive Force Lawsuit

    Authentically written with a gritty narrative, humorous anecdotes, and deep spiritual insights. How to Fight A Pig invites readers to join author and former rapper David Chatwood as he recounts the thrilling true story behind his legal battle with the city of Phoenix. Representing himself in a 1983 Excessive Force lawsuit, David reveals how he fought and won against the police without a lawyer - ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Regulamento Geral de Proteção de Dados

    Manual Prático 3ª Edição Revista e Ampliada

    O Regulamento Geral de Proteção de Dados introduziu no regime jurídico da proteção dos dados pessoais novos conceitos, novos direitos e novas obrigações. Em Agosto de 2019 foi aprovada a Lei nacional de execução do RGPD completando assim o regime de tratamento de dados em PortugalAs organizações em inconformidade com o disposto no RGPD ou na Lei n.o 58/2019 incorrem em elevadas coimas.Neste Manual ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Trials of Portnoy

    how Penguin brought down Australia’s censorship system

    Fifty years after the event, here is the first full account of an audacious publishing decision that — with the help of booksellers and readers around the country — forced the end of literary censorship in Australia.For more than seventy years, a succession of politicians, judges, and government officials in Australia worked in the shadows to enforce one of the most pervasive and conservative ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Disobbedienza Civile

    Letto da “libertari” quali Tolstoj, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, per i quali rappresentò imprescindibile fonte di ispirazione per la lotta nonviolenta, il saggio Disobbedienza civile (Civil Disobedience, 1849) di Thoreau nega il principio del potere assoluto della maggioranza, sostenendo l’esistenza di limiti che neppure la volontà popolare può oltrepassare e che consistono nei diritti fondamentali ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Same-Sex Marriages in the European Union: A Guidebook

    Series series Law, LGBTQ Rights
    In Chapter 1, this book looks at all 27 member states of the European Union. Each section describes the country's recent history, and its form of government. Then: each section looks into i) whether each member state allows same-sex marriage, and ii) whether each member state recognizes such marriages done abroad.In Chapter 2, this book looks at EU directives and the judgments from the European ... Read more

    $3.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guns Or People Out Of Control? America's War On Firearms

    ☆★☆ Guns or People out of Control? : The War On Firearms☆★☆An objective look into the world of guns in America..Discover the truth behind the WAR on gunsSecond Amendment Or Gun Reform ?Will monumental change take place and abolish the second amendment infringing on YOUR right to self defense and self preservation of life?Will our historical second amendment right stand firm through these ... Read more

    $3.97 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Direitos Humanos

    Um Enfoque Global sobre Justiça e Igualdade

    Desvende os Princípios Globais: Explorando os Direitos Humanos e o Direito InternacionalExplore um mundo de significado e impacto com nossa obra primorosa sobre os Direitos Humanos e o Direito Internacional. Navegue pelas nuances intricadas que sustentam a proteção dos direitos fundamentais de cada indivíduo e as relações entre nações soberanas.Nas páginas deste livro, embarque em uma jornada ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Arrest Handbook

    A Guide To Your Rights

    by David Eby ...
    The Arrest Handbook is a guide to your rights and responsibilities when you deal with the police. Arrest, detention, searches, seizures and complaints are all covered in easy-to-understand language. Also included are special sections on mental health detentions, civil disobedience and protest, poverty law and anti-terrorist law. ... Read more

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  • Privacy in Peril

    How We Are Sacrificing a Fundamental Right in Exchange for Security and Convenience

    by James B. Rule ...
    This probing account of the erosion of privacy in America shows that we are often unwitting, if willing, accomplices, providing personal data in exchange for security or convenience. The author shows that the personal data that we make available to virtually any organization for virtually any purpose is apt to surface elsewhere, applied to utterly different purposes. As long as we willingly accept ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Ley de Amparo

    Vinculada y anotada

    Nuestra Ley de Amparo ahora a tu alcance y de forma periódica.Adquiérela una vez y siempre tendrás que se publique una modificación, tendrás la versión actualizada completa.Actualización 10/08/2021* Se cambió la portada que mejora la visibilidad del nombre de la ley.* Se añadió índice en cada capítulo.* Se mejoró la titulación de cada artículo.* Se añadió como pie de nota el artículo de la ... Read more

    $1.01 USD

  • Because of Sex

    One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

    “Meticulously researched and rewarding to read…Thomas is a gifted storyteller.” —The New York Times Book ReviewBest known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America’s working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate “because of sex.” But that simple phrase didn’t mean much until ordinary women ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Civil Rights

    RHETORIC OR REALITY

    by Thomas Sowell ...
    It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over these decades -- as distinguished from the hopes with which they began or the rhetoric with which they continue, Who has gained and who has lost? Which of the assumptions behind the civil rights ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • About the Portuguese Citizenship of the Citizens Born in the Former State of India and Their Descendants

    by Miguel Reis ...
    A short version of the book published in Portuguese about the same matter. ... Read more

    Free