Constitutional Law

What did the Constitution mean at the time it was adopted? How should we interpret today the words used by the Founding Fathers? In Originalism: A Quarter-...

When is rape not a crime? When it's pornography—or so First Amendment law seems to say: in film, a rape becomes "free speech." Pornography, Catharine MacKi...

Romeo Dallaire joined the Canadian Army in 1964. A three star General, he served as Deputy Commander of the Canadian Army and later in the Ministry of Defen...

Since its original publication in 1967, Freedom and the Court has become the standard text on civil liberties law, with more than 100,000 copies in print. ...

Every single year in Canada, one-third of all deaths among Indigenous youth are due to suicide. Studies indicate youth between the ages of ten and nineteen...

A call for the separation of race and state, backed by a deep dive into the surreal world of racial classification in America.“The racial categories that t...

The story of the rise of the human rights movement by the renowned international attorney, in a newly revised and expanded edition. For centuries it seeme...

in This Remarkable Collection Of Talks Given Over The Past Five Years, The Aga Khan Surveys The Modern World And Sets Out The Principles That Inform His V...

Human Rights: An Anthropological Reader Is A Groundbreaking Collection On The Understanding And Practice Of Human Rights Over The Past 60 Years. For Decades...

​"Truly thrilling. Daniel Levin brilliantly conveys both the menace and the evil of Middle Eastern intrigue, and some victories of human kindness over cruel...

At the age of twenty, an Iranian student named Zarah Ghahramani was swept off the streets of Tehran and taken to the notorious Evin prison, where criminals...

Powerful tools for spreading peace in your community Unfounded beliefs and hateful political and social divisions that can cascade into violence are thr...

In this inspiring memoir, Dewey Bozella recounts his life and the twenty-six years he spent behind bars for a murder he did not commit—a stirring tale of c...

In 1994 the Zapatista rebellion brought international attention to the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Neil Harvey combines ten years of field work in Ch...

American Constitutional Law, Volume I Provides A Comprehensive Account Of The Nation's Defining Document, Examining How Its Provisions Were Originally Under...

This Book Explores The Promises And Limitations Of Holding Individuals Accountable For Violations Of International Human Rights And Humanitarian Law. It Ana...

This eagerly awaited non-fiction debut by acclaimed Native environmental activist Winona LaDuke is a thoughtful and in-depth account of Native resistance t...

Millions of Americans were baffled and outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court's role in deciding the presidential election of 2000 with its controversial rulin...

For over fifty years, UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTITUTION has provided an accessible introduction to the document that defines and limits the powers of the Unite...

By Kathleen M. Sullivan, Gerald Gunther. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xli-lvi) And Index. Kept Up To Date By Supplements.Categories: Law Constitu...

In This Concise And Up-to-date Introduction, J. Edward Kellough Brings Together Historical, Philosophical, And Legal Analyses To Fully Inform Participants A...

The report submitted by Kenneth Starr, independent counsel, is accompanied by a White House response and analysis by a reporter for the Washington PostCateg...

A Gripping, Inspiring, And Eye-opening Memoir Of Fortitude And Survival--of A Twelve-year-old Boy's Traumatic Flight From Afghanistan To The West--that Puts...

A Philosophy Professor Discusses The Right To Health And Explores Both Views On The Issue Including The Idea That It Is A Fundamental Right Along The Lines ...

An Anthology Of Writing Addressing The Most Urgent Issues Facing The Black Community In Canada. The Killing Of Trayvon Martin In 2012 By A White Assailant I...

Four cases in which the legal issue was “race” — that of a Chinese restaurant owner who was fined for employing a white woman; a black man who was refused ...

The League of Nations - pre-cursor to the United Nations - was founded in 1919 as a response to the First World War to ensure collective security and preven...

Children of the Broken Treaty exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country’s history. T...

"The ultimate focus of the rest of my life is to eradicate the use of child soldiers and to eliminate even the thought of the use of children as instruments...

In 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the United States and its allies, thereby planting the seed from which would spring one of the world's most su...

Written By One Of The World's Leading Experts On Victimology, This Book Is Designed To Offer A Broad Introduction To The Subject.Categories: Law Constitutio...

Writing from the perspective of a student of life, history, law, politics, and theology, Don Hutchinson draws on all of these areas inUnder Siege to offer...

With the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), commentators began to situate the evolution of the status of childre...

It Was A Very Good Year -- Rwanda Through Rose-colored Glasses -- If This Is An Easy Operation... -- The Fog Of Genocide -- Diplomatic Games -- The Hunt For...

Freedom of speech is a topic under much debate, and this volume explains the original wording, subsequent amendments, and cases through which it has evolv...