Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimpon the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics

Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimpon the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics
Kenneth P. Vogel (Author)

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Human Rights

The International Rule of Law Movement: A Crisis of Legitimacy and the Way Forward (Human Rights Program Series)

The International Rule of Law Movement: A Crisis of Legitimacy and the Way Forward (Human Rights Program Series)
David Marshall (Editor)

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Human Rights

Restorative Justice, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding (Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding)

Restorative Justice, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding (Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding)
Jennifer J. Llewellyn (Editor), Daniel Philpott (Editor)

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Human Rights

The Levellers: Radical Political Thought in the English Revolution (Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain)

The Levellers: Radical Political Thought in the English Revolution (Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain)
Rachel Foxley (Author)

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Human Rights

Uganda, United States and Europe: The Anti-Homosexual Law of 2014

Uganda, United States and Europe: The Anti-Homosexual Law of 2014
M. L. Stevens (Author)

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Human Rights

Uganda is in a state of mass hysteria.

Whipped up by demagogic charlatans, the impoverished nation, facing herculean difficulties and teetering on the brink of an economic catastrophe, has passed a law outlawing homosexuality. Not satisfied with Anti-Sodomy Laws already on the books, the government now imposes some of the harshest penalties in Africa on gay and lesbian citizens. The statute is sweeping and includes promotion of publicly accusing any one of being gay.
By reading or loaning this book, you are a Ugandan criminal.

What should the West do and what has the West done to stand up for human rights? What will happen to the Ugandan gay population? Is there hope for repeal? These are moral and political questions that will be addressed, even if by the complicity of silence.

In Britain and the United States, Europe and Canada, the Left and Right Wings of the body politic must search their souls for a response.

For social liberals, a traditionally suppressed minority is being persecuted. As a result, Uganda is stepping backwards into a darker and more dangerous time.
For Conservatives, since the law is a product of the super-state, they too must search for sensible policy. Ugandan Press, Church, Mosque and Government are suppressing personal liberties. Ending foreign aid to Uganda might be a sensible way to both stand for freedom and cut spending.

This 7500 word booklet tells the story of the rights of a minority being crushed for the benefit of politicians and how the press and church/mosque joined in. The question for the West is how to respond.

• Rank: #76655 in eBooks
• Published on: 2014-05-13
• Released on: 2014-05-13
• Format: Kindle eBook

Invisible Hands: Voices from the Global Economy (Voice of Witness)

Invisible Hands: Voices from the Global Economy (Voice of Witness)
Corinne Goria (Editor)

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Human Rights

The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators — including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world — reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and political repression. Sweeping in scope and rich in detail, these stories capture the interconnectivity of all people struggling to support themselves and their families. Narrators include Kalpona, a leading Bangladeshi labor organizer who led her first strike at 15; Han, who, as a teenager, began assembling circuit boards for an international electronics company based in Seoul; Albert, a copper miner in Zambia who, during a wage protest, was shot by representatives of the Chinese-owned mining company that he worked for; and Sanjay, who grew up in the shadow of the Bhopal chemical disaster, one of the worst industrial accidents in history.

• Rank: #57525 in Books
• Published on: 2014-05-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.20" h x 5.50" w x 8.40" l, 1.15 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 364 pages

The Cambridge Handbook of Human Dignity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

The Cambridge Handbook of Human Dignity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Marcus Duwell (Editor), Jens Braarvig (Editor), Roger Brownsword (Editor), Dietmar Mieth (Editor)

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Human Rights

This introduction to human dignity explores the history of the notion from antiquity to the nineteenth century, and the way in which dignity is conceptualised in non-Western contexts. Building on this, it addresses a range of systematic conceptualisations, considers the theoretical and legal conditions for human dignity as a useful notion and analyses a number of philosophical and conceptual approaches to dignity. Finally, the book introduces current debates, paying particular attention to the legal implementation, human rights, justice and conflicts, medicine and bioethics, and provides an explicit systematic framework for discussing human dignity. Adopting a wide range of perspectives and taking into account numerous cultures and contexts, this handbook is a valuable resource for students, scholars and professionals working in philosophy, law, history and theology.

• Rank: #74621 in Books
• Published on: 2014-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.75" h x 7.25" w x 1.50" l, 2.75 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 629 pages