Rights and Freedoms : Cases
Title | Rights and Freedoms : Cases PDF eBook |
Author | Mar Aguilera Vaqués |
Publisher | Edicions Universitat Barcelona |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2021-04 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 8491686622 |
The Fight for Free Speech
Title | The Fight for Free Speech PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Rosenberg |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2023-05-16 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1479825913 |
A user’s guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relating to their free speech freedoms. What are libel laws, and do they need to be changed to stop the press from lying? Does Colin Kaepernick have the right to take a knee? Can Saturday Night Live be punished for parody? While citizens are grappling with these questions, they generally have nowhere to turn to learn about the extent of their First Amendment rights. The Fight for Free Speech answers this call with an accessible, engaging user’s guide to free speech. Media lawyer Ian Rosenberg distills the spectrum of free speech law down to ten critical issues. Each chapter in this book focuses on a contemporary free speech question—from student walkouts for gun safety to Samantha Bee’s expletives, from Nazis marching in Charlottesville to the muting of adult film star Stormy Daniels— and then identifies, unpacks, and explains the key Supreme Court case that provides the answers. Together these fascinating stories create a practical framework for understanding where our free speech protections originated and how they can develop in the future. As people on all sides of the political spectrum are demanding their right to speak and be heard, The Fight for Free Speech is a handbook for combating authoritarianism, protecting our democracy, and bringing an understanding of free speech law to all.
International Women's Rights Cases
Title | International Women's Rights Cases PDF eBook |
Author | Robyn Emerton |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 884 |
Release | 2016-09-17 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1135332169 |
The last two decades have seen major advances in the legal protection of the human rights of women around the world. A series of international and national court cases has developed an important body of jurisprudence that has been relied on by courts and advocates in many countries to support women's claims for equality and the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Growing out of a series of judicial colloquia organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, this compilation brings together a selection of over fifty significant cases from international and national courts. The cases are grouped by theme and presented in full text or edited format. Together they highlight the way in which courts have used international human rights norms and national constitutional standards to contribute to women's equality. A detailed introduction provides a summary of the significance of the cases and references further material available on women's human rights. Cases decided under United Nations human rights treaties, the European and American Conventions on Human Rights and other international instruments, as well as cases decided by national courts in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australasia, and North America are all included. The compilation will be of interest to all those with an interest in the advancement of the human rights of women especially equality advocates, lawyers and judges, scholars and students.
The Bill of Rights
Title | The Bill of Rights PDF eBook |
Author | Linda R. Monk |
Publisher | Hachette Books |
Pages | 491 |
Release | 2018-04-10 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0316417750 |
With a foreword by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court. An Engaging, Accessible Guide to the Bill of Rights for Everyday Citizens. In The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide, award-winning author and constitutional scholar Linda R. Monk explores the remarkable history of the Bill of Rights amendment by amendment, the Supreme Court's interpretation of each right, and the power of citizens to enforce those rights. Stories of the ordinary people who made the Bill of Rights come alive are featured throughout. These include Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi sharecropper who became a national civil rights leader; Clarence Earl Gideon, a prisoner whose handwritten petition to the Supreme Court expanded the right to counsel; Mary Beth Tinker, a 13-year-old whose protest of the Vietnam War established free speech rights for students; Michael Hardwick, a bartender who fought for privacy after police entered his bedroom unlawfully; Suzette Kelo, a nurse who opposed the city's takeover of her working-class neighborhood; and Simon Tam, a millennial whose 10-year trademark battle for his band "The Slants" ended in a unanimous Supreme Court victory. Such people prove that, in the words of Judge Learned Hand, "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court, can save it." Exploring the history, scope, and meaning of the first ten amendments-as well as the Fourteenth Amendment, which nationalized them and extended new rights of equality to all-The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide is a powerful examination of the values that define American life and the tools that every citizen needs.
Case Studies on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Title | Case Studies on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 622 |
Release | 1987-12-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9789024717798 |
Published for the Foundation for the Study of Plural Societies.
Civil Liberties and the Constitution
Title | Civil Liberties and the Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | Lucius J Barker |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 1728 |
Release | 2018-10-24 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1317349512 |
Updated in a new 9th edition, this casebook explores civil liberty problems through a study of leading judicial decisions. It offers a reasonable sample of cases across a broad spectrum of rights and liberties. This book introduces groups of featured cases with in-depth commentaries that set the specific historical-legal context of which they are a part, allowing readers to examine significant portions of court opinions, including major arguments from majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions.
The Right to Petition
Title | The Right to Petition PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Mason |
Publisher | Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2016-12-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1482461927 |
The First Amendment is of great importance to Americans because it contains five main civil rights that citizens are guaranteed. These, including the freedom to petition, are the rights most often challenged in Supreme Court cases. Readers learn what freedom of petition entails through the historical context of the Bill of Rights and cases brought before the Supreme Court. Historical images and full-color photographs complement the main content, and fact boxes and sidebars give readers deeper explanations and perspective about this civil right.