"The idea and possibility of same-sex marriage has, from its legal recognition in Hawai'i in 1993, ignited political controversy across the United States and the world. "The Limits to Union explores the explosive political and legal aspects of same-sex marriage, from its incept…
"During the past decade there has emerged growing criticism largely from anti-essentialist social scientists and multicultural politicians advocating a critique of ethnic and indigenous movements, accompanied by a general backlash in governmental policies and public opinion towa…
Cover -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsübersicht -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- A. Ausgangssituation -- B. Vorüberlegungen -- I. Der Eingriff als Basis der grundrechtlichen Zulässigkeitsprüfung -- II. Symbolbegriff und tatsächliche Wirkungen der Symbolkonfrontation als Ausgangspunkte des Eingriff…
Die Zulässigkeit religiöser Symbole in staatlichen Einrichtungen hängt insbesondere davon ab, ob die Konfrontation mit ihnen in Grundrechte der Symbolbetrachter eingreift. Die rechtliche Beurteilung erfordert ein genaues Verständnis der tatsächlichen Wirkungen der Symbolkonfront…
Hardly known twenty years ago, exclusion from public space has today become a standard tool of state intervention. Every year, tens of thousands of homeless individuals, drug addicts, teenagers, protesters and others are banned from parts of public space. The rise of exclusion m…
"Hardly known twenty years ago, exclusion from public space has today become a standard tool of state intervention. Every year, tens of thousands of homeless individuals, drug addicts, teenagers, protesters and others are banned from parts of public space. The rise of exclusion …
"A critical reader of the history of marriage understands that it is an institution that has always been in flux. It is also a decidedly complicated one, existing simultaneously in the realms of religion, law, and emotion. And yet recent years have seen dramatic and heavily wage…
An article-by-article English commentary on the Europen Convention on Human Rights. With chapters devoted to each distinct provision or article, it explores the substance of the rights, the workings of the court, and the enforcement of judgements.