This book traces the reverberations of genocide, forced displacement, and a legacy of loss in Bosnia and abroad.
In an in-depth investigation of a problem that is too often trivialized by lawmakers and the media, Citron exposes the startling extent of personal cyber-attacks and proposes practical, lawful ways to prevent and punish online harassment. She reveals the serious emotional, profe…
The author examines the controversies surrounding cyber-harassment, arguing that it should be considered a matter for civil rights law and that social norms of decency and civility must be leveraged to stop it. --Publisher information. In an in-depth investigation of a problem …
This text analyses the various international legal instruments regulating people trafficking including treaties, 'soft law', and the definition contained in the UN Trafficking Protocol, and argues that trafficking in persons ought rightly to be considered a part of jus cogens.
"In recent decades the international community has focused its attention on trafficking in persons, which is one of the most worrying phenomena of the 21st century. This book examines trafficking in persons in the light of the recent definition of the phenomenon given by the Pro…
Since Somalia, the international community has found itself changing its view of humanitarian intervention. This volume of original essays by international policy leaders, practitioners, and scholars brings together insights into the conflicting moral pressures present in differ…
Since Somalia, the international community has found itself changing its view of humanitarian intervention. This volume of original essays by international policy leaders, practitioners, and scholars brings together insights into the conflicting moral pressures present in differ…
De bijdragen in deze bundel belichten specifieke vormen van geweld tegen vrouwen, zoals seksueel geweld, huiselijk geweld, verkrachting in relaties, tiener-volwassenen-relaties, slachtoffers, media en slachtoffers, therapeuten en critici.
In this work the authors present a balanced and comprehensive summary of the most significant research on the victimizations, violence, and victim politics that disproportionately affect women. They examine the history of violence against women, the surrounding debates, the lega…
The most accessible expression of François Laruelle's non-philosophical, or 'non-standard', thought, General Theory of Victims forges a new role for contemporary philosophers and intellectuals by rethinking their relation to victims. A key text in recent continental philosophy, …
"Consent in the law is a much debated and unquestionably problematic notion, uniform definition and application of which to different situations can be both difficult to achieve, and inappropriate. Furthermore, establishing the presence of 'coercion' and therefore lack of consen…
Du site de l'éd. : Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, p…