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Reproducing Sectarianism (June 2013)
Advocacy Networks and the Politics of Civil Society in Postwar Lebanon
Paul W. T. Kingston - Author

Examines the politics of civil society in modern Lebanon.
The Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere has highlighted the growing importance of the politics of civil society in the contemporary Middle East. In Reproducing Sectarianism, Paul W. T. Kingston examines rights-oriented advocacy networks within Lebanon’s postwar civil society, focusing on movements and political campaigns based on gender relat...(Read More)

Transnationalism Reversed (October 2011)
Women Organizing against Gendered Violence in Bangladesh
Elora Halim Chowdhury - Author

2012 Gloria E. Anzaldua Book Prize presented by the National Women’s Studies Association
Examines transnational movement building through a focus on acid attacks and organizing against acid violence in Bangladesh.
Acid attacks against women and girls have captured the attention of the global media, with several high-profile reports ranging from the BBC to The Oprah Winfrey Show. In Bangladesh,...(Read More)

Globalizing Justice (April 2010)
Critical Perspectives on Transnational Law and the Cross-Border Migration of Legal Norms
Donald W. Jackson - Editor
Michael C. Tolley - Editor
Mary L. Volcansek - Editor

Essays assessing the impact of globalization on law and court systems across the world.
Globalization is a far-reaching and multifaceted phenomenon whose effects on law are just beginning to be appreciated fully. Globalizing Justice examines the effects of globalization on law and court systems in the developed and developing worlds. How has the global spread of legal norms changed the relationship between international, supra...(Read More)

The Wound and the Witness (February 2009)
The Rhetoric of Torture
Jennifer R. Ballengee - Author

Explores the rhetorical functions of torture and the witnessing of torture in both classical texts and contemporary contexts.
The Wound and the Witness offers a historically grounded approach to an urgent contemporary problem: the persistence of torture in Western culture. Drawing upon ancient Greek and Roman texts, as well as contemporary media events, Jennifer R. Ballengee explores the spectacle of torture as a persuasive ...(Read More)

Waging Humanitarian War (January 2009)
The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention
Eric A. Heinze - Author

Examines the ethical, legal, and political dimensions of military intervention for humanitarian reasons.
How severe must human suffering be before military intervention is considered? Can there be commensurate legal grounding for such an argument? Which actors are the most appropriate agents of intervention? In this reasonable and straightforward approach to the perplexing issue of humanitarian intervention, Eric A. Heinze inco...(Read More)

Educating for Human Rights and Global Citizenship (March 2008)
Ali A. Abdi - Editor
Lynette Shultz - Editor

Essays that highlight the role of education in bringing about inclusive citizenship and human rights norms.

Nearly sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in spite of progress on some fronts, we are in many cases as far away as ever from achieving an inclusive citizenship and human rights for all. While human rights violations continue to affect millions across the world, there are also ongoing contestat...(Read More)

When the State No Longer Kills (August 2007)
International Human Rights Norms and Abolition of Capital Punishment
Sangmin Bae - Author

Why some countries comply with international norms against the death penalty while others do not.
Despite public support for the death penalty, a remarkable number of countries in different parts of the world have banned capital punishment in all its forms, regardless of the nature of the crime or the criminal. Arguing that international norms are often a critical source of ideas for change in state policy, but that impact varie...(Read More)

Torture (May 2007)
When the Unthinkable is Morally Permissible
Mirko Bagaric - Author
Julie Clarke - Author

Argues that there are moral grounds to use torture where the lives of the innocent are at stake.

The “war on terror” has brought the subject of torture to the forefront of public attention. In contrast to other discussions that focus narrowly on the practice of torture, and condemn it under any and all circumstances, Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke argue that to take this position is to live in a moral vacuum. The ...(Read More)

Christianity and Human Rights (January 2007)
Influences and Issues
Frances S. Adeney - Editor
Arvind Sharma - Editor

A wide-ranging look at Christianity and human rights.
This book addresses the relationship of Christianity and human rights—a relationship fraught with ambiguity. While human rights discourse arose in a Christian culture, it has sometimes stood in opposition to organized Christianity. Christianity has been a champion of human rights; on other occasions it has been a major violator of them. Contributors to this book explore bo...(Read More)

Imperialism and Human Rights (November 2006)
Colonial Discourses of Rights and Liberties in African History
Bonny Ibhawoh - Author

2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Looks at the language of rights used by diverse interest groups in British-colonized Nigeria.
In this seminal study, Bonny Ibhawoh investigates the links between European imperialism and human rights discourses in African history. Using British-colonized Nigeria as a case study, he examines how diverse interest groups within colonial society deployed the language of rights and liber...(Read More)