Argues that a refined concept of culture can be used by American courts to better analyze cases that cover the sense of community. Supreme Court Justices frequently justify their opinions in terms of the traditions and customs of a community. Yet, the rights and interests of entities that fit neither with the state nor the individual are treated ......
Interviewing Children is an accessible guide for forensic interviewers, clinicians, attorneys, and other professionals who rely on children's testimony. In this second edition, Poole and Dickinson present new thematic chapters on conversation habits, conventional content, and protocols for training. Highlights include: Sample dialogues ......
Reveals the possibilities and challenges of civic education in circumstances of extreme polarization, and how civic learning and political divisiveness can interact and influence each other As fears about polarization-and its contribution to democratic crisis and corrosion-rise, many people have posited civic education as a possible remedy. In a ......
How the Law Shapes Interracial Intimacy and Perpetuates Inequality
Explores the reach of the law into our most personal and private romantic lives The Architecture of Desire examines how the law influences our most personal and private choices-who we desire and choose as intimate partners-and explores the psychological, economic, and social effects of these choices. Romantic preferences, as shaped by law, ......
Historical Development and Philosophical Justification
Re-thinking Rights: Historical Development and Philosophical Justificationtakes a new look at the history of individual rights, focussing on the way that philosophers have written that history. The scholastics and early modern writers used the notion of natural rights to debate the big moral and political questions of the day, such as the ......
The Observed Lessons and Unanswered Questions of Cannabis Legalization
Combining examples of the interplay of the benefits and costs of decriminalization implementation with an honest discussion of the possible negative aspects of recreational legalization and whom it most harms, this book offers policy makers information for future policy design...
The Ian Willock Collection on Law and Justice in the Twenty-First Century presents a diverse collection of essays inspired by Ian Willock's diverse range of scholarly interests, from the Scottish jury through women in the legal profession, and more.
Outlines the successes and failures of the movement to support survivors of violence The Victims' Rights Movement (VRM) has been one of the most meaningful criminal justice reforms in the United States. Every state and the federal government has adopted major VRM laws to enact protections for victims and increase criminal sanctions, and the ......
In Feminist Human Rights: A Political Approach, Kristen Hessler argues that the proper task of philosophical human rights theory is to theorize the multiple, contested moral visions of human rights that animate the practice itself. Drawing on a broadly pragmatist methodology, Hessler demonstrates that unjust social hierarchies concealed by ......