Books in the Routledge Research in Human Rights Law series

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University College, Dublin, 2010.

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010.

Presents an overview and examination of the human right to water as determined under international human rights law, including establishing its legal status and substantive content, and dealing with general questions and issues related to economic, social and cultural rights which affect the right to water.

Explores the right to religious freedom within international law. Analyzing legal structures in a variety of both Western and Non-Western jurisdictions, this book sets out a topography of the different constitutional structures of religion within the state and their compliance with international human rights law.

Article Twelve of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 states that all children capable of forming views have the right to express those views, and recognises that all children have the right to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting them. This book explores background to Article Twelve.

Explores the right to development in international law. This book draws on a range of relevant sources to analyze the legal status of international cooperation in contemporary international law, before going on to explore the domestic application of the right to development looking at the example of Pakistan.

This edited collection provides a comprehensive, insightful, and detailed study of a vital area of public policy debate as it is currently occurring in countries across the world from India to South Africa and the United Kingdom to Australia.

The book presents a timely assessment of both the human rights costs of the `War on Terror¿ and the methods used to wage and relentlessly continue that War.

This book relays the latest state of knowledge on the topic and employs case studies, doctrinal legal analysis, historical research, and statements by clemency decision-making authorities, in explaining why clemency varies so considerably across global legal and political systems.

This new collection of essays by academics, practitioners and activists will bring a contemporary perspective to the original principles proclaimed in the Declaration's 30 Articles. They cover a wide range of topics such as an individual's right to privacy in a digital age, freedom to practise one's religion and the right to redress.

This edited volume explores new directions in research on indigenous peoples and their rights. The book proposes a move towards a field of 'critical indigenous rights studies', characterised by taking a realist (as opposed to an idealised) approach towards indigenous peoples combined with an interdisciplinary approach.

This book addresses the topics with regard to law and policy and legal capacity scholarship and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of philosophy, sociology, law reform and human rights law, and disability studies.

This book focuses on the multi-layered and complicated relationship between internet and human rights law. It contributes to the ongoing discussion regarding the protection of freedom of expression on the internet in the context of various doctrines of constitutional law, including the proliferation of constitutional adjudication.

This volume presents an integrated collection of essays around the theme of Indiäs failure to grapple with the big questions of human rights protections affecting marginalized minority groups in the country¿s recent rush to modernization.

Despite some significant advances in the creation and protection of rights affecting women¿s health, these do not always translate into actual health benefits for women. This collection asks: 'What is an effective law and what influences law¿s effectiveness or ineffectiveness?

This volume explores the inter-relationship between children¿s rights law and more general human rights law in order to see whether elements from each could successfully inform the other.

The human rights issues in Japan are multifaceted. Over decades, domestic and international human rights organisations have raised concerns, but government obstinacy has meant there has been little progress.

This new collection of essays by academics, practitioners and activists will bring a contemporary perspective to the original principles proclaimed in the Declaration's 30 Articles. The essays will cover a wide range of topics such as an individual's right to privacy in a digital age, freedom to practise one's religion and the right to redress.

Our Voices, Our Stories provides insights into how diverse legal systems around the world respond to, and/or require reform to meet, the challenges of recognising universal capacity for people with cognitive disabilities. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest both to students at an advanced level, academics and reflective practitioners. It addresses the topics with regard to law and policy and legal capacity scholarship and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of philosophy, sociology, law reform and human rights law, and disability studies.

Human Rights Law and Regulating Freedom of Expression in New Media focuses on the multi-layered and complicated relationship between internet and human rights law. It contributes to the ongoing discussion regarding the protection of freedom of expression on the internet in the context of various doctrines of constitutional law, including the proliferation of constitutional adjudication. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of human rights law, internet law, political science, sociology, cultural studies, media and communications studies and technology.