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An Introduction to Transitional Justice
The Second Edition of An Introduction to Transitional Justice provides a comprehensive overview of transitional justice judicial and non-judicial measures implemented by societies to redress legacies of massive human rights abuse. Written by some of the leading experts in the field, it takes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the subject, addressing the dominant transitional justice mechanisms as well as key themes and challenges faced by scholars and practitioners. Using a wide historic and geographic range of case studies to illustrate key concepts and debates, and featuring discussion questions and suggestions for further reading, this is an essential introduction to the subject for students.
Revisiting Gandhi: Legacies For World Peace And National Integration
This book interrogates several strands of Gandhian design, articulations, methods and ideals, through five sections. These include Theoretical Perspectives, Peace and World Order, Revolutionary Experiments, National Integration and Gandhi in Chinese Discourses. The authors seek to provide answers to questions as: Were Gandhian ideas utopian? What is the contemporary relevance of Gandhi? Do his ideas share convergence with theory in world politics and international relations? What was his role in forging national integration? How did his ideologies and experiments with truth resonate with countries as China?The writings also underline that being averse to individualism, for Gandhi it was the ...
Justice and Morality
Bridging the contending theories of natural law and international relations, this book proposes a 'relational ontology' as the basis for rethinking our approach to international politics. Amanda Beattie challenges both the conventional interpretation of natural law as necessarily and intractably theological, and the dominant conception of international relations as structurally distinct from the ends of human good, in order to recover the centrality of other-directed agency to the promotion of human development. Offering an important contribution to the study of international political thought, the book contains a number of challenging and controversial ideas which should provoke constructive debate within international relations theory, political theory, and philosophical ethics.
A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of James Jeffery
James Jeffery was born in England and immigrated to America in the early 1700s. His son was James Jeffery (1757-1843) who was born in Virginia and married Jane Mason. They were the parents of seven children and eventually settled in Izard County, Arkansas. One of his grandchildren was Jesse Jeffery (1856-1899) who was born in Arkansas and married Mary Catherine Rush. Their descendants live in Texas and other parts of the United States.
Current Issues in Transitional Justice
This volume is an inter-disciplinary scholarly resource bringing together contributions from writers, experienced academics and practitioners working in fields such as human rights, humanitarian law, public policy, psychology, cultural and peace studies, and earth jurisprudence. This collection of essays presents the most up to date knowledge and status of the field of transitional justice, and also highlights the emerging debates in this area, which are often overseen and underdeveloped in the literature. The volume provides a wide coverage of the arguments relating to controversial issues emanating from different regions of the world. The book is divided into four parts which groups differ...
Reason and Emotion in International Ethics
Renée Jeffery examines the role played by the emotions in making moral judgments and motivating ethical actions. Focusing on the problem of world poverty, she draws on the work of eighteenth-century moral sentiment theorists and recent advances in the neurosciences to develop an original account of international ethics.
The Power, Passion & Pain of Black Love
Readers learn the secrets of staying together and how to be selective when choosing a mate.
Confronting Evil in International Relations
This book brings together seven original essays on the subject of evil in international relations. It considers questions of moral agency associated with the perpetration of evil acts by individuals and groups in the international sphere, and the range of ethical responses the international community has available to it in the aftermath of large-scale evils.
Negotiating Peace
A study of how and why amnesties for human rights violations remain a prevalent feature of peace processes in Asia.
Legal Studies
A flexible course that includes both a text-workbook and audiocassettes and can be used in a variety of learning situations for all non-lawyer legal personnel, including court reports. This text is a well-organized presentation of common legal terms that uses the proven methods of teaching and learning that were utilized in previous editions. Includes reference sections, including proofreaders' marks and a list of easily confused words for developing proofreading and transcribing skills. Comprised of 32 lessons including legal terms used in various areas of the law.
