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The Rights of Prisoners: The Basic ACLU Guide to Prisoners' Rights » Read Now
by David Rudovsky, Alvin J. Bronstein, Edward I. Koren, Julia D. Cade. 131 pgs.

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This work covers freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, prison censorship, religious and racial discrimination, special concerns of women, as well as the right to medical care, rehabilitaion, and parole.
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Protecting Prisoners: The Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Context » Read Now
by Malcolm D. Evans, Rodney Morgan. 294 pgs.

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Prisoners are a uniquely vulnerable social group and protecting them from oppressive states has given rise to a complex web of standards generated by a variety of international mechanisms and processes. Protecting Prisoners examines the most detailed and far-reaching set of custodial standards yet...
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Prisoners are a uniquely vulnerable social group and protecting them from oppressive states has given rise to a complex web of standards generated by a variety of international mechanisms and processes. Protecting Prisoners examines the most detailed and far-reaching set of custodial standards yet devised--those of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)---and relates them to those of other European and United Nations bodies. The book also examines the reaction of selected Council of Europe member states---Belgium, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom---to the application of those standards in CPT reports. This dual perspective provides a critical insight into the degree to which the development of international human rights law is having a practical impact on the situation of prisoners.
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The Right to Religious Liberty: The Basic ACLU Guide to Religious Rights (Chap. XV "Prisoners' Rights") » Read Now
by Barry Lynn, Marc D. Stern, Oliver S. Thomas, American Civil Liberties Union. 130 pgs.

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...OLDER PERSONS THE RIGHTS OF PATIENTS THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS THE RIGHTS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES THE RIGHTS...Religion in the Workplace 100 XV. Prisoners Rights 102 XVI. The...
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and United Kingdom Law (Chap. 8 "Prisoners' Rights") » Read Now
by David J. Harris, Sarah Joseph. 704 pgs.

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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is rapidly acquiring great influence in international law, as academics and practitioners recognize the profound scope and reach of the Covenant's provisions for the promotion and protection of individual freedom, and human rights. In this...
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is rapidly acquiring great influence in international law, as academics and practitioners recognize the profound scope and reach of the Covenant's provisions for the promotion and protection of individual freedom, and human rights. In this highly original collection of essays by a group of leading British scholars, the impact of the Covenant on United Kingdom law is assessed, and the relative effectiveness of the Covenant as opposed to other regionally-based human rights agreements is discussed and analysed. This is the first major scholarly assessment of the Covenant's provisions, and as such it will be of great interest not only to domestic lawyers and scholars, but to international lawyers who will recognize the importance of the examination of British State Practice with regard to the law.
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Women Prisoners on the Cutting Edge: Development of the Activist Women's Prisoners' Rights Movement, in Social Justice » Read Now
by Ellen M. Barry. 9 pgs.

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...Development of the Activist Womens Prisoners Rights Movement. by Ellen M...SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE PRISONERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM 1975 TO THE 1990s...aspect of the...
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Procreation and the Prisoner: Does the Right to Procreate Survive Incarceration and Do Legitimate Penological Interests Justify Restrictions on the Exercise of the Right, in Fordham Urban Law Journal » Read Now
by Richard Guidice Jr. 66 pgs.

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...result, litigation surrounding prisoners rights has grown dramatically over...of the most hotly litigated prisoners rights issues in federal and state...the incarcerated...
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Faith Profaned: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act and Religion in the Prisons, in Yale Law Journal » Read Now
by Daniel J. Solove. 32 pgs.

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How Congress Might Redesign a Leaner, Cleaner Writ of Habeas Corpus, in Duke Law Journal » Read Now
by Brian M. Hoffstadt. 95 pgs.

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...alleged violations of prisoners federal rights."(17) Given this...federal constitutional rights of persons who eventually become state prisoners. The Court...
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A System of Rights (Chap. 11 "The Right of Inmates to Work") » Read Now
by Rex Martin. 440 pgs.

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The justification of political authority is one of the long-standing issues of political philosophy, and one which persistently defies satisfactory solution. In this paperback edition of a highly successful study, Professor Martin sets out to provide an original justification by establishing a...
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The justification of political authority is one of the long-standing issues of political philosophy, and one which persistently defies satisfactory solution. In this paperback edition of a highly successful study, Professor Martin sets out to provide an original justification by establishing a background framework for dealing with the problem. He begins by identifying the main elements of political authority, arguing that they need to be linked in order to create a political authority that can be described as justified. He then sketches a framework - a sample system of political institutions and conceptions which is internally coherent - to link these elements. The rest of the book fills in this outline. Professor Martin argues that rights are established patterns of acting or of being treated and are hence essentially institutional in character. The institutions that tend to be the most supportive and productive of individual rights are, he believes, democratic, and the central section of the book is devoted to the connection of rights with majority rule, democratic political institutions and conceptions. From this nexus, secondary lines are traced to political obligation (or allegiance) and to an eligible justification for using punishment to enforce the rights of individuals. Thus Professor Martin's analysis forms a distinctive and systematic approach to one particular style of government. This rethinking of some of the main topics in political theory is long overdue; it yields some striking conclusions about both the nature of rights and the nature of political authority itself. Reviews for the hardback edition: `analytical political theory at its best...thoroughly worked through, illuminating, and persuasive' Political Studies `he dicusses knowledgeably yet imaginatively one sort of political and legal system...I unreservedly assert that his institutional conception of rights deserves to be taken seriously as a very plausible alternative to the more familiar theories of Hart, Feinberg, Dworkin and Raz. Equally important are his discussions of the nature of democracy and the internal justification of punishment. Most impressive of all is his detailed demonstration of the internal coherence of the system of rights sketched in this book' Ethics `his book is valuable for presenting a distinctively political view of rights...the book is impressively scholarly, with references, when relevant, to most of the voluminous literature on rights. In this respect A System of Rights is a model work of philosophy: at once thoroughly steeped in the literature on its topic and rising above that literature to propose a novel, distinctive view' Mind `a rewarding and impressive book, which deals with a wide range of issues central to political philosophy in an interesting and original way. In this carefully argued examination and justification of a particular political system, Rex Martin offers an original account of rights, and links these rights with other political conceptions and institutions...to forms what he calls a "system of rights"...his discussion is rich and nuanced, and provides the philosophical groundwork for clearer thinking about the difficult and elusive relationship between rights and democracy' Canadian Journal of Political Science `What makes Martin's book so trenchant is that it can be read with great profit from different points of view...The broad scope and provocative arguments of Martin's work assure that it will be a focal point in philosophically-orientated debate on rights' Ratio Juris `Rex Martin has written the most important analysis and justification of political authority and obligation since T. H. Green's Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation... [A System of Rights is] rich in argument and unorthodox conclusions' Gerald F. Gaus, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
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Crime and Punishment in American History ("Prisons and Prisoners' Rights" begins on p. 309) » Read Now
by Lawrence M. Friedman. 580 pgs.

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Increasing the Accountability of State Actors in Prison Systems - A Necessary Enterprise in Guaranteeing the Eighth Amendment Rights of Prison Inmates, in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology » Read Now
by Alison Chin. 33 pgs.

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Precarious Persons: Disenfranchising Australian Prisoners, in Australian Journal of Social Issues » Read Now
by Lisa Hill. 13 pgs.

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...essential punishment with prisoners retaining all other rights except those necessarily...choice. (8.) `Full voting rights for all prisoners may not be a dramatic...
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The Prisoners' Accomplice, in Policy Review » Read Now
by Jessica Gavora. 2 pgs.

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...Maryland for alleged violations of prisoners civil rights at Supermax. Maryland officials...was a host of violations of prisoners "rights." Among them were the "rights...