Author: Johan Jahtzir Gordillo GarcíaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages :
Book Description
Ley general de víctimas, un resultado político del Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad
Author: Johan Jahtzir Gordillo GarcíaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages :
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forum for inter-american research Vol 5
Author: Wilfried RaussertPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3946507816
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Volume 5 of 6 of the complete premium print version of journal forum for inter-american research (fiar), which is the official electronic journal of the International Association of Inter-American Studies (IAS). fiar was established by the American Studies Program at Bielefeld University in 2008. We foster a dialogic and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Americas. fiar is a peer-reviewed online journal. Articles in this journal undergo a double-blind review process and are published in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Bootstrap Justice
Author: Janice K. GallagherPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197649971
Category : Disappeared persons
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Since 2006, more than 85,000 people have disappeared in Mexico. These disappearances remain largely unsolved: disappeared people are rarely found, and the Mexican state almost never investigates or prosecutes those responsible. Despite this, people not only continue to report disappearances, but many devote their lives to answering the question, "where are they?" Given the risks and institutional barriers, why and how do people mobilize for justice in states with rampant impunity and weak rule of law? In Bootstrap Justice, Janice Gallagher leverages over a decade of ethnographic research to explain what enables the sustained mobilization of family members of the disappeared and analyze how configurations of political power between state and criminal actors shape what is possible for them to achieve. She follows three families from before the disappearance of their loved ones through their transformations into sophisticated and strategic victim advocates and activists. Gallagher supplements these individual narratives with an analysis of the evolving political opportunities for mobilization within Mexico. By centering the perspectives of people whose lives have been upended by the disappearance of their loved ones, Bootstrap Justice offers a unique window into how citizens respond to weak and corrupt institutions. Gallagher focuses on the overlooked role of informal relationships and dynamics in shaping substantive legal and human rights outcomes and highlights how pioneering independent and creative work-arounds can compensate for state inaction. While top-down efforts, such as judicial reforms, technical assistance, and changes in political leadership are important parts of addressing impunity, policymakers and scholars alike have much to learn from the bottom-up--and by following the path that citizens themselves have worn within the labyrinth of state judicial bureaucracies.
Law in Peace Negotiations
Author: Morten BergsmoPublisher: Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
ISBN: 8293081090
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Law and Globalization from Below
Author: Boaventura de Sousa SantosPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139446143
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This book is an unprecedented attempt to analyze the role of the law in the global movement for social justice. Case studies in the book are written by leading scholars from both the global South and the global North, and combine empirical research on the ground with innovative sociolegal theory to shed new light on a wide array of topics. Among the issues examined are the role of law and politics in the World Social Forum; the struggle of the anti-sweatshop movement for the protection of international labour rights; and the challenge to neoliberal globalization and liberal human rights raised by grassroots movements in India and indigenous peoples around the world. These and other cases, the editors argue, signal the emergence of a subaltern cosmopolitan law and politics that calls for new social and legal theories capable of capturing the potential and tensions of counter-hegemonic globalization.
Familias Latinas en Los Estados Unidos
Author: Sally Jones AndradePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : es
Pages : 184
Book Description
Closing the Books
Author: Jon ElsterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521548540
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
An analysis of transitional justice - retribution and reparation after a change of political regime - from Athens in the fifth century BC to the present. Part I, 'The Universe of Transitional Justice', describes more than thirty transitions, some of them in considerable detail, others more succinctly. Part II, 'The Analytics of Transitional Justice', proposes a framework for explaining the variations among the cases - why after some transitions wrongdoers from the previous regime are punished severely and in other cases mildly or not at all, and victims sometimes compensated generously and sometimes poorly or not at all. After surveying a broad range of justifications and excuses for wrongdoings and criteria for selecting and indemnifying victims, the 2004 book concludes with a discussion of three general explanatory factors: economic and political constraints, the retributive emotions, and the play of party politics.
Prayers to Protect Us
Author: United States Conference of Catholic BishopsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781601375780
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Fratelli Tutti
Author: Pope Francis Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608338886
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease
Author: United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
This report considers the biological and behavioral mechanisms that may underlie the pathogenicity of tobacco smoke. Many Surgeon General's reports have considered research findings on mechanisms in assessing the biological plausibility of associations observed in epidemiologic studies. Mechanisms of disease are important because they may provide plausibility, which is one of the guideline criteria for assessing evidence on causation. This report specifically reviews the evidence on the potential mechanisms by which smoking causes diseases and considers whether a mechanism is likely to be operative in the production of human disease by tobacco smoke. This evidence is relevant to understanding how smoking causes disease, to identifying those who may be particularly susceptible, and to assessing the potential risks of tobacco products.